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Friday, August 22, 2025
TopicHedge-fund

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

Banning RMGs could end up like Bihar’s prohibition. Poor will suffer most

India should build on regulatory architecture instead of driving consumers into the shadows. The real choice is not between prohibition and inaction, but between regulation and chaos.

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

Indian firm joins hands with US manufacturer to locally develop all-terrain vehicles for armed forces

Under joint venture, JSW Sarbloh Motors will indigenise and manufacture TX range ATVs in Chandigarh. The first India-assembled unit is expected by early 2026.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?