Regulation

Rumors of hedge funds shorting the stock of the U.K. largest mortgage bank sent the financial company’s shares down sharply on Wednesday. 

The California State Teachers' Retirement System this month voted to oppose a bill that its board said would restrict its investment authority and have a negative financial impact on its investment portfolio.

The British government could shatter the country’s image as a hedge fund-friendly locale in one fell swoop, a major industry group is warning.

Hedge funds remain a danger to the economy, according to a Congressional report released today.

Private equity titan TPG Capital is mulling a move of its European operations in the wake changes to Britain’s tax code.

Alternative investment insiders and others today inveighed against new European rules targeting the sector.

British retail investors will have a new place to put their money by the end of the year: funds of hedge funds.

An influential Senate Republican said yesterday that a private equity lobbying push “killed” an effort to boost taxes on alternative investments, but he’s not giving up.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has renewed her call for improvements in hedge fund transparency, saying she will again raise the issue at a meeting of European leaders this week.

Hedge fund consultancy Albourne Partners is warning that a proposed voluntary code of conduct for the industry does not go far enough.