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Two computer programmers who once worked for Bernard Madoff’s firm have been arrested and charged with giving Madoff the technical capacity to run his Ponzi scheme.

The former head of Tisbury Capital Management’s Boston office has founded a long/short equity hedge fund shop.

Activist hedge fund manager Nelson Peltz does not want to dismember Legg Mason, its CEO said.

While Europe seems intent on showing hedge funds the door, tiny Bahrain is putting out the welcome mat.

The CFO of New York hedge fund Boston Provident Partners has been arrested and charged with stealing more than $1.3 million from the firm.

Just when it looked like hedge funds would dodge the worst of the European Union’s proposed alternative investments rules, Brussels has whipped up another bitter pill.

Swiss authorities have charged the former head of Banco Santander’s fund of hedge funds arm with criminal mismanagement for his role in investing client funds with Bernard Madoff.

Another top hedge fund has been ensnared in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s insider-trading crackdown.

The regulator is investigating an analyst who worked at Balyasny Asset Management until several weeks ago. The Chicago-based hedge fund is not the target of the probe and is cooperating with investigators.

Sexual harassment may be the least of Jordan Wimmer’s problems. The former Nomos Capital investor relations professional said she thinks her former boss is trying to kill her.

A hedge fund managed by accused fraudster Helmut Kiener has gone into voluntary liquidation.