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Tiger Global losses exceeded 50%
July 3, 2022
Tiger Global Management’s has incurred one of the largest-ever losses by a hedge fund in 2022. 2022 is getting worse with losses at the firm’s high-profile hedge fund ballooning to 52% through May. Tiger reported the drop, which extends a 44% loss recorded through April, in a note to its investors Thursday. The firm’s long-only […]
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Citigroup Affiliates to Pay $180 Million to Settle Hedge Fund Fraud Charges — The ASTA/Mat Aftermath
August 17, 2015
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that two Citigroup affiliates have agreed to pay nearly $180 million to settle charges that they defrauded investors in two hedge funds by claiming they were safe, low-risk, and suitable for traditional bond investors. The funds later crumbled and eventually collapsed during the financial crisis. Citigroup Global Markets […]
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Charges brought against Connecticut based hedge fund managers
February 27, 2013
On February 26, 2013, the Securities and Exchange Commission filed a civil injunctive action in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut against Connecticut-based hedge fund managers David Bryson and Bart Gutekunst (“Gutekunst”) and their advisory firm, New Stream Capital, LLC, (“New Stream”) for lying to investors about the capital structure and […]
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Hedge fund managers charged in Ponzi scheme complaint
February 26, 2012
US Attorney Anne M Tompkins made the announcement in conjunction with Chris Briese, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Charlotte Division, and Jeannine A Hammett, Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation Division (IRS-CI). According to the criminal indictment, the defendants operated “hedge funds” as part of […]
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Hedge Funds In Trouble
August 29, 2007
Problems in the credit markets coupled with a sharp drop in equity markets have affected many hedge fund returns. As many managers in the loosely regulated $1.75 trillion industry suffer more losses in August, speculation mounts that more funds could be on the brink of shutting down. Following is a list of firms whose hedge […]
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