Citadel’s Griffin Defends HFT (FINalternatives) Citadel Investment Group founder Kenneth Griffin yesterday urged Congress not to ban high-frequency......
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July 9 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Hedge fund nearly doubles Delek stake (NashvillePost) A $4.7 billion hedge fund manager run by a disciple of legendary investor Julian Robertson has in......
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July 8 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Elliott Associates Hedge Fund Gained 4.6% in First Half (Wall Street Journal) Paul Singer, the hedge-fund manager entangled in a public fight with Argentina......
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July 8 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Simonses give $50 million to Cold Spring Harbor lab (NewsDay) Long Island hedge-fund investor James Simons and his wife have given $50 million to the......
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July 7 - Hedge Funds - Comments
David Einhorn’s top small-cap picks (MarketWatch) Investors, including most billionaire hedge fund managers , can’t generate meaningful outperformance......
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July 4 - Hedge Funds - Comments
SEC agrees to dismiss six year old case against Gabelli’s CIO (Opalesque) In the midst of the credit crisis, Gabelli Funds had another beast to contend......
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July 4 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Failed Bridgewater Associates Relocation to Stamford Cost State $16 Million (Patch) Despite two years of courtship and promises of financial aid and tax......
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July 3 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Ackman’s Pershing Square Said to Gain 25% in First Half (Bloomberg) Pershing Square Capital Management LP, the hedge-fund firm run by Bill Ackman,......
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July 3 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Loeb’s Third Point flagship fund gains 6 pct in first half (Reuters) Billionaire investor Daniel Loeb‘s main hedge fund returned 6 percent......
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July 2 - Hedge Funds - Comments
SEC Gets Subpoena In Steve Cohen Divorce Suit (Law360) Patricia Cohen, the ex-wife of SAC Capital Advisors LP founder Steven Cohen, has subpoenaed the......
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July 2 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Buffett’s Berkshire Sets Final Terms for TV-Station Deal (WSJ) Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.B) +0.79% added a television station......
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July 1 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Paulson’s Credit Opportunities fund up 6.6 percent ytd to end-May: source (Reuters) Hedge fund manager John Paulson‘s credit opportunities......
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July 1 - Hedge Funds - Comments
The World Series of Poker $1 Million Buy-In Tournament: The Big One for One Drop (PokerFuse) Hedge fund manager David Einhorn now has the best bad beat......
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June 30 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Allergan Poison Pill Won’t Be Triggered by Pershing Call (Bloomberg) Allergan, Inc. (NYSE:AGN) agreed with Pershing Square Capital Management LP that......
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June 30 - Hedge Funds - Comments
What the Tiger Cubs Have in Common (InstitutionalInvestorsAlpha) It has been well documented that many of the descendents of Julian Robertson, Jr.’......
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June 27 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Our research has shown that the most popular small-cap picks amongst hedge funds have historically outperformed the market by 18 percentage points. Thus......
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June 27 - Hedge Funds, Lists - Comments
Piggybacking on Billionaire Singer Boosts Debt: Argentina Credit (Bloomberg) Speculators in Argentina’s defaulted debt are looking to ride billionaire......
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June 27 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Peltz’s Daughter Credits Him For Acting Inspiration (Finalternatives) Noted activist Nelson Peltz has been called many things over the years, often......
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June 26 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Warren Buffett’s BNSF and Canadian Pacific Railway gets U.S. deadline to solve grain backlog (Financial Post) Warren Buffett’s BNSF Railway Co. and......
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June 26 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Balls On George Soros’s Ex-Girlfriend Significantly Bigger Than Previously Thought (DealBreaker) From 2006-2011, former soap opera star Adriana Ferreyr......
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June 25 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Success of ValueAct Hedge Fund Has Dented Its Maneuverability (Wall Street Journal) Activist investor ValueAct Capital Management has long flown under......
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June 25 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Three Things This Hedge Fund CEO Doesn’t Want To Hear In An Interview (BusinessInsider) Richard Chilton has been on Wall Street since 1978. In that......
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June 24 - Hedge Funds - Comments
