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Brazil Hedge Funds See Record Outflows Even as They Beat Market

Bloomberg – Brazilian hedge funds saw a record 14.3 billion reais ($6.7 billion) in withdrawals last month after returns trailed a fixed-income benchmark even while defying a 25 percent plunge in the Bovespa stock index. The redemptions brought total outflows […]

Brazil Hedge Funds See Record Outflows Even as They Beat Market

Bloomberg – Brazilian hedge funds saw a record 14.3 billion reais ($6.7 billion) in withdrawals last month after returns trailed a fixed-income benchmark even while defying a 25 percent plunge in the Bovespa stock index. The redemptions brought total outflows […]

Nordic Commodity, ECM Post Top Power Hedge-Fund Gains

Bloomberg – Energy Capital Management and Nordic Commodity Funds AB’s hedge funds are outperforming the competition in European energy markets, where power prices fell as much as 17 percent last month from a record. Energy Capital’s MMT fund returned 19.2 […]

Trader who lost $9bn bounces back

Financial Times – Brian Hunter, the trader who was blamed for the collapse of $9bn hedge fund Amaranth Advisors two years ago, has taken ­advantage of last month’s plunge in commodity prices to help propel the year-to-date return at the […]

Hedge funds taking notice of Napster

BloggingStocks- With the plunge in the equities markets, there are certainly some compelling opportunities. Just look at Napster Inc., an online music operator. The company has $69.8 million in the bank and a market cap of $66.4 million. Yes, Wall […]

Fraudulent hedge fund manager still missing, may be armed

New York (HedgeCo.Net) – The manhunt continues for former Bayou hedge fund manager Sam Israel, who went missing just hours before his scheduled jail term of 20 years. Israel’s 2006 GMC SUV was found abandoned on the bank of the […]