Please find below a complete list of Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s newly-minted managing directors for 2009.

What keeps institutional investors, hedge fund managers and other buy-side professionals up at night?

Paul TouradjiAccording to commodity hedge fund honcho Paul Touradji, all of his legal troubles are the fault of a pair of former employees.

The Touradji Capital Management founder said that a “malicious” rumor-mongering campaign on the part of Gentry Beech and Robert Vollero, as well as Beech’s father, Gary, was the source of collapsed hedge fund Amaranth Advisors’ recent lawsuit against himself and his hedge fund.

Phibro, the soon-to-be-former Citigroup proprietary commodities trading desk, has hired a Blackstone Group unit to drum up investors.

A proposal to give the federal government the power to break-up large financial firms whose failure could put the economy at risk would cover hedge funds, its sponsor said.

After decades on Wall Street, John Thain is considering his alternatives.

John Paulson earned billions when his bets against the subprime mortgage market proved prescient. He’ll earn billions more if he’s right about Bank of America’s turnaround.

The global hedge fund industry grew for the sixth-straight month in October, as inflows easily outpaced performance losses.

Hedge funds shed 0.25% in October as volatile markets inflicted a rare monthly loss on the industry.

Hedge fund manager Jesper Koll is returning to JPMorgan Chase to lead its Japanese equity research team.