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SEC Set To Offer Permanent Short-Sale Restrictions

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s temporary restrictions on naked short-sales expired just over a week ago, but something much more long-term is in the works.


Loeb Calls ‘Give-and-Take’ With Other Managers Legal

Third Point founder Daniel Loeb is well-known for his poison pen.


Sabre Says It Was Hunted By Rumor-Mongerers

A London hedge fund has formally alerted the U.K.’s financial regulator that it was the victim of collapse rumors on Friday.


DiNapoli Calls For More Alts. In N.Y. Pension Fund

The $153.9 billion New York State Common Retirement Fund posted a 2.56% return for the 2007-2008 fiscal year, but it could’ve done better if not for the fund’s constraint on alternative investments.


SEC Probe Focuses On SAC-Lehman Rumors

Rumors about SAC Capital Advisors are at the center of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s probe into potential market manipulation of Lehman Brothers Holdings stock.


New Tax Bill Would Limit Offshore Compensation Deferrals

If at first, or second, or third, you don’t succeed, try to raise taxes on hedge fund managers again.


Bank Of Italy Offers Hedge Fund Proposals

Italy is not a particular welcoming place for hedge funds, but that could be changing.


Paulson Calls For Power To Manage Hedge Fund Collapses

U.S. Treasury Sec. Henry Paulson doesn’t want the power to take over hedge funds in trouble, but he may need it.


SEC Orders Naked Fannie, Freddie Short Sellers To Borrow First

Hedge funds looking to profit from the downturn in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac shares may find it a little harder to do so.


SEC Subpoenas More Than 50 Hedge Funds In Rumor Probe

Some of the biggest names in the hedge fund industry have been subpoenaed as part of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s probe into rumor-mongering on Wall Street.


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