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ALTERNATIVES JUL 30, 2007
Hedge fund registrants on decline

Hedge fund advisers opting to register with the SEC increased by only 1.5% this year.

By Bloomberg
ETFS JUL 30, 2007
Claymore launches upscale ETF

Claymore Securities Inc. has launched an exchange traded fund designed to profit off of companies in the luxury goods-and-services market.

By Bloomberg
ALTERNATIVES JUL 30, 2007
Citadel acquires Sowood portfolio

Citadel Investment Group LLC, one of the world's largest hedge funds, agreed to take over the credit portfolio of Sowood Capital Management LP.

By Bloomberg
ALTERNATIVES JUL 27, 2007
Fortress shares fall below IPO price

Shares of Fortress Investment Group LLC today dipped below the price at which the hedge fund and private-equity manager filed its initial public offering in February.

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUL 27, 2007
Insurers, asset manager book 2Q gains

The Hartford generated second-quarter core earnings per share of $2.39, up 31% from the same period last year.

By Bloomberg
ALTERNATIVES JUL 27, 2007
Bear cashes out failed fund

Bear Stearns has seized the assets from one of its troubled hedge funds, according to published reports.

By Bloomberg
ALTERNATIVES JUL 27, 2007
Agus to helm Goldman's hedge fund

The head of Goldman Sachs’s equity proprietary trading desk will start a hedge fund inside the firm, said a report.

By Bloomberg
ALTERNATIVES JUL 26, 2007
Apollo founder looking at $3B stake

Leon Black could hold a stake worth $3 billion once the private equity firm sells part of itself to investors, the New York Post reported.

By Bloomberg
ETFS JUL 26, 2007
Vanguard creates MSCI EAFE-based ETF

The new ETF tracks the Morgan Stanley Capital International Europe, Australasia and Far East index.

By Bloomberg
ALTERNATIVES JUL 26, 2007
Fortress closes two funds

Fortress Investment Group today closed a pair of funds with a final total of $5 billion in third-party commitments.

By Bloomberg
ALTERNATIVES JUL 26, 2007
FERC floats fines for Amaranth and traders

Amaranth Advisors LLC and a pair of its traders face $291 million in penalties for price manipulation, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission said today.

By Bloomberg
FIXED INCOME JUL 26, 2007
Cox calls for muni securities upgrades

SEC chairman Christopher L. Cox delivered Congress a "white paper" calling for upgrades to accounting and disclosure in the municipal securities market.

By Bloomberg
ALTERNATIVES JUL 25, 2007
Hedge fund manager pleads guilty

Former hedge fund trader Mark Lenowitz pleaded guilty to profiting from inside tips allegedly leaked by a former UBS executive.

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUL 25, 2007
National Insurance Act repitched

The first bipartisan House version of the National Insurance Act of 2007 was reintroduced today.

By Bloomberg
ALTERNATIVES JUL 25, 2007
SAC considers stake sale

The $14 billion hedge fund manager run by billionaire Steven Cohen is considering selling up to 20% of itself in a private offering.

By Bloomberg
ALTERNATIVES JUL 25, 2007
Hunter faces heat from Amaranth mess

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission today filed civil charges against Amaranth Advisors LLC and its ex-head energy trader Brian Hunter.

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUL 24, 2007
NAIFA names new chief executive

The National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors has named John J. Healy as its new chief executive.

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUL 24, 2007
Insurer settles bid-rigging case for $115M

The Hartford said it has reached a $115 million settlement with three states to resolve a bid rigging and market timing case.

By Bloomberg
ALTERNATIVES JUL 23, 2007
Hedge funds inflows dip below 1Q

Hedge funds pulled in $58.7 billion in new flows during the second quarter, according to Hedge Fund Research.

By Bloomberg
ALTERNATIVES JUL 23, 2007
Correction

An article about Credit Suisse/Tremont hedge fund indexes revising performance data did not include a correct comparison of indexes.

By D Hampton