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Hedge fund boss found guilty of $600 million fraud

LONDON - Magnus Peterson, the boss of collapsed hedge fund business Weavering, has been found guilty of fraud and breach of duty of care towards investors in a civil case at London's High Court.

FSA fines hedge fund boss £3 mln

LONDON - The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has banned Alberto Micalizzi, whose hedge fund racked up hundreds of millions of dollars of losses in the credit crisis, and handed him a record fine for an individual in a non-market abuse case.

29 May 2012

Hedge funds queue up to go short of Bankia

LONDON - A rush by hedge funds to go short of troubled Bankia in recent months has been stymied by a shortage of stock, limiting their gains from the Spanish bank's collapsing share price.

29 May 2012

Hedge funds take bets against core euro zone bonds

LONDON - Hedge funds are piling into bets against the bonds of core euro zone countries like Germany and France, signalling a growing fear that nations once considered safe havens could be dragged down by the crisis in peripheral states like Greece and Spain.

30 May 2012

Hedge funds bet wrong on wheat, right on copper

NEW YORK - Hedge funds and other money managers betting on a continued rally in U.S. wheat from dry weather bought close to $2 billion (1.3 billion pounds) worth of contracts in the grain over a week before the market's tumble three days ago, trade data on Friday showed.

29 May 2012

Hedge funds find ways to trade euro misery

BOSTON/NEW YORK - Two decades ago, George Soros rose to fame and fortune on his now-historic trade in which he took on the Bank of England and shrewdly wagered on a devaluation of the British pound.

George Soros 28 May 2012

Star bank traders struggle to shine with own funds

LONDON - Some of the biggest traders to have swapped working at a bank for running their own hedge funds are finding it much tougher on their own, with returns since they launched lagging rivals and disappointing investors.

28 May 2012

Funds of hedge funds fight to stay relevant

ZURICH/LONDON - For funds which market themselves on their ability to spot the sharpest hedge fund minds, it could be their greatest challenge yet. Investors who once trusted them to find the best returns are gaining the expertise and confidence to do it themselves.

28 May 2012

Murdoch private eye targeted U.S. hedge fund boss

- A private detective working for Rupert Murdoch's British newspapers used a legally questionable tactic to obtain a hotel bill that a New York financier ran up at one of London's swankest hotels, records reviewed by Reuters show.

28 May 2012

Hedge funds eye further profits from JPMorgan losses

LONDON - Hedge funds are positioned to squeeze more profits from JPMorgan & Co's losing position in U.S. credit derivatives, after racking up tidy gains from a lucrative trade that could end up costing the bank more than $3 billion.

16 May 2012
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