Hedge funds
Hedge funds escape tighter regulation
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Hedge fund manager in fraud investigation
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US Treasury issues fact sheet on hedge fund regulatory reform
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Hedge Fund Standards Board gets tough
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Carry in favour?
Long popular among hedge funds, the financial crisis battered the carry trade towards the end of 2008. But despite massive losses stemming from the trade, there is evidence market participants are putting it on again. By Mark Pengelly
Hedge Fund Fraud: Hedge of darkness
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McCreevy cautions against hedge fund over-regulation
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Iosco recommends compulsory registration of hedge funds
Hedge funds and fund managers should be subject to mandatory registration and an international system of oversight should be established for the hedge fund industry, the International Organisation of Securities Commissions' (Iosco) Technical Committee…
Cesr releases consultation on Ucits risk management
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Pricing options on film revenue
This article illustrates two models for cumulative revenues from films, a time-changed gamma process and a compound Poisson process, and how these models can be used to price options. Don Chance, Eric Hillebrand and Jimmy Hilliard find that while both…
Struggling to survive
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'Disgraced' lawyer admits $400 million hedge fund fraud
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SEC swoops on hedge funds
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SEC investigates first insider trading CDS case
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La Meer launches integrated operational risk software for hedge funds
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Commodities
Commodities participants are used to volatility. But the price moves that have taken place during the past year are almost unprecedented and have made life extremely tricky for many market participants.
Pricing options on film revenue
This article illustrates two models for cumulative revenues from films, a time-changed gamma process and a compound Poisson process, and how these models can be used to price options. Don Chance, Eric Hillebrand and Jimmy Hilliard find that while both…
Madoff feeder fund accused of fraud and deception
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New York pension probe widens; Politician charged
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