Tag Archives: trade group


EU Law May Cost Pension Industry Billions of Euros, AIMA Claims

August 4, 2009 : Permalink

Bloomberg – The European Union’s plan to regulate hedge funds will cost the bloc’s pension industry about 25 billion euros ($36 billion) a year, the Alternative Investment Management Association said. The proposed law would drive pension funds toward more traditional […]

Hedge fund body taps heavyweight lobbyist

June 15, 2009 : Permalink

Wealth Bulletin – The Managed Funds Association, a leading trade group for the hedge fund sector, has recruited Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, the heavyweight K Street lobbying firm, to press its interests on Capitol Hill, a document filed this week […]

Hedge funds’ unlikely leader

January 16, 2009 : Permalink

CNNMoney.com – When the headhunter first called Richard Baker in late 2007 and asked him if he was interested in becoming president and CEO of the Managed Funds Association – the hedge fund trade group – Baker thought it was […]