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Hedgeweek Comment: Making the worst of a bad job?

Mon, 01/12/2008 - 06:58

SRM Advisers, the Monaco-based hedge fund management firm run by the former star UBS proprietary trader Jon Wood, is suing the Wall Street Journal for publishing what it says was confident »

Comment: Coppicing the hedge - the FSA's update on anti-market abuse systems and controls

Thu, 27/11/2008 - 07:02

Steven Francis (photo) and Richard Burger, former FSA enforcement lawyers now with City law firm Reynolds Porter Chamberlain, say the UK regulator's latest report on anti-market abuse syst »

Hedgeweek Comment: The merry-go-round goes on

Thu, 27/11/2008 - 06:59

Hedge funds need to sell off a further USD200bn in assets to meet their objectives on deleveraging, according to a survey by US research firm Sanford C. »

Hedgeweek Comment: Spirit of charity dries up as financial sector wilts

Wed, 26/11/2008 - 06:58

The bloodbath in the stock markets and the continuing pain of the financial sector is now even taking its toll on giving to the needy. »

Hedgeweek Comment: Silda Spitzer joins the world of hedge funds

Tue, 25/11/2008 - 07:02

Silda Wall Spitzer, wife of disgraced former New York governor Eliot Spitzer, is reported to have stepped into the high-rolling world of hedge funds. »

Hedgeweek Comment: All eyes on McCreevy

Mon, 24/11/2008 - 07:01

The French and German governments have been urging action for months to tackle what they see as a lack of constraints on hedge funds and their managers that has contributed to the global c »

Comment: Closure of the Kuwait Stock Exchange - panacea or aggravation?

Fri, 21/11/2008 - 07:01

Kuwait-based Global Investment House says that following the court-ordered suspension of the Kuwait Stock Exchange last week, the national authorities need to act decisively to restore inv »

Hedgeweek Comment: Yang resignation could renew hedge funds' focus on Yahoo!

Thu, 20/11/2008 - 09:15

Yahoo! co-founder Jerry Yang has announced that he is stepping down as chief executive after 16 months at the helm of the online giant. »

Hedgeweek Comment: Market travails make Mayfair addresses more affordable

Wed, 19/11/2008 - 07:04

The price of commercial office space in Mayfair and St. »

Hedgeweek Comment: The re-emergence of private equity?

Tue, 18/11/2008 - 07:00

Not much more than a year ago, private equity players dominated the front pages, until the credit crunch began and the leverage fuelling the buyout industry to a large extent dried up. »