Hedge Funds
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As Galleon Trial Opens, Prosecutor Blasts Hedge Fund Chief
By Associated PressRaj Rajaratnam traded on secret information "again and again and again" between 2003 and 2009 as he operated a family of hedge funds at his hedge fund, Galleon Group, the prosecutor told the jury at the opening of the trial.
February 17, 2011
Dodd-Frank Hedge Fund Rules Stifle Sector's Growth, Says Deloitte’s SchubertStartup managers must decide between institutional and ‘friends-and-family’ money.
February 14, 2011
Level Global to Close; Diamondback Investors to Ask for Funds ReturnLevel Global Investors, currently under investigation along with three other hedge funds for insider trading by federal authorities, told investors on Friday that it would shut down. At the same time, Diamondback Capital, which was also raided by investigators, has been asked by investors to return some $722 million by...
February 14, 2011
China Launches First Official Hedge FundWhile “hedge funds” have operated in China for some time, they have run under the official radar without licenses or regulatory approval, but on Monday the nation’s first hedge fund to gain the blessing of its securities regulators debuted.
February 11, 2011
PIMCO’s Narens on the Muni Bond Trade, Part I: —Is it Time?Is the bumpy ride over in muni bonds? The current and future state of the market
February 08, 2011
Hedge Fund Managers Arrested for Insider TradingCharges are latest in broad investigation.
February 04, 2011
Hedge Funds Have a Ho-Hum January, but REITs...One alternative strategy that bucked the mediocre returns was REITs, up 3% for the month
February 01, 2011
Replication Offers ETF Investors Hedge Fund ExposureSince the mid-1980s, when a group of traders including Bruce Kovner, Julian Robertson, George Soros, and Paul Tudor Jones rose to fame by delivering previously…