James Michael Roberts - News

SPDR Gold Trust (ETF) (GLD) & More: Hedge Funds’ 10 Favorite ETFs

Exchange-traded funds (ETF) like the SPDR Gold Trust (ETF) (NYSEARCA:GLD) have many similarities with regular stocks. However, even though it trades like a stock on the market, an ETF is a security that...... (read more)

April 30th, 2013 - Hedge Funds Lists - Comments

Hedge Fund News: Dan Loeb, George Soros, Apple Inc (AAPL)

Editor's Note: Related tickers: Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Baidu.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:BIDU), Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MU), Yelp Inc (NYSE:YELP), Google Inc (NASDAQ...... (read more)

April 18th, 2013 - Hedge Funds - Comments

Hedge Fund News: John Paulson, Julian Robertson, Blackstone

The gift from John Paulson, of Paulson & Co, is thought to be the largest ever given to a public park. The endowment was announced with New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg at Bethesda Fountain, in Central...... (read more)

October 24th, 2012 - Hedge Funds - Comments

Hedge Fund News: Chase Coleman, Ray Dalio, 3G Capital

It isn't every day that Ray Dalio opens up to the world and speaks. Dalio is widely considered the most powerful hedge fund manager in the world. And from his secretive firm, Bridgewater, in Connecticut...... (read more)

September 21st, 2012 - Hedge Funds - Comments

Hedge Fund News: Prudential, Jim Rogers, George Soros

Prudential Financial has hired a hedge fund economist to boost its emerging markets credit capabilities. Prudential Fixed Income named Giancarlo Perasso lead economist for Europe, the Middle East and...... (read more)

August 8th, 2012 - Hedge Funds - Comments

Hedge Fund News: Julian Robertson, George Soros, Supervalu

When a top hedge fund manager donated money to start a student-run portfolio at the University of Virginia in 1994, Richard Gerson was one of the few undergraduates to earn a spot managing the six-figure...... (read more)

July 31st, 2012 - Hedge Funds - Comments

Hedge Fund News: Paul Tudor Jones, Randy Smith, OrbiMed

The European arm of the Tudor Group, the US hedge fund founded by Paul Tudor Jones II, paid its staff a bumper $62m last year after a profitable 2011, despite the travails of the eurozone. The 20 members...... (read more)

July 26th, 2012 - Hedge Funds - Comments

Hedge Fund News: Louis Bacon, John Paulson, Barclays

Hedge fund manager Louis Bacon has promised to donate the largest single conservation easement in U.S. history to form the foundation of the proposed Sangre de Cristo conservation area in Colorado and...... (read more)

July 23rd, 2012 - Hedge Funds - Comments

Hedge Fund News: Jamie Dinan, Julian Robertson, Steven Cohen

The marketing chief of Jamie Dinan’s York Capital Management has left the hedge fund giant to become CEO and president of KVO Capital Management, with the latter renaming itself Oakum Bay Capital in...... (read more)

June 21st, 2012 - Hedge Funds - Comments

Hedge Fund News: Andreas Halvorsen, George Soros, Raj Rajaratnam

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has banned Alberto Micalizzi, whose hedge fund racked up hundreds of millions of dollars of losses in the credit crisis, and handed him a record fine for an individual...... (read more)

May 30th, 2012 - Hedge Funds - Comments