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Five prominent hedge fund managers on Thursday told Congress they support a new central exchange to open the murky world of some complex investments partly blamed for the global financial crisis, but the billionaires offered differing views on the need fo
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Soros Fund Management Chairman George Soros testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 13,2008, before the House Oversight and Government Reform hearing on “Hedge Funds and the Financial Market”.
