me the BNP fund has made 2 cl.sastrous bet on a hedge fund. Tnte CriCar kind and iither affiliated BNP funds invested about 2:4Ei million in kfribed River Partners a onetime $127 mutton hedge. lurid that went bust ;n October. 2005, amid afiegatiors of fraudulent trading On May 30. ...iorci Vthittser the former