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High waves in market sink even legendary hedge funds

Tacoma News Tribune – Year after year, the hedge fund industry dazzled Wall Street by delivering “absolute returns” – outsized profits whether markets rose or fell. Using sophisticated trading models, the pools of managed capital made wealthy people wealthier with […]

Pellegrini quits Paulson & Co to start fund

Interactive Investor – Paolo Pellegrini, who played a crucial role in helping to implement bets against subprime mortgages that netted Paulson & Co about $15 billion in 2007, resigned from the hedge-fund firm on Dec. 31, the Wall Street Journal […]

Toronto Hedge Fund Takes Big Stake In ‘Sun-Times’ Parent

Editor & Publisher – Polar Securities, a Toronto-based hedge fund, disclosed Tuesday that it has purchased a big stake in troubled Sun-Times Media Group (STMG). In two filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Polar said it has […]