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Financial News: UK Pension Funds Pull Out Of Private Equity - Wall Street Journal

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:14:35 -0800

Financial News: UK Pension Funds Pull Out Of Private Equity
Wall Street Journal
Pension schemes have continued to increase their allocation to hedge funds, however. The proportion of schemes invested in hedge funds have risen from 17% ...

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Hedge funds mull ditching UK for Switzerland, Asia - The Associated Press

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:21:50 -0800

MiamiHerald.com

Hedge funds mull ditching UK for Switzerland, Asia
The Associated Press
LONDON — They're getting nervous in Mayfair and Belgravia, London's hedge fund heartlands. Luxury car dealerships, designer boutiques and high-end ...
Proposals To Curb Hedge Fund, Private Equity Pay Watered Down Financier Worldwide

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Hedge Funds Want $11 Billion Frozen at Lehman - NewsMax.com

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:38:00 -0800

NEW YORK -- Lehman Brothers International (Europe), where more than $35 billion (21 billion pounds) of hedge fund assets have been frozen since the bank's collapse last September, could return about $11 billion to fund managers by March if enough ...

Hedge funds eye Asian growth as Bolton heads east - Reuters

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:35:00 -0800

Daily Mail

Hedge funds eye Asian growth as Bolton heads east
Reuters
LONDON (Reuters) - Fidelity's Anthony Bolton is unlikely to be the last top UK investor to move to Asia as hedge funds eye up ...
Taking flight Reuters Blogs (blog)
Anthony Bolton to return to fund management Morningstar

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Gold Jumps to Fresh Record High - Wall Street Journal

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:01:00 -0800

With such concerns persisting, the roster of influential hedge fund investors snapping up gold is growing and now includes Paul Tudor Jones, John Paulson, David Einhorn and Kyle Bass "The wall of money floating around in the financial system ...

CalPERS probes oversight of two outside hedge fund advisors - Los Angeles Times

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:05:03 -0800

CalPERS probes oversight of two outside hedge fund advisors
Los Angeles Times
The official who oversees the pension fund's $5.8-billion hedge fund portfolio reportedly was disciplined. By Evan Halper and Marc Lifsher Reporting from ...
Calpers Paid Hedge-Fund Advisers After Contracts Lapsed Wall Street Journal
CalPERS reviews hedge funds San Mateo County Times
2 hedge fund consultant contracts under CalPERS scrutiny Pensions & Investments
FINalternatives - New York Times (blog) - Wealth Bulletin
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Lawyers for Rajaratnam say insider trading claims are false ... - Stockhouse

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:00:00 -0800

NEW YORK - One of the richest men in the U.S. is defending himself against a massive insider trading case by saying he did not cheat and the government misled a judge to obtain wiretaps. Billionaire hedge fund operator Raj Rajaratnam's (RAHJ rah-juh ...

Hedge funds eye Asian growth as Bolton heads east

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:30:41 -0800

LONDON (Reuters) - Fidelity's Anthony Bolton is unlikely to be the last top UK investor to move to Asia as hedge funds eye up attractive investment opportunities and cash-rich clients hungry for absolute returns.

Harvard ignored warnings about investments - Boston Globe

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:51:56 -0800

Harvard ignored warnings about investments
Boston Globe
... to people present for the discussions, investing almost all of it with the endowment's risky mix of stocks, bonds, hedge funds, and private equity. ...

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Hedge funds mull ditching UK for Switzerland, Asia - Financial News USA (press release)

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:01:06 -0800

Hedge funds mull ditching UK for Switzerland, Asia
Financial News USA (press release)
... for the less-regulated alpine air of Switzerland or the emerging markets of Asia as the European Union tightens oversight of high-flying hedge funds. ...

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Hedge funds mull ditching UK for Switzerland, Asia - Austin American-Statesman

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:17:00 -0800

Luxury car dealerships, designer boutiques and high-end restaurants have thrived on money from the unregulated investment funds whose discreet offices sit behind the solid wooden doors of those neighborhoods' elegant buildings. But now some funds are ...

New Buying Power, Despite the Economy - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:10:00 -0800

In a time of hedge funds and derivatives, barter might sound old-fashioned. But thanks to neighborhood swaps, Web sites like Craigslist and groups like International Monetary Systems, it is making a comeback during this economic downturn.

Gold likely to extend its lead over sluggish oil

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:40:02 -0800

LONDON (Reuters) - Massive oversupply in the oil market has helped to snap the link between oil and gold that at this stage of tentative economic recovery could send both assets rising as inflation hedges, a strategist at a privately-held fund said.

Cohen's Back, on a Smaller Stage - Wall Street Journal

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:01:55 -0800

Cohen's Back, on a Smaller Stage
Wall Street Journal
In 1992, Mr. Cohen built a securities business catering to hedge funds at Republic New York Corp. He left two years later when Republic's controlling ...
New Cowen CEO hiring, acquisitions possible-report Reuters

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Hedge fund lawyer runs for Congress, anti-big banks - Reuters

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:48:37 -0800

Hedge fund lawyer runs for Congress, anti-big banks
Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hedge funds are far from popular, but one lawyer thinks Pennsylvania voters will support his calls for banning ...
Big banks, bailout inspire runs for Congress Reuters

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EU Parliament Takes on Hedge Funds - BusinessWeek

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:01:54 -0800

AFP

EU Parliament Takes on Hedge Funds
BusinessWeek
A new report on hedge fund and private equity regulation, published by an influential MEP on Wednesday (25 November), highlights the ...
An Old Solution Applied to New Problem -- Hedge Funds Wall Street Journal
EU pressured to tighten new rules for hedge funds Reuters
Swedes back down on hedge fund pay rules Telegraph.co.uk
AFP - Forbes - Europolitics.info
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