Despite high hedge laws being adopted in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man, Scotland is not covered by specific legislation in this area.
The bill has proposed a definition of a high hedge at two metres, formed by a row or two of evergreens, such as the fast-growing leylandii, which forms a barrier to light.
But the most fearsome of these fences isn't "The Chair, " a 5-foot-3 high hedge fronted by an open ditch, the sharp bend of the "Canal Turn, " or even the dreaded "Becher's Brook, " with its steep 6-foot-5 drop.
Accelerating the declines, high-frequency hedge funds, which use computers to trade at super high speed, appeared to pull back from the market as prices collapsed.
Over the last few years, mutual fund companies have rolled out dozens of funds that mimic high-priced hedge funds.
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Fire the high-paid hedge fund managers and investment consultants and convert all state pension plans to 100 percent low-cost index funds.
Push the fast trading and high leverage to hedge funds which fail at a rather regular rate with little or not impact on the wider economy.
He says the relatively high costs of hedge funds versus mutual funds--hedge fund managers typically charge a 1% to 2% fee plus 20% or more of any profits for the fund each year--don't make them the best option for most individual investors.
People have long viewed gold, rightly or wrongly, as a hedge against high inflation and a weak dollar.
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After all, they stand as high valuation properties that hedge funds short axiomatically if they believe we're in a bear market.
No longer exclusively marketed to the wealthy with high minimum investments, hedge funds can and do regularly outperform the market, we are told.
The yellow metal is viewed in the country as a safe investment bet that provides a hedge against high inflation due to sustained demand, especially during festivities.
India will also sell from next month government bonds that will adjust returns based on the rate of inflation, a move aimed in part at weaning away small investors from buying gold as a hedge against high inflation.
High rollers looking to hedge a fund that has a variety of foreign currencies built into it, such as the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index, should consider something like the U.S. Dollar Index on the ICE Futures exchange, which allows investors to play the dollar against a tradeweighted basket of euros, yen, pounds and other currencies.
Because of the high fees, a good hedge fund manager can become very rich.
For example, virtually every state pension that I know of has told locals, including participants and taxpayers, that investing in high-risk, high-fee, leveraged hedge funds is, in fact, a conservative investment strategy.
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Buyers stepped in eventually of course, but it was primarily high net worth individuals and hedge funds who had years of experience with the asset class and believed that the bonds continued to be rock-solid.
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The case involves several elements that make it one that much of the legal and business world will be paying attention to including hedge funds, high-profile names like Goldman, Lloyd Blankfein and Berkshire Hathaway, wire taps and secretly recorded conversations, a billionaire hedge fund manager, a whistleblower and the rapidly rising prosecutor, Preet Bharara the United States attorney in Manhattan.
Bear Stearns' hedge funds held those high-rated tranches, which are supposed to be "safer" than the lower-rated paper.
As a result, hedge funds that promise high returns (especially after deducting their substantial fees) need to take outsized bets to deliver.
In April, just after Britain increased its top rate of tax for high earners, large numbers of hedge funds and their agents started knocking on his door.
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If we peer through the clouds of government intervention, massive hedge fund bets, high taxes, lackluster consumer confidence, political uncertainty, and various other market distortions, we should be able to see the true market at work.
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On the sell side, while the vast majority of transactions, about 43%, were made by venture capital funds, high-net worth individuals and hedge funds have begun to make their mark, taking a cumulative of about 30%.
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Think about it: I cannot possibly make as much money telling you not to invest in a hedge fund, an investment product with exceptionally high fees for the manager or marketer, as they can make getting you to invest in a hedge fund.
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Gold is viewed as a safe investment bet that provides a hedge against India's high inflation.
High fees make this magazine skeptical of hedge funds but don't stop us from admiring their stock-selection skills.
Or, are oil prices artificially kept high because of a cheap dollar, hedge fund speculation, and political chokeholds on supply?
The practice is becoming more and more prevalent among high-stress jobs, with everyone from hedge fund founders, Facebook employees, and Russell Simmons following suit.
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This kind of record trading volume plus volatility can only have been the result of extraordinary high frequency trading by computer and the quant hedge funds, going in and out of Apple and IBM and big bank shares dozens of times a day.
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