Monday, April 16, 2007

UPDATE 1-ECB's Noyer-Hedge funds can raise market abuse risk

(Reuters) - "The role and the influence of hedge funds on markets are capable of increasing the risk of market manipulation and abuse," he said in a Bank of France report on hedge funds.

Highly leveraged hedge funds are less regulated than banks or mutual funds and can use techniques that others cannot, such as short-selling securities, or betting stock prices will fall.


Read more at Reuters.com Bonds News

No comments: