Nationals round-up: ETFs came under the microscope following the UBS scandal, while downturn-beating funds, retirement income and Halifax's savings accounts also featured.
A decision by the FSA to ban and fine the chief executive and chief financial officer of a hedge fund manager on grounds of deceiving investors has been upheld by the Upper Tribunal.
F&C Asset Management saw net flows into its products turn positive in the first six months of the year, but the group faces a £10m payout for a lost legal dispute with the founders of its fund of hedge fund arm.
US hedge fund billionaire Raj Rajaratnam has been found guilty of making tens of millions of dollars from insider trading.
French MEPs may veto the Alternative Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) including a key provision for passporting of investment products, which would allow fund managers to sell products across Europe.
Goldman Sachs was today accused of fraud by a US financial watchdog over the make-up and marketing of a debt product tied to sub-prime mortgages.
ETFs tracking commodities and hedge fund indices are the best placed to receive new inflows this year, a survey by db x-trackers reveals.
Future Capital Partners (FCP), the £6 billion alternative investment boutique, has struictured a private equity deal that will allow UK investors to engage in the rapidly growing Renewable Transport Fuels (RTF) sector for the first time.
A ex-BlueBay hedge fund manager has been fined £140,000 and banned by the FSA for misleading investors and the regulator.
The European Union is considering imposing tough new measures to curb the pay of private equity and hedge fund managers in a further clampdown on the sector.