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SRM Global Hedge Fund | Jonathon Wood
The following piece on SRM Global and Jonathon Wood is being published as part of our daily effort to track hedge funds in the industry. To review other hedge fund research notes please see our Hedge Fund Tracker Tool.Resource #1: (12.1.08) A British hedge fund is suing The Wall Street Journal for publishing articles detailing its disastrous performance this year.
At a time when many in the industry and many regulators are pushing for greater transparency, SRM Global, which once managed US$3 billion, alleges that the newspaper published confidential information when it revealed in August that the fund has lost about 85% since inception. The case is set to go before a London court this week.
According to the Monaco-based fund’s lawsuit, the confidential performance data was given to a Journal reporter in London. The firm, founded by former star UBS trader Jonathan Wood in 2006, sought an injunction against the Journal to prevent its European edition from publishing two articles—“Woods Fund Takes A Beating” and “Hedge Fund Suffers Sharp Losses”—hours before they appeared.
“It is to be inferred that the defendant’s editorial staff and those responsible for the publication of the confidential information calculated that the defendant stood to gain more from publishing the articles in flagrant disregard of the claimant’s rights than if the claimant sued,” SRM alleges in its suit. Source
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