It seems a few big players were bitten a bit harder than you would expect by the recent whip-saw action at Volkswagen. Funds including SAC, Och Ziff, Perry Capital, Greenlight Capital, Marshall Wace, Odey Asset Management, York Capital and Glenview...

Reputation is everything, it seems. So while others are closing shop, the likes of SAC, Greenlight, Elliott Management and Brevan Howard Asset Management have raised billions. Of course, Stevie Boy isn't taking money until January, since his idiot portfolio managers...