long term capital management news from FierceFinance

Although most hedge funds use more than one prime broker, the question remains: Does this pose any problems for investors? The Financial Times reports that the GAO is concerned that when information Read more...

Is there life after a hedge fund blow up? Sure. Just ask John Meriwether, still better known as the leader of Long-Term Capital Management, which collapsed in 1998 for JMW Partners, and has fared Read more...

An announcement as early as today could be forthcoming from a group of banks that have been in talks to create a large investment fund to prevent severe losses in various mortgage and other markets. Read more...

Will the current turmoil re-order the hedge fund rankings? It is distinctly possible. Read more...

There have been some great cases of professors who try their hand at hedge fund investing. Remember how proud Read more...

The August Carlyle Group, best known as a private equity Read more...

So far, all the drama over the subprime implosion has not led to anything remotely similar to the meltdown of Long-term Capital Management. There has been no coordinated Fed-directed government Read more...

Nobody wants to scare people into thinking that Bear Stearns' troubled hedge funds is going to Read more...

This is not another Long-term Capital Management is it? On the surface, it sure doesn't seem that way. As far as we know, there was no involvement by the Federal Reserve Board or any public Read more...

The Federal Reserve Board is growing increasingly cautious about hedge funds and the risks they pose to the financial system. Key officials have been speaking out about the many ways that funds Read more...