Subject: Trader's girlfriend says confess, co-worker says run - Hedge Fund News November 2nd, 2012
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Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2012 02:32:35 +0000

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Study: Pension funds to increase Hedge Fund allocation despite recent poor performance (http://blog.thetrustedinsight.com/2012/11/01/study-pension-funds-to-increase-hedge-fund-allocation-despite-recent-poor-performance/)
Pension funds will continue to increase their allocation to hedge funds despite the recent poor performance within the hedge fund industry, according to Don Steinbrugge, Chairman of Agecroft Partners.
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Hedge fund analyst faces public fury over false Sandy Twitter reports (http://blog.thetrustedinsight.com/2012/11/01/hedge-fund-analyst-faces-public-fury-over-false-sandy-twitter-reports/)
As Superstorm Sandy slammed into the East Coast on Monday night, one Twitter user in New York City posted a flurry of alarming reports about fallout from the storm — from plans to shut down all power in Manhattan to floodwaters pouring into the New York Stock Exchange.
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Adoboli’s Girlfriend Said Confess, Co-Worker Said to Run (http://blog.thetrustedinsight.com/2012/11/01/adobolis-girlfriend-said-confess-co-worker-said-to-run/)
Kweku Adoboli, the former UBS AG (UBSN) trader on trial over a $2.3 billion trading loss, said his girlfriend encouraged him to confess his losses to managers while another trader on his desk told him to flee the country.
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Paulson Fund Losses Prompt Some Investors to Pull Out (http://blog.thetrustedinsight.com/2012/10/29/paulson-fund-losses-prompt-some-investors-to-pull-out/)
Last January, when investors in one of Paulson & Co.’s best-known hedge funds saw the value of their investments had been slashed in half, some wondered how much worse it could get.
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Asia Hedge Funds Turn to Fixed Income (http://blog.thetrustedinsight.com/2012/11/01/asia-hedge-funds-turn-to-fixed-income/)
Asia’s record level of bond issuance is luring the region’s start-up hedge funds into fixed income, altering a long-standing focus on equities and signaling that Asia’s nascent hedge-fund industry is slowly maturing.
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RPT-’Quant’ hedge funds headed for worst month since Aug 2007 (http://blog.thetrustedinsight.com/2012/11/01/rpt-quant-hedge-funds-headed-for-worst-month-since-aug-2007/)
Computer-driven hedge funds are headed for their worst monthly performance since the start of the credit crunch after making losing bets in dozens of markets including bonds, currencies and commodities.
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Credit Suisse Raises $420 Million to Create Mexico Fund (http://blog.thetrustedinsight.com/2012/11/01/credit-suisse-raises-420-million-to-create-mexico-fund/)
Credit Suisse Group AG (CSGN) raised $420 million for a new investment fund focused on Mexico, as Switzerland’s second-largest bank taps clients in an economy forecast to grow twice as fast as Brazil’s.
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EU short selling rules spark confusion (http://blog.thetrustedinsight.com/2012/11/01/eu-short-selling-rules-spark-confusion/)
Late and complex guidance from regulators has left the markets unprepared and confused ahead of today’s imposition of the first pan-EU rules on short-selling, according to brokers, traders and investors.
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Japan pension funds increasingly embracing esoteric hedge fund products (http://blog.thetrustedinsight.com/2012/11/01/japan-pension-funds-increasingly-embracing-esoteric-hedge-fund-products/)
Japanese pension funds, historically conservative investors, are increasingly embracing esoteric hedge fund strategies, a top prime broker has said.
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British regulators to adopt a more pre-emptive approach to monitoring hedge funds (http://blog.thetrustedinsight.com/2012/11/01/british-regulators-to-adopt-a-more-pre-emptive-approach-to-monitoring-hedge-funds/)
The UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) has said its successor the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will take a more pre-emptive approach towards regulating hedge funds, adding it would put most of its resources into monitoring the largest managers.
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