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The SEC estimates there are 8,800 hedge funds operating in the US but, because they are usually incorporated offshore, it is impossible to be certain. Last month an appeal court threw out a rule requiring funds with more than 15 clients, or $30m, to register with the regulator. Ruling on a lawsuit brought by Philip … Read more
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – A record number of new hedge funds were created during the first half of 2005, according to Busnesswire reports. Despite the global slowdown in hedge fund returns during the first half of 2005, there was a 13 percent increase in the number of new hedge fund launches compared to … Read more
IT’S BOTH AMAZING AND a little bit bizarre that the same mainstream media that told folks to stick it out for the long haul while the market melted in 2000 and 2001 are now writing smear pieces about hedge funds simply because they’re not minting money this year. Indeed, we’re now in the golden age … Read more
Hedge funds have long been viewed as one of the more untouchable areas of the financial markets, and now 30,000 Canadian investors, along with a handful of pension funds, know why: Quite literally, they can’t touch their money. More than $1.2-billion they invested in two domestic hedge fund companies has been frozen by securities regulators … Read more