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Saturday, October 25, 2025
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Topic: hedge-fund

How a secret software change allowed FTX to use client money

FTX's chief engineer tweaked a code to exempt Alameda Research, owned by Bankman-Fried, from a feature that would have sold off Alameda's assets if it was losing too much borrowed money.

Flashy trading stars out, faceless suits are taking over the $4 trillion hedge fund world

In contrast to the old hedge fund model that relied on a macro genius or star stockpicker, an army of traders now invest in an array of strategies.

How scams, scandals have helped Indian fund managers beat foreign rivals

Stocks with high Indian mutual-fund ownership have risen at a compound annual growth rate of 16% over the past 12 years, compared with 11% for stocks with high foreign ownership.

Hedge fund founder Sanjay Shah charged in $1.6 billion tax-fraud probe in Denmark

Shah, who has been described as the ‘mastermind’ of Cum-Ex fraud by the Danish tax authority, also faces a pair of civil lawsuits in the UK and Dubai.

Sanjay Shah, the unemployed trader who’s now worth $700 million but is wanted for ‘fraud’

Sanjay Shah and Solo Capital Partners LLP are central figures in the Danish Cum-Ex scandal that helped investors to rapidly sell shares and claim multiple refunds on dividend taxes.

Why hedge fund managers aren’t buying the rally in Indian stocks

The Sensex has rebounded 34% from its March low but the jury is still out with the IMF cutting India’s growth outlook by the most among all major economies.

Radhika Gupta, the ‘girl with a broken neck’ who became a $4 billion asset manager

Radhika Gupta, whose neck has a permanent tilt, has set up India’s first domestic hedge fund & become country’s only female head of a major asset manager.

Higher taxes are killing India’s nascent hedge funds

Hedge funds are worth saving because they can speak truth to power and put their money where the mouth is.

What slowdown? Global funds are chasing India’s start-up boom with a spree of deals

The rising interest in India occurs as investment in China’s recently start-up sector faces a steep drop-off & India assures political stability.

Two hedge funds accuse real-estate developer IREO of $1.5 billion fraud

Investors allege IREO MD created a web of shadow firms to siphon money from the fund.

On Camera

The Press is not artillery — neither for the ruling party nor the Opposition: Sachin Sen

The Press in a liberal democracy has to be a forum for the expression of different points of view. It must not suppress, taint or adulterate news, wrote Sachin Sen in 1960.

Paper in MoSPI journal flags financial inclusion gap—highest among Hindus, lowest for Muslims

Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.