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Russia Aiming to Be a Global Hedge Fund Center

November 27, 2008

We’ve written before about the influx of companies establishing offices in the Middle East, and how that region presents one of the few growth opportunities around the world in the current economic environment. Now, Reuters reports that one of Russia’s top performing hedge funds, Pharos Financial Group, has opened an office in the Dubai International […]

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Hedge Fund Managers Expect More Regulations

November 20, 2008

It’s no surprise that hedge fund executives are expecting increased regulation under a Democratic-controlled Congress and the incoming administration of President-elect Barack Obama. A new survey by the CPA Firm Rothstein Kass and distributed by PR Newswire reports that 98% of partners in hedge funds expect tighter restrictions and that there will be an associated […]

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Top Hedge Fund Managers Defend Their Industry

November 17, 2008

Five of the world’s richest and most successful hedge fund managers visited Capital Hill on Thursday to brief U.S. lawmakers on the role hedge funds may have played in the current financial crisis. John Paulson, Philip Falcone, James Simons, Kenneth Griffin and George Soros were called to testify at the U.S. House of Representatives Committee […]

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Hedge Funds Must Adapt to New Realities

November 13, 2008

Despite the dismal numbers this year, hedge fund managers have performed relatively better than their equity manager and asset allocation advisor counterparts. But with unprecedented scrutiny from the media and politicians, the hedge fund industry as a whole will have to adjust to radical changes, according to an article in Hedgeworld. The hedge fund industry will […]

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Hedge Fund Squeeze Make VW Largest Company in World

November 3, 2008

In yet another anomaly of the current financial crisis, shares in Volkswagen more than quadrupled in a matter of days after automaker Porsche announced it had secretly acquired 7.41% of the company through a series of cash-settled options with a group of investment banks. With less than 6% of outstanding shares left in the market, […]

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Hedge Fund Community Albourne Village Rejects Blame

October 8, 2008

The Albourne Village is a UK-based interest community for the alternative investment industries. Membership is free. This letter was published last week in the Village’s hedge fund news area under the title, “Hedge Pride – An open Letter to the Financial Times From Simon Ruddick, Managing Director of Albourne.” Albourne is not a hedge fund, […]

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Lawrence Summers on Economic Crisis at the Global Alpha Forum

September 30, 2008

Before he was a managing director at the D. E. Shaw Group, and before he was president of Harvard University, Lawrence Summers was Secretary of the Treasury when Long Term Capital Management collapsed. In mid-September, he spoke at the Global Alpha Forum in Greenwich, CT, firmly stating that, at that time, there was no consideration […]

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