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Christine Williamson

Christine Williamson is a senior reporter at sister publication Pensions & Investments with a focus on money management and hedge funds. She tweets at: @Williamson_PI

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Hedge fund managers busy buying, selling and hiring

Hedge fund managers are exploiting the post-crisis period to find buyers and sellers, as well as talented investment and client service teams

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Hedge funds depend on beta as they ride careening equities

Hedge fund managers are having a hard time making a buck this year, unless they get a boost from a whole lot of market beta

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Investors: One-in-three chance of a double-dip

The U.S. economy stands a 31% chance of double-dipping into recession in the next year.

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Experts see nearly 1-in-3 chance of double-dip recession

The U.S. economy stands a 31% chance of double-dipping into recession in the next year.

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Investors in Gundlach’s old TCW funds given choice of sticking or kicking

TCW Asset Management has given investors in its Special Mortgage Credits Fund I and II until Feb. 19 to decide whether to liquidate their investments.

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Hedge fund ranking reveals scars from crisis

A ranking of the world's largest hedge fund managers sharply illustrates the ravages that the financial crisis wreaked on firms in the past two years.

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Ivy Asset employees sensed end was near

The demise of Ivy Asset Management apparently had been anticipated for some months by its employees.

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J.P. Morgan tops rankings of largest hedge fund managers

A ranking of the world's largest hedge fund managers sharply illustrates the ravages the financial crisis wreaked on firms in the past two years

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Hedge funds have best year since 1999

Hedge fund industry performance in 2009 was the best in a decade, according to Hedge Fund Research. The HFRI Fund Weighted Composite index returned 20.04% for the year ended Dec. 31, the industry's highest since the 31.29% return of the index in 1999.

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Hedge funds on seven-month win streak, says HFR

Hedge funds produced positive returns for the seventh consecutive month in September, with the HFRI Fund Weighted Composite index gaining 3.02% for the month, according to data from Hedge Fund Research.