Tag Archives: securities-industry


Goldman Sachs Boosts Risk-Taking at Fastest Pace on Wall Street

April 27, 2009 : Permalink

Bloomberg – Goldman Sachs Group Inc., unbowed by the securities industry’s worst year since the Great Depression, increased its trading bets at the fastest rate on Wall Street. Goldman Sachs’s so-called value-at-risk, the amount the New York-based bank estimates it […]

IOSCO to outline new role of regulators at conference

April 13, 2009 : Permalink

Jerusalem Post – While the recent G-20 summit in London provided world financial leaders with the opportunity to begin charting a path of recovery for the ailing global economy, the work to build the markets up and to ensure that […]

Hedge Funds Need Help in Recovering Losses: Fiduciary Experts Say

February 13, 2009 : Permalink

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Independent forensic professionals, Chris McConnell and Eric Steinwald are finding themselves in increasing demand as hedge funds and other investors turn to experts for help in recovering from losses caused by fraud, Ponzi schemes, stock […]

Hedge fund fees are being squeezed

January 30, 2009 : Permalink

MIGHT two-and-twenty become one-and-ten? Since 1990 the number of hedge funds has grown by 14 times to over 7,000, but abundance has not lowered prices. Funds typically still charge clients a management fee of 2% of assets and 20% of […]

NY judge may weigh wider Madoff investor relief

December 30, 2008 : Permalink

Dailyrecord.com – A judge presiding over civil claims filed against disgraced financier Bernard Madoff says he may be willing to consider extending relief from an investors’ fund to those who invested in Madoff’s business through third parties. OAS_AD(‘ArticleFlex_1’);U.S. District Judge […]

Hedge Funds Get Rattled As Investors Seek Exits

September 8, 2008 : Permalink

Wall Street Journal – With anxiety about hedge-fund woes gripping the market, funds have their own fear: their investors. Some investors, particularly what are known as "funds of funds," are demanding their money back and may ramp up requests in […]

Hedge Funds First to Adopt iPhone Applications for Capital Markets

August 5, 2008 : Permalink

Wall Street & Technology – Now that Apple has improved security and enterprise connectivity capabilities for the iPhone 3G, industry specific applications are starting to emerge. One of the first iPhone applications for the securities industry is a tool that […]