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Kellner DiLeo & Co Becomes Kellner Capital, Launches Fund

June 1, 2012 by FINalternatives   Comments (0)

New York-based hedge fund Kellner DiLeo & Company has reorganized, renamed itself and launched a new event-driven investment fund. read more

Mutual Fund Org. Wants Strict Rules For HF Advertising

June 1, 2012 by FINalternatives   Comments (0)

The Investment Company Institute, a mutual fund lobby group, has asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to limit advertising by hedge funds and private equity funds. read more

SEC Charges Financial Advisers With Fraud

June 1, 2012 by FINalternatives   Comments (0)

The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged investment advisor Jorge Gomez with misappropriating millions from one of his clients while agreeing to settle charges against Gomez’s associate, Roberto Aleph Espinosa. read more

Prosecutors Suggest Gupta Secretly Worked For Galleon

June 1, 2012 by FINalternatives   Comments (0)

A witness at the insider-trading trial of Rajat Gupta says the former McKinsey & Co. chief secretly served as an executive at convicted fraudster Raj Rajaratnam’s Galleon Group. read more

EIG Rejects Ontario Offer of $82B To Settle Suit

June 1, 2012 by FINalternatives   Comments (0)

Washington, D.C.-based hedge fund EIG Management has rejected an offer of $82.3 billion from the Ontario Power Authority to settle a lawsuit. read more

EIG Rejects Ontario Offer of $82B To Settle Suit

June 1, 2012 by FINalternatives   Comments (0)

Washington, D.C.-based hedge fund EIG Management has rejected an offer of $82.3 billion from the Ontario Power Authority to settle a lawsuit. read more

Another Gripe About the Linear Probability Model

June 1, 2012 by Econometrics Beat   Comments (0)

So you're still thinking of using a Linear Probability Model (LPM) - also known in the business as good old OLS - to estimate a binary dependent variable model? Well, I'm stunned! Yes, yes, I've heard all of the "justifications" (excuses) for using the LPM, as opposed to using a Logit or Probit model. Here are a few of them: It's computationally simpler. It's easier to interpret the "marginal effects". It avoids the risk of mis-specification of the "link function". There are...