The number of homes receiving foreclosure notices surged to 272,171 in July, up 8% from June.
The firm plans to categorize and rate the 3,500 funds of hedge funds in its database.
The hedge fund industry faces growing opposition to its efforts to hold back restrictions on naked short selling.
Morgan Stanley Investment Management is counting on overseas growth to help get it back on track as revenue continues to fall.
Adam Levinson, who has been with Fortress since 2002, will join five principals who hold around 77% of the stock.
After posting an 11.25% drop in June, real estate investment trusts rebounded in July, rising 2.8% for the month, NAREIT and FTSE Group reported today.
Jim Pallotta, a fund manager at Tudor Investment Corp., will start his own investment firm in 2009.
The Hennessee Hedge Fund Index slipped 1.95% last month and was down 3.23% for the year-to-date.
The pending-home-sales index rose 5.3% in June, after hitting a six-year low in May, according the National Association of Realtors.
Samuel Israel III, founder of Bayou Group LLC, pled guilty to charges related to his attempts to jump bail and flee.
Dow Kim, former head of trading and investment banking, has shelved plans to launch a hedge fund, says Bloomberg.
Three new revenue rulings released by the Internal Revenue Service over the past few weeks are likely to have substantial effects on investors.
While U.S. marshals were hunting down convicted hedge fund fraudster Samuel Israel III, their agency was busy recovering most of his firm's remaining assets.
The price of single-family homes in the country’s top 20 metropolitan markets posted the biggest year-over-year decline .
There were 106 hedge fund launches in Europe in the first half of 2008, a 45% decrease from a year ago.
One in every 171 households received a foreclosure notice in the quarter, according to RealtyTrac.
Although financial advisers are the key drivers in the generation of hedge fund sales, it appears the hedge fund industry and advisers aren't connecting as well as they might, according to a new study.
The ex-Stamford, Conn.-based hedge fund managed by Samuel Israel defrauded investors out of $300 million.
The $12.5 billion allocated to hedge funds during the quarter marked the lowest level of new capital since 2005.
Housing starts rose 9.1% to 1,066,000 units in June from May, but down 26.9% from a year ago.
