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Swiss Hedge Fund Manager Announces Equity Buyback and Investment Program

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Swiss alternative investment company ALTIN AG has said it intends to maintain its share price by buying back between 5% and 10% of its own shares, its Board of Directors has also approved a capital […]

Schultheis Says Leave Money in Index Funds, Ignore Wall Street

Bloomberg – Bill Schultheis, amateur mountaineer and investment adviser, says there’s more to life than staring at stock market screens. His new book, “The New Coffehouse Investor,” says the path to success consists of the following: Get a game plan […]

In Chrysler Saga, Hedge Funds Cast As Prime Villain

President Obama’s harsh attack on hedge funds he blamed for forcing Chrysler into bankruptcy yesterday sparked cries of protest from the secretive financial firms that hold about $1 billion of the automaker’s debt. Hedge funds and investment managers were irate […]

Bronte Capital exposes rogue Hedge Fund Marketers who Link the Biden family to Hedge Fund Fraud

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – On the 18 of March, the Australian Hedge Fund & Research team at Bronte Capital began dropping hints regarding an un-named $60 million dollar Ponzi Scheme. In a blog entry named "Curiouser and Curiouser" Bronte […]

Hedge fund rebuts Galvin complaint

Fairfield Greenwich Group, a New York hedge fund that lost $7.2 billion to Bernard Madoff, fired back at Massachusetts Secretary of State William F. Galvin yesterday, saying fraud allegations by Galvin were ‘‘so filled with errors and factual distortions as […]

Beverley Hills hedge fund fraud halted

A hedge fund fraud that involved a pair of funds claiming to hold more than $800 million in assets has been halted, according to the US Securities and Exchange Commission. In a statement, the regulatory body said the two funds […]

Overstock.com Stalking Victim Exposes Creepy Hedge Fund

The press has been agog recently about Paradigm Capital, a fund-of-hedge-funds run by members of Joe Biden’s family, and its apparent connection with a hedge fund shut by the SEC called Ponta Negra. CJR’s Audit column has the full details […]

Fairfield Greenwich Accuses Regulator of Madoff-Case Distortion

Bloomberg – Fairfield Greenwich Group, the hedge fund that lost $7 billion invested with Bernard Madoff, accused a Massachusetts regulator of “factual distortions” and told a judge that it closely monitored its investment. The firm said yesterday it filed court […]

Hedge Fund Manager Sells London FoHF

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge fund manager Integrated Asset Management plc has sold the majority of one of its London fund of hedge funds business to a subsidiary of Sal. Oppenheim jr & Cie S.C.A, for approximately €3.5 million […]

Hedge fund firm Bramdean receives offer

Reuters – Nicola Horlick’s boutique fund manager Bramdean Alternatives said on Thursday it has received an approach for a possible takeover by an unnamed bidder. The manager said in a statement: "The Board announces that it has received an approach […]

Investor sues Perot Family Trust over hedge fund that went from being worth billions to ‘less than zero’

Dallas Morning News – An investor in a Perot family hedge fund has sued the Perot Family Trust and several related parties, saying they grossly mismanaged the fund, which went bust in November after starting the year with $2.5 billion […]

Integrated changes tack with deal to sell hedge funds

Reuters – Integrated Asset Management said on Wednesday it is repositioning as a pure play brokerage business after agreeing to sell a 51 percent stake in its French fund of hedge funds business. The firm, listed on London’s AIM market, […]