Private equity executives today warned the Senate that higher taxes on carried interest would severely harm enterprises.
The SEC doesn’t need legislation right now to beef up its oversight of the hedge fund industry, SEC Chairman Christopher Cox said today.
JPMorgan Hedge Fund Services has expanded its Asia business with a pair of hires in its Hong Kong office.
Claymore Securities Inc. has launched an exchange traded fund designed to profit off of companies in the luxury goods-and-services market.
Hedge fund advisers opting to register with the SEC increased by only 1.5% this year.
Citadel Investment Group LLC, one of the world's largest hedge funds, agreed to take over the credit portfolio of Sowood Capital Management LP.
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.
The Hartford generated second-quarter core earnings per share of $2.39, up 31% from the same period last year.
Bear Stearns has seized the assets from one of its troubled hedge funds, according to published reports.
The head of Goldman Sachs’s equity proprietary trading desk will start a hedge fund inside the firm, said a report.
Fortress Investment Group today closed a pair of funds with a final total of $5 billion in third-party commitments.
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.
SEC chairman Christopher L. Cox delivered Congress a "white paper" calling for upgrades to accounting and disclosure in the municipal securities market.
The new ETF tracks the Morgan Stanley Capital International Europe, Australasia and Far East index.
Amaranth Advisors LLC and a pair of its traders face $291 million in penalties for price manipulation, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission said today.
The first bipartisan House version of the National Insurance Act of 2007 was reintroduced today.
Former hedge fund trader Mark Lenowitz pleaded guilty to profiting from inside tips allegedly leaked by a former UBS executive.
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission today filed civil charges against Amaranth Advisors LLC and its ex-head energy trader Brian Hunter.
The $14 billion hedge fund manager run by billionaire Steven Cohen is considering selling up to 20% of itself in a private offering.
The National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors has named John J. Healy as its new chief executive.
