A former Fir Tree Partners executive is planning a fund that would invest predominantly in debt and equities outside the U.S.
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May 13 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
London-based hedge fund Cheyne Capital is planning a new vehicle to buy up debt that’s been excessively punished by the coronavirus selloff, the latest in a number of investment...
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May 12 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Billionaire hedge fund investor Paul Tudor Jones said Monday the economy would be in a “Second Depression” if the coronavirus pandemic doesn’t get contained in a year.
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May 11 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
A billionaire former hedge-fund manager took hundreds of thousands of dollars from New Zealand's government to pay the staff at the luxury resorts he owns there, data from New...
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May 8 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
(Reuters) - Blank-check company Far Point Acquisition Corp (FPAC.N) on Thursday urged its shareholders to vote against the $2.6 billion deal to buy Global Blue after disruptions...
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May 7 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
It took a thousand extra servers, new trenches for fiber-optic lines and a bunch of rooms at the Four Seasons resort in Palm Beach, Florida, for one of the world’s biggest trading...
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May 6 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Paul Singer, the hedge-fund billionaire behind Elliot Management, warned last month that the ultimate path of global stock markets is a drop of at least 50% from February highs...
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May 5 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
When hedge fund stars such as Bill Ackman, Lee Ainslie or Keith Meister speak at conferences, stocks can jump or sink.
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May 4 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
A major new standalone operation in the quant-driven, discretionary global macro space has gone live with the spin-out this month of Maniyar Capital Advisors (MCA) from Tudor ...
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May 1 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
It's not just Citadel. New York-based hedge fund D. E. Shaw is also continuing to hire staff during the pandemic.
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April 30 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Eastview Mall, 14 miles southeast of downtown Rochester, New York, was a rare bright spot among regional shopping centers.
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April 29 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
New York-based Consonance Capital (CCP) announced that its sophomore private equity fund was closed at its hard cap of $856 million.
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April 28 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Billionaire hedge fund manager Jeffrey Gundlach said Monday a popular exchange-traded fund is incredibly overvalued given some of the Federal Reserve’s actions to support the...
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April 27 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
As is true of many, from the president of the United States on down, who enjoy a good courtroom scrape, Highland Capital Management has won some and lost some.
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April 24 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Billionaire Chris Rokos has reopened his hedge fund to take in fresh capital, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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April 23 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Billionaire hedge fund manager Ray Dalio has said that while the coronavirus outbreak is devastating, it may also be a turning point in history - one that could pave the way for...
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April 22 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Hedge fund manager Ali Lumsden gained 73% the last time the mortgage-bond market went into meltdown. This time around, the veteran investor is on the wrong side of the crisis.
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April 21 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Toscafund Asset Management, Martin Hughes’ long-running equity-focused hedge fund, has appointed Aberdeen Asset Management co-founder Martin Gilbert as chairman.
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April 20 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
For Jim Simons, history is repeating itself, at least when it comes to meltdowns in the quant fund world.
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April 17 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Future rises in the cost of natural gas following the recent oil price crash may squeeze utility companies’ profits, with US names potentially proving a lucrative short bet ...
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April 16 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
LONDON, April 15 (Reuters) - Activist hedge fund Amber Capital on Tuesday urged fellow investors to support proposals to replace the majority of Lagardere’s supervisory board...
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April 15 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Billionaire Chris Rokos’s macro hedge fund had its best month ever, gaining 14% in March amid market chaos fueled by the coronavirus pandemic.
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April 14 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Billionaire investor Leon Cooperman told CNBC on Monday the U.S.
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April 13 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Oasis Management Co. sees an opportunity to buy Japanese shares at “historically great prices,” thanks to the pandemic-fueled market selloff.
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April 10 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Seth Klarman made $1 billion betting against stocks and corporate credit. That wasn’t enough to prevent his hedge fund from losing money last month.
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April 8 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Americans hurt by the coronavirus pandemic are skipping home-loan payments, and the trusts that own the mortgages are feeling the pain. Opportunistic funds have noticed.
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April 7 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Ray Dalio's flagship hedge fund at Bridgewater Associates ended the first quarter down about 20%, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
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April 6 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Hedge fund manager Mark Yusko is telling investors to brace for a nearly once in a lifetime downturn.
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April 3 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Founder of hedge fund Kynikos Associates and well-known short seller Jim Chanos said on Thursday that he is still betting against Tesla, even after the electric automaker’s ...
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April 2 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Given that many good companies lost between a quarter and half of their value amid the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in March, and their debt may now yield many multiples...
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April 1 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Former Democratic presidential hopeful Tom Steyer isn’t too happy with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) temporary rollback of environmental laws amid the coronavirus...
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March 31 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
BOSTON (Reuters) - An activist investor is stepping up calls for the board of HC2 Holdings Inc (HCHC.N) to remove Chief Executive and Chairman Philip Falcone as the former hedge...
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March 30 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Boaz Weinstein’s main hedge fund gained 82% in the first quarter, as many of his peers struggled to navigate their way through the worst turbulence since the global financial...
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March 27 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
LONDON, March 26 (Reuters) - Swedish hedge fund manager Bodenholm Capital, which manages 5.1 billion Swedish crowns ($511.2 million), is shutting down and returning capital to...
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March 26 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Pershing Square manager Bill Ackman exited his market hedge positions earlier this week and used the more than $2 billion in proceeds to bulk up on his fund’s existing stakes...
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March 25 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
BOSTON (Reuters) - Citadel, the Chicago-based hedge fund giant led by billionaire Ken Griffin, has so far weathered the coronavirus market storm well, turning a slight profit ...
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March 24 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Anthony Scaramucci canceled this year’s SALT hedge fund conference in Las Vegas due to public health concerns. There are no plans to reschedule.
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March 23 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
As the panic spurred by the coronavirus erases trillions from equity markets, whipsaws bonds and crushes energy prices, there may still be another shoe to drop.
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March 20 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Investor Ray Dalio told CNBC on Thursday the coronavirus outbreak will cost U.S.
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March 19 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Longtime hedge fund manager Bill Ackman on Wednesday advised President Donald Trump to shut down the U.S.
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March 18 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
As the stock market plunges amid concerns about the coronavirus and its impact on the global economy, one hedge fund appears to be on the rise - Saba Capital Management, headed...
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March 17 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
It’s “totally understandable” why U.S.
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March 16 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
(Reuters) - Activist investor Elliott Management said on Friday it supports SoftBank Group Corp’s (9984.T) latest move to buy back up to $4.8 billion of its shares.
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March 13 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Brevan Howard Asset Management’s flagship hedge fund rose 6.8% last week as the escalating coronavirus outbreak rocked markets.
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March 11 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
LONDON (Reuters) - American hedge fund firm Glenview Capital Partners lost 7.1% in February, bring year to date losses to 13.7%, showed data compiled by HSBC and seen by Reuters...
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March 10 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Monday that hedge fund legend David Tepper is worried about the economic fallout from the coronavirus.
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March 9 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Boaz Weinstein’s main hedge fund gained 25.5% in the year’s first two months as he bet against companies exposed to the coronavirus and benefited from some of the most violent...
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March 6 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
LONDON, March 5 (Reuters) - Billionaire Alan Howard’s hedge fund generated gains across the firm in February as many peers struggled in the wake of coronavirus.
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March 5 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
