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25 Jun 9:33 pm
The Korea Times reported today that South Korea's first ever class action has been given a
preliminary approval to move forward, as a local court selected a private equity fund as representative plaintiff. According to the article, the suit is the first filed under a South Korean securities class action law that was passed in 2005. The use [...]
26 Apr 7:39 am
... the Petroleum Fund. Key investment strategy issues are the choice of weights for geographical regions and asset classes and the inclusion of new investment
alternatives."126 The role of the Investment Strategy Council is essentially passive. ... ' investment principles are bound up in ethical guidelines for investment.152 The Guidelines
are based on two premises. The first is that the Fund must be managed to protect the wealth generated by the exploitation of Norway's
extractive industries, mostly ...
9 Jul 11:36 am
... and what investors are looking for from managers. The article is written by Bryan Goh (First Avenue Partners) and addresses the issues
related to the hedge fund industry in June of 2009. Reprinted from Byan's blog called Ten Seconds Into ... trade off between market risk and liquidity risk. At various times, the
opportunity has shifted from asset class to asset class, from strategy to strategy, requiring a
careful portfolio construction to capture the appropriate risk reward characteristics of each ...
3 Apr, 2008 3:58 am
... magnitude of the class). These points are perhaps key to the whole problem of class action
litigation. First, class action litigation plays to the sence of judicial triumphalism - the notion
that litigation can solve anything. Second, class ... damages on a class-wide basis, and individual
plaintiffs would then [to] claim shares of this fund ... [is] fluid recovery [that is] forbidden in this circuit." Slip op. at 31. Finally, beyond the problems with particular
applications of statistical proof ...
29 Jan 2:44 pm
... S. financial system and economy as a whole. The systemic risks posed by hedge funds first became obvious ten years ago, in 1998.
Back then, Long ... losses threaten every economic sector in America, from the wealthy to the working class relying on pensions to our
institutions of higher learning to our non-profit charities. A third key ... regulatory obligations and exercise the level of oversight it sees fit over hedge funds to protect
investors, other financial institutions, and the U.S. financial system ...
5 Jun 10:51 am
... looking for right now and what kinds of fee concessions are manages granting to investors. In the article below Bryan Goh (First Avenue
Partners) addresses these issues and shares his thoughts on the hedge fund industry after a recent ... bonds, as well as varying information ratios over time. From 2005 to 2007
hedge funds' returns exhibited increasing correlation to traditional asset classes, decreasing returns to invested capital, increasing inter strategy correlations and
increasing leverage. ...
8 Oct 2:54 am
... retract in the future. John Shearman John was asked whether investor's hedge fund expectations have changed. He said that investor expectations have come down ... S. dollar
and whether it would remain the world's reserve currency. Patrick responded first that worry about the dollar is overhyped. However, he did
note that his ... process of writing an article on this topic - if you are a hedge fund manager who wants to create another class of
fund interests denominated in another currency, please feel free ...
13 Aug, 2007 5:27 am
... Supp.2d 392, 400 (S.D.N.Y. 2003). In April 2002, the first class action lawsuit was filed against
WorldCom, and a few months later, ... . Between July 2002 and October 2003, more than 100 pension funds filed individual lawsuits against WorldCom in state courts; the actions
were ultimately removed ... explanation, the Second Circuit's holding is straightforward. American Pipe held that if a class action complaint
tolled the statute of limitations as to the named plaintiff, then it tolled the limitations ...
29 Nov, 2008 4:00 am
... Article 16 of the SOAPNA, certain restrictions apply to the investment products in which the APNA may invest its funds. The only funds which may be invested in are,
for instance, first class shares (Blue Chip), which must be officially listed on one of the global
exchanges, and first class bonds ('obligaties') which must be marketable on one of the global
exchanges. The other products/categories mentioned in the SOAPNA all deal with local ...
8 Jul 2:39 pm
... Securities PPIP fund manager. Treasury will continue to negotiate final documentation with each pre-qualified fund manager with the expectation of announcing a
first closing of a PPIF in early August. Each pre-qualified Legacy Securities PPIP fund manager will ... to assess whether to expand
TALF to include legacy residential mortgage-backed securities as an eligible asset class. The CMBS market, which has financed approximately 20
percent of outstanding commercial mortgages, including mortgages on ...
15 Jul 6:50 pm
... except an investment adviser who acts as an investment adviser to any private fund," after "investment adviser" the first time it
appears; (b) by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows: ... persons and matters within its jurisdiction and prescribe different requirements for different classes of persons
or matters; and "(2) ascribe different meanings to terms (including the term ... S.C. 1a et seq.).". **** Bart Mallon, Esq. runs hedge fund law blog and has written most all of
the articles which appear ...
18 Feb 11:21 am
... abuse and assist its efforts to prevent and treat child abuse. Variman Fund Services will offer discounted monthly service fees to emerging managers who donate the standard
... back office operations and accounting functions across asset all classes and time zones. About Hedge Funds Care Founder Rob Davis established Hedge ... treat child
abuse. With the encouragement and participation of his colleagues in the hedge fund industry, the first Open Your Heart to the Children
Benefit took place in New York ...
18 Jun 9:51 pm
... .S.C. 80b-11) is amended- (1) by striking the second sentence; and (2) by striking the period at the end of the first sentence and
inserting the following: `, including rules and regulations defining technical, trade, and other terms used ... the Commission may- `(1) classify persons and matters within its
jurisdiction and prescribe different requirements for different classes of persons or matters; and `(2) ascribe different meanings to terms (including the term `client') used in
different sections ...
14 Jul 5:07 am
... - consisting of consumers and third-party payors (TPPs) - filed a putative nationwide class action against Warner-Lambert and Pfizer
arising out of defendants' manufacture and ... . We do not discuss the lengthy order in detail. We note that with respect to the first
class certification motion, "the Court's concerns [with predominance] with respect to both groups ... concerning Vioxx in International Union
of Operating Engineers Local No. 68 Welfare Fund v. Merck & Co., Inc., 192 N.J. 372 (2007), ...
22 Feb, 2007 8:38 am
... class action settlement in Shen v. Distributive Networks LLC, (N.D. Ill.), which is believed to be "the first class action settlement in a cell phone spam suit." On January 31, a federal judge in Chicago preliminarily
... agreement requires Distributive Networks to pay a minimum of $60,000 and a maximum of $150,000 to compensate the class. If the minimum
amount of $60,000 is not distributed after all claims are paid, Distributive Networks reportedly must release the remaining funds to a charity.
8 Jan, 2007 2:42 pm
... provision of the Constitution in 1998 (citations on request). Among other things, it stands for the proposition that we differentiate between "first-class" citizens, i.e., those eligible to serve as President, and "second-class" ones. In my ... competent and provocative governor of our nation's largest state. He is, I gather, about to propose sweeping changes in the
funding of medical care in California in the face of the inability by the national government to confront such challenges. I don't know ...
23 Nov 4:05 pm
... a press release issued by the Federal Trade Commission. Specifically, First Region's Bank froze BlueHippo's funds on November 16th,
which BlueHippo asserts was "unwarranted" ... who purchased a computer prior to March 2006. However, BlueHippo has continued to face class
action suits and suits by state attorneys general. Moreover, on November 12th, ... has violated the April 2008 consent order, which gave rise to the freeze by First Region's Bank. netDockets has made a complimentary copy of BlueHippo's ...
11 Jun, 2007 5:17 am
... date the funds were in fact transferred. Berenson v. National Fin. Servs. LLC, 485 F.3d 35, 36 (1st Cir. 2007). The class action ...
plaintiffs' non-class claims. After the district court compelled arbitration, Fidelity sought appellate review of the court's order granting
summary judgment; the First Circuit ... payment will "bounce." This benefit comes at a cost: the payor loses the opportunity to earn interest
on the funds it has scheduled for payment during the period between 10 p.m. on the day ...
12 May, 2008 5:05 am
... to invest in the Common Stock Fund and that "REI common stock be the basis for the company's matching contributions." Id., at *4. To engage in the actions required by the
class action complaint, the Plan first would have to have been ... the statute." Id., at *8
(citations omitted). Finally, with respect to the negligent misrepresentation claim in Count III of the class action complaint, the Fifth
Circuit observed that plaintiff was seeking recovery under ERISA rather than the securities laws, ...
16 Jul 8:36 pm
... have done so, and found its Due Process analysis directly applicable to class actions. Why then, is that position "hyperbole"? Id. It's
hard to say, except ... re not sure why, but the article next goes back to "limited fund" mandatory certification. 66 Wash. & Lee L.R. at 799-800 ... ensure that a jury will
be able to assess an award that, in the first instance, will bear a sufficient nexus to the actual and potential harm to the plaintiff
class, and that will be reasonable and proportionate to those ...
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