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Amaranth meltdown triggered by trader’s desire to quit

When Nicholas Maounis, the founder of Amaranth, decided to grant trader Brian Hunter full control of his own trades for fear of losing...

Hedge fund Edge a hit with Swedish investors in November

The Swedish equity hedge fund Edge was a popular fund investment among Swedes in November. The fund is up 10.17% YTD and 262.83% inception to...

Regulators: Retailisation of hedge funds creates fraud potential

According to international hedge fund regulators, while the hedge fund industry hitherto has produced few examples of major fraud, further introduction to retail investors...

Former Swedish FSA legal experts criticise Kullberg & Spiik sanction

The Swedish FSA has received heavy criticism of their sanctioning action against the hedge fund management company Kullberg & Spiik earlier this year. A...

Hedge fund activist Gardell plans European expansion

Christer Gardell, the hedge fund activist who recently made headlines with his accumulation of Volvo stocks, has plans to target European companies. His hedge...

Goldman Sachs launches hedge fund replication tool

As the first bank ever, Goldman Sachs has created a hedge fund clone which aims to produce the same returns as hedge funds but...

The Nordic Hedge Fund Index (NHX) up 0.73% in October: final result

The October final composite index result marks the highest performance of the Nordic hedge funds since April, even though it has dipped slightly from...

Swedish hedge fund RADAR closes to new investors with 32% YTD

The Swedish equity long/short hedge fund RADAR is the second best performing Swedish hedge fund so far this year. December marks the last chance...

Survey: European institutional investors have an average of 2% in hedge funds, slight rise from 2005

Europe’s institutional investors invest an average of 2% in hedge funds. Particularly smaller institutions are interested in the asset class. December 1 (bfinance.de): Institutional...

Scandium’s assets double in one month

The assets managed by the Danish hedge fund management company Scandium Asset Management has doubled during the course of one month as its new...

Farringdon Alpha One to launch on December 11

The Swiss-managed equity long/short fund Farringdon Alpha One with former Carnegie-manager Andreas Tholstrup at the helm opens for subscriptions tomorrow. The fund launches on...

Hedge funds will make it big in equities in 2007, says FoHF manager

According to Union Bancaire Privee, the second largest fund of hedge funds manager, hedge funds will reap great profits from their equity investments in...