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Europe’s turmoil batters London shares

Independent – The FTSE 100 Index tumbled more than 200 points today after a weekend of financial turmoil in Europe. Investors took scant comfort from Friday’s backing of a US financial rescue to leave the FTSE 100 Index down almost […]

Goodwood adds to hedge fund red ink

Globe and Mail – Goodwood Inc., a value-oriented manager, briefed investors Thursday on a dismal September. There’s a lot of these letters going out from hedge fund managers. Goodwood’s funds were down 16 per cent last month, bringing the year-to-date […]

Hedge fund sues Petters

Bizjournals.com – A Minneapolis hedge fund has sued Petters Group Worldwide, alleging it was defrauded out of $60 million in a deal involving “imaginary televisions.” Interlachen Harriet Investments, a Cayman Islands-based unit of Minneapolis-based Interlachen Capital Group, filed the suit […]

Aviva Investors to boost hedge fund-style products

Reuters – The British arm of asset management group Aviva Investors is betting that investor interest in hedge fund-style products will survive the credit crisis and rebound once market turmoil abates. Paul Abberley, UK CEO, told Reuters Aviva Investors would […]

Marcial: How Four Pros Played the Stock Meltdown

BusinessWeek – What did investors do when the Dow Jones industrial average plunged 777.68 points, or 7%, on Sept. 29, to 10,365.45? Head for the nearest bar for a double? Or rush to double up, or down, on their stocks? […]

Hedge Funds: The Next Shoe to Drop

Conde Nast Portfolio – You think things are bad now? Just you wait: the chart above gives you a very good indication of what Christine Williamson calls the "bloodbath ahead" in the hedge-fund industry. No one wants to be invested […]

Gulf firms shy away from US distressed assets

Emirates Business 24/7 – Cheap they may be, but not all cash-rich Gulf investors are up for buying distressed assets in the US. Such a move historically was a good way to make a profit. A good fund manager can […]

Former hedge fund manager Michael Lauer found guilty

A federal judge in Miami has found that former hedge fund manager Michael Lauer defrauded investors out of more than $500 million between 1999 and 2002. U.S. District Court Judge Kenneth A. Marra, in a 67-page order issued last week, […]

Fund Managers Rattled as Rescue Plan’s Rejection Shakes Markets

Bloomberg.com: UK & Ireland – “I’ve never lived through something like that,” Stephen Jarislowsky, the 83-year-old chairman and founder of Montreal-based money manager Jarislowsky Fraser Ltd., said yesterday about the past month on Wall Street. “I don’t even think the […]

Uncertainty hangs over hedge funds

Denver Post – First, the money rushed into hedge funds. Now, some fear, it could rush out. No one expects a wholesale flight from the nearly $2 trillion world of hedge funds, but even a modest outflow could reverberate through […]

Hedge funds grudgingly to reveal US short positions

Reuters – Hedge fund managers are reluctantly preparing to disclose their short positions to U.S. regulators on Monday, a move set to give a rare public glimpse into their secretive trading strategies two weeks later. For shareholders who have blamed […]

Hedge funds to hand back millions

Telegraph.co.uk – In the biggest-ever round of redemptions, funds around the world are braced to give back between 10pc and 50pc of their assets under management. Hedge funds were faced with a slew of redemption notices at the start of […]