The regulator is investigating whether financial entities are investing in hedge funds in order to share inside information.
Investors in Bear Stearns' two collapsed hedge funds have filed arbitration claims against firm, according to Reuters.
Last year, returns at the fund topped 30% after it took over some assets from Amaranth Advisors.
Goldman Sachs is aiming to raise up to $6 billion in an effort to patch up the tattered reputation of its hedge fund business.
The now-defunct hedge fund claims that JPMorgan Chase & Co. hindered its efforts to avoid collapse.
And the index has increased 12.75% year-to-date, marking the best performance for the first ten months of the year since 2003.
The Chicago-based private-equity and hedge fund firm posted a net loss of $37.6 million, or 52 cents a share.
Timothy Sykes, the boy wonder investor, who turned $12,415 in bar mitzvah money into $1.65 million by trading stocks, started and folded his own hedge fund. Then he wrote a book about his experiences. Now he is embarking on a new venture.
Global REIT market capitalization was $764 billion as of June 30, up about 25% from the year before, according to a report by Ernst & Young.
Affiliated Managers Group today announced that it had purchased a stake in ValueAct Capital Partners.
Emerging markets took the lion’s share of the new money, as investors poured in $11.4 billion – 61% of the total.
The collapse of some hedge funds may be turning into the next cause celebre for plaintiff's attorneys who file arbitration claims on behalf of investors looking to recoup losses.
Federal commodities regulators want new powers to police energy derivative trades of the sort that contributed to the collapse of Greenwich, Conn.-based Amaranth Advisors LLC last year.
A Securities and Exchange Commission proposal to modernize regulation of private securities offerings has generated concerns from state regulators and some industry interests that it would blur the line between public and private deals.
Sources say the firm has been asking hedge funds to take on mortgage-related securities.
California's proposal to register hedge funds could drive much of the industry out of the state, experts say.
Investors pumped $45.2 billion into the hedge fund industry during the third quarter, according to data from Hedge Fund Research.
Merrill Lynch has launched an independent broker-neutral platform for its prime brokerage clients in the hedge fund industry.
Hedge funds pulled out of this summer’s market havoc, recording average returns of 2.44% for the third quarter, according to Morningstar Inc.
Four prominent Major League Baseball players are major investors in a hedge fund that was launched last spring, according to Bloomberg.
