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The GS-Files 4: Always a Winner

Nathan Lewis | Posted 08.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Trading and Principal Investments, Hedge Funds, Stocks, Goldman Sachs Bailout, Hedge Fund, Goldman Sachs Profits, Trading, Business News
Nathan Lewis

Goldman has been making its money somewhat like a hedge fund: by buying and selling securities in the secondary market for profit. Why this activity should be government subsidized, I don't know.

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Financial Reforms: Is Europe Hypocritical?

Georges Ugeux | Posted 09.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Financial Regulatory Institutions, London, G20 Summit, Regulatory System, European Parliament, G20 CommuniquéS, Hedge Funds, Ratings Agencies, Stimulus Package, President Sarkozy, Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Wall Street, Tax Havens, Short Sales, " Council of Ministers, European Central Bank, Stress Tests, TARP Money, European Union, United States, Credit Cards, Oecd, France, Transparency, European Summit, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Regulations on Compensation, Regulatory Reform, Sec, “Locusts”, President George W. Bush, Business News
Georges Ugeux

European bank losses were as high as the U.S. They used the same compensation system, and their fragmented and ineffective regulatory system shares responsibility for the crisis.

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What If: The Non-Profit Media Model

John Thornton | Posted 08.30.2009 | Media

Read More: New York Times, Michael Arrington, Texas Tribune, Texas, Nonprofits, Hedge Funds, Media News
John Thornton

In Micro 101, we learn that such "public goods" as clean air and national defense will not be produced in sufficient supply exclusively by market forces. Allow for the sake of argument that journalism is such a good.

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Wall Street on Speed

Robert Kuttner | Posted 08.26.2009 | Business

Read More: High-Frequency Trading, Goldman Sachs, Wall Street, Hedge Funds, Economy, Economic Crisis, Business News
Robert Kuttner

If the financial crisis has proven anything, it is that capital markets have become an insiders' game in which trading profits crowd out the legitimate business of investment.

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A "Dryer" Version of Madoff

Ron Kuby | Posted 08.21.2009 | Home

Read More: Lawyer, Real Estate, Marc Dreier, Bernie Madoff, Prison, Hedge Funds, New York City, Home News
Ron Kuby

Let's see--he ripped off hedge fund managers, real estate moguls, and real estate lawyers. The trifecta. Were there any normal people who got hurt? Sadly, the answer is yes.

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The Root of Madoff's Evil

Robert Scheer | Posted 08.01.2009 | Business

Read More: Robert Rubin, Wall Street, Hedge Funds, Economy, Economic Crisis, Deregulation, Regulation, Bernard Madoff, Sec, Business News
Robert Scheer

How convenient for the judge and the media to paint Bernard Madoff as Mr. Evil, a uniquely venal blight on an otherwise responsible financial industry in which money is handled honestly and with transparency.

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Global Regulators Back Hedge Fund Registration

Reuters | Hue Jones | Posted 07.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Hedge Funds, Financial Crisis, International Organisation of Securities Commissions, Hedge Fund Regulation, Financial Regulation, Business News

LONDON (Reuters) - A global regulatory body backed compulsory registration of hedge fund managers on Monday to restore investor confidence, saying t...

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Financial Reform: Don't Abandon It to Regulators

Alan Schram | Posted 07.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Business News, Regulation, Financial Crisis, Bailout, Hedge Funds, Business News
Alan Schram

The Obama plan for financial regulatory reform ignores the source of the problems and instead picks the wrong solutions, mostly in the form of enhanced regulatory oversight.

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Hedge Fund Wives: How They Are Learning To Cope

Times Online | Tatiana Boncompagni | Posted 07.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Seven Types of Hedge Fund Wives, Hedge Fund Wives, New York's Super Rich, New York Super Rich, Hedge Funds, Business News

On a recent sunny afternoon in New York City I was talking with a girlfriend who happens to be a hedge fund wife. She was complaining about her husban...

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Fear and Looting in America: Wall Street Reboots as Main Street gets the Boot

Les Leopold | Posted 07.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Financial Crisis, Unemployment, Hedge Funds, Economy, Economic Crisis, Business News
Les Leopold

How can hedge funds have a banner month with 60 percent returns, while unemployment hits 9.4 percent and tens of millions are out of work or forced into part-time employment?

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Fear and Looting in America: Should We Worry if Wall Street Loses its Top Talent?

Les Leopold | Posted 07.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Financial Crisis, CEO Pay, Wall Street Crisis, Bank Bailout, Hedge Funds, President Obama, Economic Crisis, Business News
Les Leopold

the financial industry is whining about how it will lose "top talent" and therefore would be at a competitive disadvantage to firms that don't have such constraints.

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Hedge Fund Score Big Gains In May

nytimes.com | ZACHERY KOUWE | Posted 07.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Paulson, Moore Capital Management, Carl Icahn, Hedge Funds, Hedge Fund Industry, Business News

Hedge funds are beginning to recover from the huge losses they suffered last year, as May turned into one of the best performing months in history....

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Raptor Capital Management, Noble Partners Hedge Funds Closing Down

AP | MARK JEWELL | Posted 07.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Noble Partners, Raptor Capital Management, Hedge Funds, Business News

BOSTON — A pair of unrelated Boston-based hedge funds managing a total of more than $1.3 billion separately told investors Tuesday they're shutt...

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Hedge Fund Permanently Banned From Trading

Crain's Chicago Business | Ann Saphir | Posted 06.20.2009 | Chicago

Read More: National Futures Association, Hedge Funds, Lake Shore Asset Management, Chicago News

Lake Shore Asset Management Ltd. has been permanently expelled from the National Futures Assn. after failing to cooperate in a fraud investigation....

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In Support of Hedge Fund Managers

George Jenkins | Posted 06.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Monitoring Banks, Economic Stimulus Package, Capitalism, Hedge Funds, Recession, Economy, Economic Crisis, Business News
George Jenkins

We are potentially destroying our capitalist system by inculcating in a whole generation of young adults that this is the way things should be.

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Swine Flu Found on Wall Street

Norb Vonnegut | Posted 06.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Hedge Funds, Wall Street Bonuses, Acrimoney, Swine Flu, Shareholders, AIG Retention Bonuses, Wall Street, Citigroup, Business News
Norb Vonnegut

Hedge funds are often unstable. One bad year, and investors pull their capital. A few bad "marks," and lenders make margin calls.

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SEC Chief Wants Power To Regulate Hedge Funds

Bloomberg | Jesse Westbrook | Posted 06.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Sec Regulation Hedge Funds, Hedge Funds, Economy, Mary Schapiro, Financial Crisis, Sec, Hedge Funds Sec, Business News

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission should be given authority to regulate what hedge funds can buy and how much money they can borrow to maxim...

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The Hedge Fund Smack Down in the Chrysler Bankruptcy

Jeffrey Feldman | Posted 05.31.2009 | Business

Read More: Banking Crisis, Chrysler Bankruptcy, Hedge Funds, Barack Obama, Chrysler, Business News
Jeffrey Feldman

On the 101st day of his Presidency, Barack Obama finally slapped the hedge funds across the face like they deserved.

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Chrysler Vultures May Win Too

Diane Francis | Posted 05.31.2009 | Business

Read More: Chapter 11, Automakers, Gmac, Chrysler, Auto Bailout, President Obama, Bankruptcy, General Motors, Hedge Funds, Fiat, Caw, Car Woes, Uaw, Auto Industry, Detroit, Cars, Business News
Diane Francis

So here's what is next: Chrysler's hedge funds will make money on the deal because the courts will award something.

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Grand Theft Automaker

Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.31.2009 | Business

Read More: Geithner, Bondholders, General Motors Bailout, Detroit Automakers, GM Bankruptcy, Gm Bondholder, Economy, Steven Rattner, Ppip, Gm, Business, GM Bailout, Automakers, General Motors, Gm Bondholders, Hedge Funds, Gm Chapter 11, Obama Gm, Pension Funds, White House Auto Task Force, Auto Task Force, Rick Wagoner, Detroit, Rick Wagoner Fired, Wall Street, Business News
Stuart Whatley

Nobody expects the administration to right the world economy in a day, but what it can do is make sure each who is owed gets his fair share of the pie.

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Economic Adviser to the Aristocracy

David Bromwich | Posted 08.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Wall Street, Obama Economic Advisers, Hedge Funds, Honorariums, Economy, Larry Summers, Banks, Lawrence Summers, Barack Obama, Business News
David Bromwich

One sees in the recent career of Larry Summers how subtle, consistent, and pervasive are the means by which an aristocracy maintains itself.

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G-20 Targets Hedge Funds As Leaders Near Consensus On Tougher Rules

Bloomberg News | Posted 04.30.2009 | Business

Read More: G-20 Summit, G20 Hedge Funds, Hedge Fund Rules, G-20 Hedge Funds, Hedge Funds, G-20, Hedge Fund Regulations, London-United Kingdom, United Kingdom, Business News

Leaders of advanced and emerging economies are closing ranks behind plans for tougher rules on financial markets to prevent another collapse like the ...

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Alpha's Hedge Fund Losers: Magazine Lists 8 Worst Performers

Huffington Post | Julie Satow | Posted 04.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Hedge Fund, Hedge Fund Losers, Hedge Funds, Hedge Fund Managers, Slideshow, Alpha Hedge Fund Magazine, Ken Griffin Big Hedge Fund Loser, Alpha Worst Losers, Business News

Alpha magazine has published a list of the worst performing hedge fund managers in 2008. The group of eight lost a combined $6.2 billion in personal...

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Hedge-Fund Pay May Fall 25%

Bloomberg | Katherine Burton | Posted 04.25.2009 | Business

Read More: Hedge Fund Compensation, Hedge Fund Pay, Hedge Funds, Hedge Fund Compensation Johnson Associates, Hedge Fund Managers, Johnson Associates, Business News

March 25 (Bloomberg) -- Compensation for U.S. hedge-fund employees may drop as much as 25 percent this year as the firms try to recoup last year's inv...

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Hedge Fund Withdrawals Even Bigger In '09: Report

Financial Times | James Mackintosh | Posted 04.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Hedge Fund Withdrawals, Hedge Funds, Hedge Fund Industry, Hedge Fund Research, Business News

Hedge fund investors believe the industry will see even bigger withdrawals this year than last, when record levels of cash were pulled from the sector...

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