31-10-2008   | 
         Citadel shuts down $1bn fund of funds 
        Citadel Investment Group is winding down its $1bn fund of hedge funds...         | 
    
        
         30-10-2008   | 
         US pension fund gap estimated at $100bn 
        US companies will need to inject more than $100bn into their pension...         | 
    
        
         30-10-2008   | 
         Davis will be replaced as MF Global chief 
        The chief executive of MF Global, one of the worldâ??s biggest financial...         | 
    
        
         29-10-2008   | 
         China cuts interest rates again 
        China cut interest rates on Wednesday for the third time in six weeks.         | 
    
        
         29-10-2008   | 
         Hungary gets $25 bn rescue package 
        The International Monetary Fund, the European Union and World Bank on...         | 
    
        
         28-10-2008   | 
         Gulf Bank chief quits  
        The crisis in Kuwaitâ??s banking sector deepened on Tuesday as the...         | 
    
        
         28-10-2008   | 
         Colonial freezes funds  
        Colonial First State, Australiaâ??s biggest fund manager, suspended...         | 
    
        
         24-10-2008   | 
         FSA sees no need for more hedge fund regulation 
        The Financial Services Authority (FSA) said it did not see the need for...         | 
    
        
         24-10-2008   | 
         Greenspan admits mistake 
        Alan Greenspan, former Federal Reserve chairman, said on Thursday the...         | 
    
        
         23-10-2008   | 
         Calpers lost $40 bn 
        Calpers, the largest state pension fund in the US, lost 20 per cent of...         | 
    
        
         22-10-2008   | 
         Fed will provide liquidity to money market funds 
        The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the creation of the Money...         | 
    
        
         20-10-2008   | 
        
  
        The Dutch government will buy a new class of securities that count...         | 
    
        
         19-10-2008   | 
         CIC to increase stake in Blackstone 
        According to a US regulatory filing, Chinaâ??s sovereign wealth fund,...         | 
    
        
         19-10-2008   | 
         Ashmore hit by redemptions 
        Ashmore, an emerging markets asset manager, was hit hard by redemptions...         | 
    
        
         16-10-2008   | 
         Hedge funds turn to Bank of England for help  
        A group of large US hedge funds has called on the Bank of England to...         | 
    
        
         16-10-2008   | 
         $45 bn withdrawn from US hedge funds in September 
        Investors pulled at least $45 bn from US hedge funds in September as...         | 
    
        
         15-10-2008   | 
         Investors pulled $65bn out of mutual funds 
        US investors pulled a record $65bn out of mutual funds in the week to...         | 
    
        
         14-10-2008   | 
         YouGov abandons hedge fund plans 
        YouGov has abandoned plans to form its own hedge fund in partnership...         | 
    
        
         10-10-2008   | 
         GE Capital reduces lending to private equity 
        Chicago-based GE Antares Capital, a GE unit that specialises in...         | 
    
        
         09-10-2008   | 
         Iceland nationalises Kaupthing Bank 
        Just hours after Geir Haarde, Iceland's prime minister, said on...         | 
    
        
         08-10-2008   | 
         Moscow to pump $37bn into state banks 
        Russia on Tuesday commited to pump $37bn in long-term loans into its...         | 
    
        
         07-10-2008   | 
         More funds with exposure to Petters 
        Lancelot Investment Management LLC and other hedge funds confirmed their...         | 
    
        
         07-10-2008   | 
         Iceland pegs crown to basket of currencies 
        Iceland's central bank said on Tuesday it would peg the island's crown...         | 
    
        
         07-10-2008   | 
         UK banks plunge 
        Reports that Royal Bank of Scotland had approached the UK government...         | 
    
        
         06-10-2008   | 
         Citadel lost 15 per cent in September 
        The flagship fund has dropped $2bn to have a total of $18bn under...         | 
    
        
         06-10-2008   | 
         European governments guarantee deposits 
        Following the action by Ireland last week to offer a guarantee for all...         | 
    
        
         02-10-2008   | 
         Wyser-Pratte Eurovalue blocks withdrawals 
        Wyser-Pratte Eurovalue, a $500m activist fund, suspended withdrawals on...         | 
    
        
         02-10-2008   | 
         Senate backs rescue plan 
        The US Senate on Wednesday night approved a $700bn plan to rescue the...         | 
    
        
         01-10-2008   | 
         Gottex confirms exposure to Petters Group 
        Gottex Fund Management confirmed that it was exposed to Petters Group...         | 
    
        
         01-10-2008   | 
         Absolute Cap shuts activist fund 
        Absolute Capital Management has cut three quarters of its staff and will...         | 
    
        
         30-09-2008   | 
         Citi buys Wachovia 
        Citigroup on Monday bought the banking operations of Wachovia.         | 
    
        
         30-09-2008   | 
         HEDGEweb update August 
        Although our total index for August is again negative, it lost with 0.92...         | 
    
        
         29-09-2008   | 
         UK nationalises B&B 
        The UK government on Monday confirmed that it was nationalising Bradford...         | 
    
        
         26-09-2008   | 
         Morgan Stanley's prime brokerage suffers large outflows 
        Morgan Stanley lost almost a third of assets in its prime brokerage last...         | 
    
        
         26-09-2008   | 
         Stan O'Neal considers joining hedge fund 
        The ex-Merrill Lynch chief Stan Oâ??Neal is considering joining Vision...         | 
    
        
         25-09-2008   | 
         Hedge fund files lawsuit against money market fund 
        Third Avenue Institutional International Value Fund, a fund of Third...         | 
    
        
         25-09-2008   | 
         Paulson & Co. remains bearish on banks 
        The New Yorker hedgefund Paulson & Co., run by John Paulson,...         | 
    
        
         24-09-2008   | 
         Hedge funds sue Lehman's administrators 
        RAB Capital sued in the UK High Court this week demanding the return of...         | 
    
        
         23-09-2008   | 
         Money market funds report huge outflows 
        Money market funds in the US suffered an estimated $197bn of net...         | 
    
        
         22-09-2008   | 
         Goldman and Morgan Stanley will become banks 
        In a statement issued at 9.30pm Sunday, the Federal Reserve said it had...         |