Regulation

Investor and regulatory pressure will cause the hedge fund industry to be more transparent about its operational controls with investors, according to a new PricewaterhouseCoopers report.

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s ban on shorting financial stocks, much derided by the hedge fund community, will come to an end this week as promised.

A majority of institutional investors think global regulators should permit short-selling of financial stocks, but most large companies support the ban imposed earlier this month.

Despite the pleas and howls of hedge fund managers, the Securities and Exchange Commission last night extended is ban on short-selling about 1,000 financial stocks as Congress struggles to pass a Wall Street bailout.

British hedge funds are indulging themselves with a few, I told you so’s.

The battle over higher taxes for hedge fund and private equity managers threatens to derail a whole package of popular tax incentives and relief for millions from higher taxes.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has bad news for the hedge fund industry: His country’s ban on short-selling might not be so temporary after all.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced further changes to its new short-selling restrictions, just three days after they were promulgated.

From New York to London to Sydney, Australia, hedge funds are unhappy with new short-selling restrictions.

The worldwide market turmoil has one world leader saying, “I told you so.”