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ALTERNATIVES AUG 06, 2007
Goldman's Global Alpha plunged in July

Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s flagship hedge fund fell 8% during the last week of July, according to Financial News.

ALTERNATIVES AUG 03, 2007
Merrill accelerated Bear hedge debacle

Merrill Lynch helped speed up the deterioration of one of Bear Stearns' collapsed hedge funds.

ALTERNATIVES AUG 03, 2007
Barclays launches Int'l REIT ETFs

Barclays Global Investors today launched the first iShare ETF to invest in international real estate via real estate investment trusts.

ALTERNATIVES AUG 02, 2007
Two major hedge funds post losses

The Raptor Fund fell 9% last month, while Caxton Associates' flagship hedge fund fell about 3%.,

ALTERNATIVES AUG 01, 2007
Another Bear hedge fund on the rocks

A third Bear Stearns hedge fund is in trouble due to the subprime mortgage market, according to published reports.

FIXED INCOME AUG 01, 2007
Lehman debuts muni index swap

Lehman Brothers launched the Lehman Brothers Municipal Index Swap, according to published reports.

ALTERNATIVES AUG 01, 2007
Bear Stearns hit with claim over losses

Bear Stearns and several of its asset management employees are the subject of an arbitration claim by an investor who suffered losses in one of the company’s structured credit hedge funds.

ALTERNATIVES JUL 31, 2007
Tax change would hobble deals, say execs

Private equity executives today warned the Senate that higher taxes on carried interest would severely harm enterprises.

ALTERNATIVES JUL 31, 2007
JPMorgan grows Asia hedge fund unit

JPMorgan Hedge Fund Services has expanded its Asia business with a pair of hires in its Hong Kong office.

ALTERNATIVES JUL 31, 2007
Cox: No need for hedge fund legislation yet

The SEC doesn’t need legislation right now to beef up its oversight of the hedge fund industry, SEC Chairman Christopher Cox said today.

ALTERNATIVES JUL 30, 2007
Hedge fund registrants on decline

Hedge fund advisers opting to register with the SEC increased by only 1.5% this year.

ETFS JUL 30, 2007
Claymore launches upscale ETF

Claymore Securities Inc. has launched an exchange traded fund designed to profit off of companies in the luxury goods-and-services market.

ALTERNATIVES JUL 30, 2007
Citadel acquires Sowood portfolio

Citadel Investment Group LLC, one of the world's largest hedge funds, agreed to take over the credit portfolio of Sowood Capital Management LP.

ALTERNATIVES JUL 27, 2007
Fortress shares fall below IPO price

Shares of Fortress Investment Group LLC today dipped below the price at which the hedge fund and private-equity manager filed its initial public offering in February.

ALTERNATIVES JUL 27, 2007
Bear cashes out failed fund

Bear Stearns has seized the assets from one of its troubled hedge funds, according to published reports.

ALTERNATIVES JUL 27, 2007
Agus to helm Goldman's hedge fund

The head of Goldman Sachs’s equity proprietary trading desk will start a hedge fund inside the firm, said a report.

ALTERNATIVES JUL 26, 2007
Apollo founder looking at $3B stake

Leon Black could hold a stake worth $3 billion once the private equity firm sells part of itself to investors, the New York Post reported.

ETFS JUL 26, 2007
Vanguard creates MSCI EAFE-based ETF

The new ETF tracks the Morgan Stanley Capital International Europe, Australasia and Far East index.

ALTERNATIVES JUL 26, 2007
Fortress closes two funds

Fortress Investment Group today closed a pair of funds with a final total of $5 billion in third-party commitments.

ALTERNATIVES JUL 26, 2007
FERC floats fines for Amaranth and traders

Amaranth Advisors LLC and a pair of its traders face $291 million in penalties for price manipulation, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission said today.