"Transparency," "access" and "performance" are among the buzzwords that hedge funds may want to highlight as they step out of the shadows and start marketing to a broader audience, advertising executives said."They have to find a way to be more transpare
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German "mini-Madoff" hedge fund founder indicted in U.S.
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