Academic

Hedge Fund Investors Still Bullish
Despite selected academic studies showing hedge fund investors that the investments do not "beat the market," the hedge fund investors themselves disagree. The investors expect to put $200 billion in hedge funds this year and expect their funds to make...

FINRA Fines Oppenheimer $4.5 Million for Market Timing
The latest on the market-timing settlement front: Oppenheimer agrees to pay FINRA $4.5 million for mutual-fund market timing conducted by five of its traders on behalf of hedge fund clients...

Former Bear hedge fund managers surrender
Former Bear hedge fund managers surrender Ralph Cioffi and Matthew Tannin, who managed Bear Stearns hedge funds before the subprime collapse, charged with lying to investors about mortgage market risk...

Hedge Fund Activity In a Bidder
On my final exam last semester the students were asked to advise a hedge fund that has purchased shares of a bidder in a control acquisition of a third party target. The hedge fund wants leverage to break up the...

Bear Stearns, Deloitte Sued Over Hedge Fund
The problems for Bear Stearns seem to keep on coming. After its fire sale to JP Morgan, today's news is that the liquidators of two of its hedge funds that collapsed last year, have filed suit against the company and its auditor, Deloitte & Touche seeking to recover over $1 billion in losses...

Key Guidance On Hedge Fund Investing
On Tuesday, May 13th, I presented Key Guidance On Hedge Fund Investing, a webinar highlighting important information contained in the "Report of the Investors' Committee to the President's Working Group on Financial Markets, Principles and Best Practices for Hedge Fund...

Nevada Onion
Workers Injured, EPA Files Complaint

Hedge Funds
alleging companies involved in mortgage fraud.

Stock Market Losses
alleging bad financial advice and conflicts of interest.

Wegmans Food Market
alleging the retailer revealed too much information on their credit and debit card receipts, violating the FACTA law, and leaving customers open to identity theft

Mutual Fund Losses
alleging financial advisors breached fiduciary duties by not looking out for investors best interests.

Lehman Brothers
Bankrupt, Files Chapter 11