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Hedge funds target insurers

February 24, 2009 : Permalink

The Australian – Some of the City of London’s shrewdest hedge fund investors, who made millions of pounds betting that UK bank shares would fall, have turned their guns on insurers amid heightened worry about the financial strength of the […]

Stanford investigation sparks fears in Antigua

February 17, 2009 : Permalink

MSNBC – On the streets of Antigua, Texas billionaire Allen Stanford is a controversial figure. Some embrace him while others deride him as a modern-day colonialist. But nearly all say they fear a U.S. investigation into the tycoon’s financial empire […]