The trade temptation, Greylock gains on Greece, the merits of a U.S. financial transaction tax and more
By Chris ClairWhat’s news around the hedge fund industry for Monday, Feb. 11, 2013:
Around the web
The temptation to trade on confidential information. (DealBook)
Greylock Capital Management gains on Green bond trading. (New York Post)
Why the U.S. could use a financial transaction tax. (Daily Kos)
Hermitage Capital’s Bill Browder may win E.U. version of Magnitsky law. (FINalternatives)
Ex-Marble Bar Asset Management boss Jeremy Stone lost claim versus RBS on Ponzi account. (Bloomberg)
ESMA publishes guidelines on hedge fund managers’ pay. (FINalternatives)
Leopard Capital Asia Frontier fund adds 0.6% in January. (FINalternatives)
Spartan Fund Management launches energy fund. (FINalternatives)
John Arnold takes a stand in Kentucky pension fight. (Institutional Investor)
Hedge funds post strong January gains as macro risks shift. (CPI Financial)
Swan’s delay puts ASX in play. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Participatory notes investors put in $28 billion in 2012. (ZeeNews India)
Back in fashion: China’s bad debt. (WSJ.com)
BNY Mellon forecasts Asian hedge fund stars will continue to attract capital this year. (Opalesque)
Black box trading triggers rapid rise in share dealing. (The Telegraph)
Goldman readies fund business for ‘Volcker’. (WSJ.com)
Activists eye new targets in financials. (Financial Times)
IOSCO seeks tougher asset protection to prevent MF Global repeat. (Bloomberg Businessweek)
CME to push clearing rate swaps in London. (Financial Times)
CBOE in settlement talks with SEC over probe. (WSJ.com)
CBOE Holdings sees volume fall but profits jump 25%. (Chicago Sun-Times)
Citi hedge fund unit renamed Napier Park Global Management in advance of spinoff. (FINalternatives)
People moves
Citadel’s equities co-chief Steve Weller said to leave firm. (Bloomberg)
Fulcrum Asset Management makes Andrew Bevan, Mohammed Fawaz partners. (Bloomberg)
Andurand Capital Management hires Olympic swimming gold medalist Clement Lefert. (Bloomberg)

