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Europe’s pensions flee hedge funds

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In the US pension funds poured a net $9.8bn into hedge funds and absolute return vehicles during 2011 Continue reading

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Church of England doubles hedge fund investments

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Anglican portfolio now among biggest investors despite public anger about excess in industry notorious for eye-watering pay packages Continue reading

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Bruising year for commodities hedge funds

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Heavy losses hit the sector as some of the industry’s best-known multibillion-dollar managers post double-digit losses for the year Continue reading

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BlueCrest vehicle set for London float

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Company expects to raise more than $230m through the listing to invest in its $13.6bn computer driven offshore hedge fund, BlueTrend Continue reading

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Deutsche Bank targets problem assets

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The bank estimates that investors are sitting on between $80bn and $100bn of hard-to-sell hedge fund assets that could prove lucrative Continue reading

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Fallout spreads from Einhorn’s improper trading

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The FSA has fined an executive at David Einhorn’s Greenlight Capital hedge fund and a trading desk director at JPMorgan Cazenove Continue reading

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Ex-BofA broker faces fine after Einhorn action

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Andrew Osborne, who resigned from Bank of America Merrill Lynch last year, is still considering whether to appeal the FSA penalty Continue reading

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Einhorn and Greenlight fined £7.2m

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High-profile hedge fund manager and his firm are penalised by the UK’s financial regulator for trading ahead of Punch Taverns’ 2009 fundraising Continue reading

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Hedge funds give Greek bonds wide berth

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Firms face great uncertainty if they take on Athens for larger sums as most of the country’s bonds are under sole jurisdiction of Greek laws
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Diamondback settles insider trading case

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The hedge fund has agreed to pay $9m to resolve allegations it illegally profited from trading of Dell and Nvidia shares in 2008 and 2009 Continue reading

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