Hedge Fund News: Crispin Odey, Michael Hintze & Boaz Weinstein
Crispin Odey, one of the best-known hedge fund managers in Europe, has seen returns at his flagship €1.8 billion ($2.3 billion) hedge fund fall by more than 10% this year, after...
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Hedge Fund News: John Paulson, Steven Cohen & Sandell Asset Management
John Paulson clearly did not see the collapse of pharmaceutical giant AbbVie Inc (NYSE:ABBV)’s deal with rival Shire coming.
Hedge Fund News: Ray Dalio, Lonestar Capital Management & BlueCrest Capital Management
Ray Dalio has been called “Wall Street’s Oddest Duck” for his highly unusual approach to management, but no one has ever questioned his brilliance.
Hedge Fund News: Steven Cohen, Dan Loeb & Sprott Asset Management
Billionaie hedge fund manager Steve Cohen is the secret buyer of the Alberto Giacometti sculpture “Chariot,” sold last week at Sothebys (NYSE:BID) for a near-record $100,...
Hedge Fund News: T Boone Pickens, Chris Hohn & Richard Mcguire
Crude oil prices are plunging, but T. Boone Pickens isn’t surprised.
Hedge Fund News: Leon Cooperman, Phil Falcone & Sandell Asset Management
Omega Advisors founder Leon Cooperman is having a rough year so far. However, the ex-Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE:GS) partner is still bullish on stocks.
Hedge Fund News: Stephen Mandel, Louis Bacon & Starboard Value LP
An up-and-coming hedge fund manager who at one time worked for Stephen Mandel Jr.'s Lone Pine Capital has been taking a beating on a couple of stocks that have drawn widespread...
Hedge Fund News: Nelson Peltz, Jim Chanos & Warren Buffett
The Madison Square Garden Company surprised many on Monday when it announced — besides exploring a potential breakup of itself — that it was adding two financiers to its board...
Hedge Fund News: Thomas Steyer, Larry Robbins & Paul Tudor Jones
Just in time for the mid-term elections, billionaire philanthropist and retired hedge fund founder Tom Steyer has donated an extra $15 million of his own money in to his super...
Hedge Fund News: Bill Ackman, Christian Leone & Valueact Capital
Bill Ackman wants to clear up a few things.
Hedge Fund News: Jim Simons, George Soros & Citadel Investment Group
Greg Orman is still being coy about his partisan allegiances, but more high-dollar Democratic donors are lining up behind his independent U.S. Senate run in Kansas.
Hedge Fund News: David Tepper, Kyle Bass & Viking Global
David Tepper, the founder of hedge fund Appaloosa Management, said that he’s short the euro during a talk at the Robin Hood Investors Conference in New York City.
Hedge Fund News: George Soros, Ray Dalio & Eric Mindich
George Soros, Laurene Powell Jobs and Steven Spielberg are among the biggest donors to the campaign to keep Harry Reid the Senate majority leader.
Hedge Fund News: Jim Chanos, Paul Singer & Esl Investments
Hedge fund manager Jim Chanos on Monday said he is betting against Brazil's national oil company Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras SA (ADR) (NYSE:PBR), saying it "exists to serve ...
Hedge Fund News: James Dinan, John Burbank & David Einhorn
The big "bucks" keep flowing from Manhattan to Milwaukee.
Crown Castle International Corp. (CCI): Corvex Capital Goes Activist and Issues Presentation; See Details
Keith Meister, the manager of Corvex Management, has gone activist on Crown Castle International Corp.
Hedge Fund News: Steven Cohen, Carl Icahn & Lansdowne Partners
The best thing federal prosecutors might have done for Steven A.
Hedge Fund News: Crispin Odey, John Paulson & Paul Singer
A mega-rich banker has finished building a £150,000 palatial chicken coop dubbed ‘Cluckingham Palace’, it has been reported.
Hedge Fund News: T Boone Pickens, Edward Lampert & BlueCrest Capital Management
Last Friday morning, billionaire energy tycoon T. Boone Pickens was in a meeting with another politically active hedge fund manager in New York City.
Hedge Fund News: Bill Ackman, Thomas Steyer & SAC Capital Advisors
The global market for initial public offerings has had a patchy year at best and activist investor Bill Ackman’s latest foray into the arena may not be remembered as a highlight...
The Most Heartwarming and Inspirational Story Of This Halloween Season, It Will Make You Cry and Jump For Joy
A public servant for 30 years - no, not the military, but the LA Department of Water and Power - Tony Dighera bought a small farm more than a decade ago known for growing avocados...
Hedge Fund News: Jeffrey Smith, Chris Hohn & Lansdowne Partners
Starboard Value LP succeeded in replacing the entire board of Darden Restaurants, Inc.
Hedge Fund News: Carl Icahn, John Paulson & Steven Cohen
Stock-picking may run in the family. Within a long letter to Apple Inc.
Julien Balkany’s Nanes Balkany Partners Getting More Involved in Panoro Energy
Nanes Balkany Partners, an activist hedge fund which invests primarily in O&G companies and one of the largest shareholders of Panoro Energy is getting more involved. Panoro...
Hedge Fund News: Louis Bacon, Paul Singer & Sandler Capital Management
Louis Bacon’s $15 billion (£9.3 billion) hedge fund Moore Capital boosted profits in its Mayfair office last year despite the loss of star fund manager Greg Coffey.
Hedge Fund News: Ken Griffin, Bruce Kovner & Kerrisdale Capital
Ken Griffin's $24 billion Citadel gained 4.4% in September, easily outstripping the average hedge fund which fell 0.2% last month.
Hedge Fund News: Carl Icahn, David Einhorn & Elliott Management
If billionaire Carl Icahn has a plan to squeeze value out of Talisman Energy Inc.
Hedge Fund News: Chase Coleman, Daniel Benton & Ken Griffin
Tiger Global Management, the New York-based hedge fund firm founded by Tiger Cub Charles (Chase) Coleman III, is the latest hedge fund firm to post disappointing results for September...
Hedge Fund News: Edward Lampert, Nouriel Roubini & Caxton Associates LP
Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ:SHLD) is turning to its chief executive for cash for the second time in three weeks in a sign that its efforts to sell off assets are coming...
Hedge Fund News: Eric Mindich, Andreas Halvorsen & Lansdowne Partners
Eric Mindich (Trades, Portfolio), founder of hedge fund Eton Park and famous for becoming at age 27 the youngest partner at Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
Hedge Fund News: Louis Bacon, Nelson Peltz & Pershing Square
Declaring that his “bold actions were inspiring others to protect and steward their lands,” the Land Trust Alliance this week presented one of its highest and rarest honours...
Hedge Fund News: Tom Sandell, David Einhorn & SAC Capital Advisors
Thomas Sandell's New York-based firm Sandell Asset Management has officially launched its new activist hedge fund.
Hedge Fund News: Jim Chanos, Andrew Hall & BlueCrest Capital Management
Steve Wynn, the billionaire casino mogul, has filed a lawsuit accusing prominent short-seller Jim Chanos of slander over an alleged statement that Wynn violated a U.S.
Hedge Fund News: Bruce Kovner, Seth Klarman & Brevan Howard
Caxton Associates LP, the hedge fund firm co-founded by billionaire Bruce Kovner, hired Philippe Fourcade, a former proprietary trader at BNP Paribas SA (EPA:BNP) Fourcade started...
Hedge Fund News: Dan Loeb, Bill Ackman & Nouriel Roubini
The activist hedge fund firms that have been pushing for change at Sothebys (NYSE:BID) may have won their big boardroom battle. But they may be losing the war.
Hedge Fund News: Marc Lasry, Warren Buffett & Marcato Capital Management
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Hedge Fund News: Ray Dalio, George Soros & Tiger Management
Ray Dalio, who runs the $160 billion Bridgewater Associates LP, said he’s seeking to encourage a culture of “radical truth and radical transparency” by recording everything...
Hedge Fund News: Michael Novogratz, Julian Robertson & Marc Faber
Fortress Investment Group LLC (NYSE:FIG) gave four of its top executives $63 million in compensation last year.
Hedge Fund News: Warren Buffett, Third Point & Soros Fund Management
Investing icon Warren Buffett made a bet about the relative performances of hedge funds and index funds, that the latter would beat the former over a decade.
Hedge Fund News: Nelson Peltz, Boaz Weinstein & Tiger Global Management LLC
In a letter sent to DuPont’s Board of Directors, Trian Fund Management LP urged that DuPont be split up in order to be more competitive.
Hedge Fund News: Edward Lampert, George Soros & Bill Ackman
Hedge fund ESL Investments has loaned $400 million to its largest investment, Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ:SHLD), a cash infusion that will keep the struggling retailer ...
Hedge Fund News: Phil Falcone, Louis Hanover & Bridgewater Associates
Minnesota Wild co-owner Phil Falcone might quit his hockey-crazed home state to make a play for the New York Islanders, The Post has learned.
Hedge Fund News: Crispin Odey, Jonathan Savitz & Starboard Value LP
Long/short European equities funds run by Odey Asset Management, Pelham Capital and GLG Partners – part of Man Group – all found themselves in negative territory this summer...
Hedge Fund News: Dan Loeb, John Paulson & Carl Icahn
New York hedge-fund manager Daniel Loeb has raised a $2.5 billion war chest to spend on several new activist situations, potentially by the end of the year, according to people...
Hedge Fund News: David Harding, Chris Hohn & Valueact Capital
Hedge fund boss gives £5 million to build new museum maths gallery (Standard) A hedge fund manager who built his business on mathematical reasoning has given the Science Museum...
Hedge Fund News: Dinakar Singh, Julian Robertson & Blue Harbour Group
Dinakar Singh's TPG-Axon Capital Management posted slight gains in its main hedge fund in the second quarter.
Hedge Fund News: Barry Rosenstein, Steven Cohen & Third Point
The activist investor Barry Rosenstein will join the board of Walgreen, the drugstore chain announced on Monday. Mr.
Hedge Fund News: George Soros, Mark Kingdon & Marcato Capital Management
Many billionaire investors have been bracing themselves for a market correction, but George Soros may be worth an extra look.
Hedge Fund News: Israel Englander, Lee Ainslie & Appaloosa Management LP
Izzy Englander and his palatial new duplex.
Hedge Fund News: Bill Ackman, Jim Rogers & Starboard Value LP
Billionaire investor William Ackman's Pershing Square Holdings portfolio, the hedge fund he plans to list publicly later this year, has gained 31.2 percent this year through August...
