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Registered Rep. October 1, 2005	Hedge Funds Set to Boil Investors looking to beat the average returns of the market will be heading to hedge funds and funds of hedge funds even more in the future, says new research.
Wall Street & Technology April 30, 2007 Ivy Schmerken	Unexpected Surge in Trading Volumes and Volatility Raises Infrastructure Concerns for Hedge Funds The market decline of Feb. 27 has prompted hedge funds to rethink their trading infrastructures to ensure they can cope with higher volumes and volatility.
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Registered Rep. February 20, 2006 Kevin Burke	MFS Chairman Blasts Hedge Funds at NICSA Confab The chairman of fund complex MFS Investment Management is calling for the formation of a task force to overhaul performance reporting for hedge funds.
Wall Street & Technology December 4, 2007 Melanie Rodier	Vhayu Co-Founder Chadha Heads to Nirvana Financial Chadha aims to enable the provider of technology for global hedge funds to take full advantage of available global market data while minimizing latency.
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Wall Street & Technology September 18, 2006 Cory Levine	Stephen Andress Hired by Northern Trust In the interest of expanding its presence in the derivatives space, Northern Trust Corp. has hired Stephen Andress to fill the newly created position of global head of derivatives operations.
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Knowledge@Wharton February 26, 2003	The Perils of Hedge Fund Regulation Hedge fund products are increasingly available to a broader audience than previously had access to this asset class. A barrage of news reports focused on hedge fund fraud and blowups raises the idea that regulation might provide a useful fix. So should hedge funds be regulated? No.
Wall Street & Technology February 5, 2007 Ivy Schmerken	The Buy Side Jumps on Board the Push to Automate OTC Derivatives Now that traditional buy-side firms and hedge funds are increasingly investing in credit derivatives, the industry is focusing on automating post-trade processes to reduce operational risk.
Wall Street & Technology July 26, 2004 Jonathan Beyman	Dear CIO... The author is chief of operations and technology at Lehman Brothers, as well as an executive vice president. In addition, he has served as the firm's CIO since 2000. Read some questions and answers from his point of view.
BusinessWeek September 22, 2003 Gene G. Marcial	At Interwoven, Things Are Meshing Nicely Savvy hedge funds have been snapping up Interwoven shares in anticipation of the enforcement in 2004 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, aimed at improving the way companies manage and report financial information. Interwoven's software helps collect and track such information.
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Wall Street & Technology February 13, 2007 Ivy Schmerken	Asset Managers Push Custodians to Offer Independent Pricing Services for OTC Derivatives The exponential growth of OTC derivatives is forcing custodians to provide independent valuation services to their institutional clients.
IndustryWeek February 1, 2008 John Teresko	Automation Systems: By The Numbers By 2011 the market for discrete automation systems will hit $23 billion.
Registered Rep. March 1, 2003 Alexander M. Ineichen	Debunking the Myths that Dog Hedge Funds Probably because hedge fund managers have gotten fabulously wealthy and are secretive (guiltily so), a body of untruths has sprung up. Of course, much of it is built on anecdotal evidence, oversimplification, myopia or simple misrepresentation of fact.
BusinessWeek July 9, 2007	In Defense Of Hedge Funds A high-net-worth investment adviser takes on those who say the glory days of hedge fund investment opportunities are over.
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Financial Advisor August 2005 Leola Ross	Hedge Funds Are Suffering And How They Can Recover Some say hedge funds, which sprang into prominence and popularity in the wake of the 2000 stock market crash, are on the decline. But before we doom the entire hedge-fund industry, we need to examine what has gone awry and assess whether there is hope for the future.
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The Motley Fool September 27, 2006 Alex Dumortier	Lessons From Amaranth There's a lot to learn from the hedge fund's prodigious collapse. Amaranth's stunning demonstration of the speed with which a hedge fund can come undone will certainly have cooled investor enthusiasm for other such offerings.
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Registered Rep. January 8, 2010 Halah Touryalai	A Hedge Fund Resurgence There is legislation in Congress that would require hedge funds to make greater disclosures about the details of their operations. The increased regulation coupled with a recent uptick in hedge fund performance will likely entice some advisors to put their clients back into hedge funds.
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