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Hedge Fund News

Deportation Ruling in CT Scam

January 22, 2008

It sounds like an email proposal your spam filter would catch, but this scam really worked, for a time. “[Yalincak] and her son, Hakan, then a student at New York University, convinced investors to pour millions into a non-existent hedge fund, with Hakan posing as a wealthy Turkish heir to gain entrée to Greenwich’s monied […]

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Greenspan to Advise NY Hedge Fund

January 15, 2008

Paulson & Co., a $28b credit hedge fund, has recruited Alan Greenspan to its advisory board. The fund has profited by an estimated $12b from the subprime crunch. Greenspan’s advisory engagement is to be exclusive.

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Hedge Funds Press Northern Rock Meeting

January 8, 2008

The general meeting of Northern Rock shareholders called by SRM and RAB Capital — hedge funds that together own 18% of the troubled UK bank — is set for January 15. The funds are seeking shareholder support ahead of the meeting. Read more coverage here and here.

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A Congressman Considers a Hedge Fund Job

January 4, 2008

After 37 years as an elected official, U.S. Rep. Richard Baker said he is considering leaving congress to take the lead as President of the Managed Funds Association, the main lobbying group for the hedge fund industry. In order to avoid any conflicts of interest, the Republican who was elected to his LA based congressional […]

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