PHILADELPHIA — Morgan Stanley’s plans to take its MSCI Inc. index unit public is raising concerns about conflicts of interest that may arise when an index company must answer to shareholders.
Coby Brooks, the son of the late founder and owner of the Hooters restaurant chain, is in an estate battle with his father's widow, arguing that a commonly used estate law is unconstitutional.
Borrowers just above subprime are reporting more residential mortgage delinquencies, according to AIG.
The SEC has settled with General American Life Insurance Company and a former executive for late trading.
Despite high-profile stories of hedge fund collapses in the last few weeks, two indexes showed overall gains for the industry.
Bear Stearns is being sued over the now-infamous failure two of its hedge funds, published reports said.
The HFR Fund Weighted Composite Index increased 0.49% in July and is up 7.99% year-to-date.
Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. announced that earnings per share remained unchanged at 31 cents compared to the year-ago period.
Radar Logic has licensed its real estate data to three Wall Street firms that will allow investors to bet on which way residential real estate markets are headed.
Van Eck Global announced that it will launch an exchange traded fund based on nuclear energy.
Hennessee Group has been cleared in a lawsuit filed by a client who lost money in the collapsed hedge fund Bayou Group LLC.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s flagship hedge fund fell 8% during the last week of July, according to Financial News.
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Merrill Lynch helped speed up the deterioration of one of Bear Stearns' collapsed hedge funds.
Barclays Global Investors today launched the first iShare ETF to invest in international real estate via real estate investment trusts.
The Raptor Fund fell 9% last month, while Caxton Associates' flagship hedge fund fell about 3%.,
Lehman Brothers launched the Lehman Brothers Municipal Index Swap, according to published reports.
A third Bear Stearns hedge fund is in trouble due to the subprime mortgage market, according to published reports.
Bear Stearns and several of its asset management employees are the subject of an arbitration claim by an investor who suffered losses in one of the company’s structured credit hedge funds.
