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      The hedge fund, the stripper and the missing millions

      Posted by SoxFirst

      In Canada, a hedge fund manager Paul Eustace made the wrong call on US interest rates, lied to investors, lost $208-million, stole about $2 million of client cash, cheated on his wife with a stripper for years and used investor money to give that stripper $1-million worth of gifts including breast augmentation surgery.

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      Hedge fund bonanza

      Posted by SoxFirst

      How much do hedge fund managers make? A lot more than ordinary folk.According to a new study, the top 20 private equity and hedge fund managers pocketed an average $657.5 million, or 22,255 times the pay of an average US worker. The top four each pocketed over $1 billion.

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    • Hedge funds, politicians and insider trading

      Posted by SoxFirst

      Regulators might be moving to crack down on the illegal trade of market-moving information from companies, but hedge funds are tapping a rich source of inside tips and predictions: politicians and the politically connected. They are hiring lobbyists to pick up market-beating tips in Washington.

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    • Systemic risks run hedge funds into lemons

      Posted by SoxFirst

      The implosion of hedge fund Amaranth has raised calls for more regulation but is that a case of shooting the messenger? The real culprits might be the banks. With hedge funds now the biggest clients of banks, changes in banking structure have opened the way for real conflicts of interest.

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