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Madoff asks for 12 years for Ponzi conviction
Denver Post – Bernard Madoff asked a federal judge this week to sentence him to as little as 12 years in prison after he pleaded guilty earlier this year to operating a massive, decades- long Ponzi scheme. In a letter […]
Growing Your Own Hedge Fund
istockAnalyst.com – I’ve always been a fan of what are now called "alternative investments" and never really cared as much for "generic index style equities", although I have owned them of course. Property, commodities, gold and higher yield instruments were […]
David Einhorn, still a hedge fund rock star
FierceFinance – David Einhorn, the head of Greenlight Capital, caused quite a stir at the Ira W. Sohn Investment Research Conference last year. He made it known that he was shorting Lehman Brothers, which was trading at $60 at the […]
Hedge-Fund Titans Hear Chanos, Einhorn, Raise Funds for Cancer
Bloomberg – At last year’s Ira W. Sohn Investment Research Conference, Greenlight Capital Inc.’s David Einhorn told an audience of hedge-fund managers that Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. wasn’t disclosing the whole truth about its finances. Four months later, Lehman filed […]
Madoff faces 150-year sentence after guilty plea
Hindustan Times – Bernard Madoff, whose $50-billion fraud devastated individual and institutional investors worldwide, could spend the rest of his life in prison after pleading guilty later this week. In a court hearing Tuesday, defence lawyer Ira Sorkin said that Madoff would […]
Database raised red flags on Nadel funds in 2005
Herald Tribune – Partners of failed hedge fund trader Arthur Nadel said they were shocked to learn after Nadel disappeared on Jan. 14 that the six hedge funds for which he did the trading had been emptied of their purported […]
Hedge Fund Manager Defended by Madoff’s Lawyer Gets 40 Months
Bloomberg – A hedge fund manager who used the same defense lawyer as Bernard Madoff received a sentence that was a third of the maximum possible after he was convicted of defrauding investors out of $10 million. Vincent Montagna remains free […]
