Hedge funds
Hedge fund working group to review best practice
A working group of 13 primarily UK-based hedge funds is to review best practice in the industry and examine the possibility of industry-wide standards.
Short on shorts?
Hedge funds
FSA issues new guidelines for hedge funds
FSA clarifies hedge fund activism stance
FSF calls for action on hedge funds
FSF makes recommendations on hedge funds
EU finance ministers call for hedge fund transparency
Rapid growth of hedge funds leads politicians to call for tighter rules and more transparency.
Hedge funds back under attack
A group of socialist MEPs calls on the European Commission to take action on hedge-fund regulation
PWG recommends principles based guidance for hedge funds and private equity
PWG recommends principles-based guidance for hedge funds
No need for more hedge fund regulation, US group says
Despite its growth over the last seven years, there is no need to improve regulation of the private investment industry, a US government working group reported yesterday.
Hedge funds are "disasters waiting to happen", says report
At least 30% of hedge funds have poor risk management that makes them "disasters waiting to happen", according to a report from consultancy Deloitte & Touche.
Surprising success, new risks
Are HEDGE funds liable to become the next operational risk and compliance crisis? This is the question that regulators, investors and other market participants around the world are asking themselves in the wake of yet another prominent hedge fund…
Land of the rising funds
Japan hedge funds
Hedge funds - Survival of the fittest
Hedge funds are facing an uncertain future, with a record number going bust in 2005. So what do hedge funds need to do to survive in today's dog-eat-dog environment? Saskia Scholtes reports
Hedge funds play it safe
Mezzanine Debt
Asian hedge funds move into credit
Hedge funds in Asia
A reversal of fortune
Hedge funds
Katrina sparks model rethink
Demand for catastrophe bonds is unlikely to wane following the impact of Hurricane Katrina in August, despite question marks raised about hedge funds' appetite for taking on catastrophe risk in the aftermath of the disaster.
BarCap teams with HFR to offer hedge fund options
Barclays Capital and HFR Group are offering transparent pricing for hedge fund-linked tradable options. Based on the HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index, BarCap will offer a two-way market in European call options to its institutional clients and counterparties…
Demanding disclosure
Hedge funds
Industry group warns of risk of derivatives crisis
The derivatives industry urgently needs to improve its transaction handling and risk transparency if it is to avoid a crisis, an industry taskforce said yesterday.
Bo’s back with a new fund
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A head for inter-commodity spreads
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Enterprise in Edinburgh
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Clear thinking needed
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