Hedge Fund News: Crispin Odey, Louis Bacon, T. Boone Pickens
Hedge Fund Manager Odey Turns Super Bear on QE (Wall Street Journal) Renowned U.K. hedge fund manager Crispin Odey has warned of an impending global economic......(read more)
Posts Tagged ‘Galleon Group’
Hedge Fund News: Chase Coleman, Daniel Benton & Ken Griffin
Tiger Global Posts Big Drop in September (InstitutionalInvestorsAlpha) Tiger Global Management, the New York-based hedge fund firm founded by Tiger Cub......(read more)
NXP Semiconductors NV (NXPI), Activision Blizzard, Inc. (ATVI) And Google Inc (GOOG) Are Mapleline Capital’s Top Stock Picks
Based in New York, Mapleline Capital LLC was founded by Leon Shaulov in 2013, following his departure as senior portfolio manager at Galleon Group. Prior......(read more)
Hedge Fund News: Stephen Mandel, Daniel Loeb & Elliott Management
Lone Pine Tells Clients Loss Stemmed from Sins of Omission (InstitutionalInvestorsAlpha) Stephen Mandel Jr.‘s Lone Pine Capital, which lost between......(read more)
Hedge Fund News: Richard Perry, David Einhorn & Starboard Value LP
Hedge Fund Perry Capital Bets On Paper Mills, Puerto Rico (Finalternatives) Perry Capital, the $10.9 billion hedge-fund firm run by Richard Perry, is......(read more)
Hedge Fund News: Warren Buffett, Thomas Steyer & Larry Robbins
Warren Buffett donates $2.8 billion to charities (DigitalJournal) Warren Buffett broke his own record by donating $2.8 billion dollars to the Bill and......(read more)
Hedge Fund Highlights: Ken Griffin, Paul Tudor Jones & Bill Ackman
Citadel’s Griffin Defends HFT (FINalternatives) Citadel Investment Group founder Kenneth Griffin yesterday urged Congress not to ban high-frequency......(read more)
Hedge Fund News: Julian Robertson, Nat Rothschild & Marc Lasry
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......(read more)
Hedge Fund News: George Soros, Christopher Hansen & Highbridge Capital Management
Balls On George Soros’s Ex-Girlfriend Significantly Bigger Than Previously Thought (DealBreaker) From 2006-2011, former soap opera star Adriana Ferreyr......(read more)
Hedge Fund News: Ray Dalio, Paul Singer & Ken Griffin
Family Interests, Family Giving: A Look Inside the Dalio Foundation (InsidePhilanthropy) Ray Dalio, the enigmatic, transcendentally meditating leader......(read more)
Hedge Fund News: Cliff Asness, David Tepper & Brevan Howard
Slow Your Judgments on Fast Trading (BloombergView) In a recent pair of articles (part I, part II), hedge-fund magnate Cliff Asness defended high-frequency......(read more)
Hedge Fund News: John Burbank, Phil Falcone & Jim Rogers
Hedge fund moguls put money on Asian Internet, low-volume stocks (Reuters) From Asian Internet stocks, which have boomed over the last year, to food and......(read more)
Hedge Fund News: David Einhorn, Barry Rosenstein & George Soros
Greenlight Asked S.E.C. for Delay on Disclosure of Micron Stake (New York Times) David Einhorn, the billionaire hedge fund manager whose stock picks......(read more)
Hedge Fund News: Julian Robertson, Joel Greenblatt & Warren Buffett
Popular Hedge Fund Stocks in Free Fall (InstitutionalInvestorsAlpha) Monday’s market sell-off hit hard many of the stocks that are most popular among......(read more)
Hedge Fund News: Steven Cohen, GLG Partners & Marshall Wace Asset Management
Insider trading trial puts SAC hedge fund under further pressure (The Guardian) A trial starting this week over what US prosecutors say is the most lucrative......(read more)
Hedge Fund News: Bill Ackman, David Shaw & Steve Cohen’s Trial
Bill Ackman’s Quiet Activist Campaign Over Fannie Mae And Freddie Mac (Forbes) It has been about 100 hours since William Ackman revealed his Pershing......(read more)
Hedge Fund News: Steven Cohen, Crispin Odey, J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (JCP)
Editor’s Note: Related tickers: J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP), Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE:GS), Barclays PLC (LON:BARC) SAC Capital Further......(read more)
Hedge Fund News: Dan Loeb, Carl Icahn, Wells Fargo & Company (WFC)
Dan Loeb’s Third Point hedge fund makes $500m profit from Greek bonds (Telegraph) Mr Loeb has reportedly sold a large part of a $1bn position in......(read more)
Hedge Fund News: Thomas Steyer, Julian Robertson, Blackstone
California billionaire moves on from hedge fund, to clean energy (Muckety) Tom Steyer’s announcement last week that he would step down from the hedge......(read more)
Hedge Fund News: Julian Robertson, Emmanuel Roman, Ray Dalio
Tiger Party: Griffin, Coleman to host 80th birthday bash for Julian Robertson (Absolutereturn-Alpha) A streak of grown-up Tiger cubs are reuniting to......(read more)
Hedge Fund News, Doug Whitman Insider Case, Soros, Rogers…
Whitman Capital Founder Accused of Using Tips From Rajaratnam Insider (Bloomberg) Whitman Capital LLC’s president was charged with taking part in two......(read more)
Hedge Fund News, John Taylor, Kyle Bass, Insider Trading Case, Etc…
FX Concepts’ Taylor Shorter on Dollar Than Euro on Fed’s Low-Rate Pledge (Bloomberg) John Taylor, founder of currency- hedge fund FX Concepts LLC,......(read more)
Hedge Fund News, TPG Buys GlobeOp, Warren Buffett, George Soros, Super PAC, Etc…
TPG Capital Agrees to Acquire GlobeOp Financial Services for $800 Million (Bloomberg) TPG Capital LLP agreeed to buy GlobeOp Financial Services SA, a......(read more)
Hedge Fund News: Bluecrest, Japan’s Debt, Jim Rogers, Stock Picks…
Hedge-Fund Liquidity Turned Corner, Says Gayeski (Bloomberg) Troy Gayeski, senior portfolio manager at SkyBridge Capital LLC, discusses liquidity conditions......(read more)
Hedge Fund Redemption Falls, Top Stocks Picked By Investment Banks, Buffett Blames For Romney’s Tax Rate, Etc…
Hedge Fund Exit Requests At Record Low –Globeop (Reuters) Redemption requests by hedge fund clients have fallen to the lowest monthly level on record......(read more)
Icahn Said to Buy LightSquared Debt, Seth Klarman Invests In Europe, Greece Nears Debt Deal, Etc…
Icahn Said To Buy Lightsquared Debt In Bet On Falcone Venture’s Collapse (Bloomberg) Billionaire Carl Icahn has purchased debt from Philip Falcone’......(read more)
Ackman Plans A Proxy Fight, Todd Combs Posted Gain In Bershire, Chase Coleman Returned 45% In 2011
Ackman Canadian Pacific Proxy Fight Pivots On Ex-CEO’s Work At Rail Rival (Bloomberg) William Ackman’s plan to wage a proxy fight to install a new......(read more)
Adondakis, Tortora and Abbasi May Be Charged with Insider Trading
Investigators are poised to enter new charges against three traders reports the Wall Street Journal. Each of these men work at big-name firms – Neuberger......(read more)
Rajaratnam Fined $92.8M, Citi Launches 3.0, Distressed Debt
Rajaratnam Ordered to Pay $92.8 Million Penalty (NYT) A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the convicted hedge fund titan Raj Rajaratnam to pay a $92.8......(read more)
Brencourt, Blackstone, Silverfern Expands, Emma Sugarman
Brencourt To Run Central Park Group Fund Of Funds (FINAlternatives) Fund of hedge funds Central Park Group is getting some help to run its event-driven......(read more)
MF Global Bankrupt, SevenLocks Launch, Weinstein Ponzi, Brent Oil
MF Global Files Bankruptcy (CNNMoney) MF Global, a trader in commodities and derivatives, filed for bankruptcy production Monday, according to a court......(read more)
Gupta Insider Trading, Icahn Leaks, Tilson Salesforce Short Sale
Rajat Gupta Faces 5 Counts of Securities Fraud and 1 Count of Conspiracy to Commit (NYTimes) Rajat K. Gupta, a former Goldman Sachs director who surrendered......(read more)
Rajat Gupta Surrendered to FBI Over Insider Trading Charges
Rajat Gupta surrendered Wednesday morning to Federal Bureau of Investigation officials over charges of insider trading reports the New York Times. According......(read more)
Steve Cohen’s SAC Capital in SEC Cougar Probe
The SEC is not done with Steve Cohen nor Raj Rajaratnam reports BusinessInsider. It has launched a probe into the activities of several hedge funds regarding......(read more)
Rajaratnam Sentencing – Sri Lankan Native Gets 11 Years
Rajaratnam Sentencing Prosecutors alleged billionaire Rajaratnam gained about $64 Million through insider trading, just a fraction of what his hedge fund......(read more)
Intagible Assets Popular with Hedge Funds, Hedge Fund Employee Bonuses
Paulson’s Fund Lost 47% YTD (Bloomberg) John Paulson, the billionaire who is betting on an economic recovery by the end of 2012, has lost 47 percent......(read more)
Goffer Sentenced to 3 Years
Hedge fund trader Emanuel Goffer was sentenced to 3 years on Friday, October 7 for insider trading by US District Judge Richard Sullivan. Goffer was also......(read more)
Raj Rajaratnam to be Sentenced Next Week
Raj Rajaratnam is scheduled to be sentenced next week. Rajaratnam, the founder of Galleon Group, was convicted of insider trading by a federal court......(read more)
Raj Rajaratnam Could Set Guinness Record For Insider Trading Sentence
Raj Rajaratnam could get the longest insider trading sentence in history – 24 years in prison – if federal prosecutors have their druthers......(read more)
Prosecution Rests Galleon Trial, Hedge Funds Still Hurting From Financial Crisis, Ex-Trader Leads Hedge Fund to 200% Gain
Deal Lawyer Accused of Insider Trading Scheme (NYT) As a lawyer at three of the most prestigious merger and acquisition law firms in the country, Matthew......(read more)
Rajaratnam Team Attacks, MLB Wants Hedge Funds at Bay, Halcyon Looks To London
Halcyon Adds London-Based Fundraiser (FinAlternatives) New York hedge fund Halcyon Asset Management is looking abroad to add to its $10 billion in assets......(read more)
Fund Managers Forced To Use ‘Plain English’, Asia Hedge Funds Grow, Witness Says Galleon Paid For Tips
Fund Managers to Make ‘Plain English’ Disclosures (WSJ) Money managers are gearing up for a public and plainly stated confessional. Disclosure......(read more)
Japanese Stocks Plunge 7.5%, Anil Kumar’s Monstrous Lie
After quake, TOPIX suffers biggest drop in 2 years (Reuters) Japanese stocks fell 7.5 percent, posting the biggest daily decline since October 2008, and......(read more)
