Read more hedge funds stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/31789/hedge-funds.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:30:21 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73739/jury-clears-fund-managers-in-bellwether-case.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTwo Bear Stearns executives who ran hedge funds that collapsed after betting heavily on the shaky subprime mortgage market were acquitted today of lying to investors—a defeat in the government's bid to punish fraud exposed by the financial crisis. The closely watched case was the first one against Wall...http://www.newser.com/story/73739/jury-clears-fund-managers-in-bellwether-case.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 10 Nov 2009 17:29:17 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/61844/obama-to-launch-radical-bank-reform.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama will unveil next week sweeping new changes to the nation’s governance of troubled financial institutions, the AP reports. Unlike Washington’s temporary ownership stake in automakers and major financial companies, the new regulatory protocol will be permanent and will present the most ambitious revision since the 1930s. Most likely...http://www.newser.com/story/61844/obama-to-launch-radical-bank-reform.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 14 Jun 2009 9:51:46 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58697/ny-lawyer-pleads-guilty-to-400m-fraud.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNew York lawyer Marc Dreier pleaded guilty yesterday to selling hundreds of millions in bogus promissory notes to hedge funds and other clients, reports the Times . Dreier, 59, used the $400 million to fund a Manhattan apartment, beachfront houses, and an $18 million yacht. “He has disgraced the honorable profession...http://www.newser.com/story/58697/ny-lawyer-pleads-guilty-to-400m-fraud.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 12 May 2009 8:34:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54283/hedge-fund-managers-profit-in-bear-market.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHedge funds lost an average of 18% last year, but as markets fell to earth, the top 25 hedge fund managers each earned more than $75 million in pay, reports the New York Times . The most successful, James Simons of Renaissance Technologies, pulled in $2.5 billion, while George Soros...http://www.newser.com/story/54283/hedge-fund-managers-profit-in-bear-market.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 25 Mar 2009 7:06:10 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54076/feds-look-for-privately-funded-1t-bailout.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Treasury today unveils its three-part public-private plan to purchase $1 trillion in troubled assets, offering lucrative subsidies to private investors to encourage them to participate. The Obama administration spent the weekend wooing hesitant private investors—hedge funds, private equity firms, and sovereign wealth funds—who fear future regulation or...http://www.newser.com/story/54076/feds-look-for-privately-funded-1t-bailout.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 23 Mar 2009 5:37:34 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52601/hedges-private-equity-funds-to-invest-in-bailout.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith its highly touted TALF program to spur consumer lending, the government is undertaking a $1 trillion effort that hinges on the participation of some unpopular outfits: hedge funds and private equity firms. As the Washington Post reports, the Fed and Treasury's "public-private partnership" relies on investment from the only...http://www.newser.com/story/52601/hedges-private-equity-funds-to-invest-in-bailout.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 06 Mar 2009 7:11:33 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/51050/brokerages-get-tough-on-b-list-hedge-funds.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBrokerage firms are cutting their financing and support to hundreds of hedge funds, reports the Wall Street Journal , delivering a further blow to what was the highest-flying sector of American finance. As they attempt to shore up their own positions, the banks are dividing their hedge fund clients into two...http://www.newser.com/story/51050/brokerages-get-tough-on-b-list-hedge-funds.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 17 Feb 2009 8:30:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47480/former-fugitive-marc-rich-lost-with-madoff.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMany of Bernard Madoff’s former clients are seeking legal recourse to recover their money, but onetime fugitive Marc Rich likely won’t be among them, Andrew Ross Sorkin writes in the New York Times . Rich, who lost $10 million to $15 million through a third party who invested with Madoff, is...http://www.newser.com/story/47480/former-fugitive-marc-rich-lost-with-madoff.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 09 Jan 2009 11:07:02 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/46065/fund-warned-clients-madoff-could-abscond-with-assets.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOne of the firms hardest hit by the $50 billion Bernard Madoff fraud warned investors in its prospectus that investing with Madoff was risky, saying explicitly that the brokerage “could abscond with those assets,” the Financial Times reports. Kingate Global told investors that they would not check the accuracy of...http://www.newser.com/story/46065/fund-warned-clients-madoff-could-abscond-with-assets.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 23 Dec 2008 8:47:00 CST