Andy Redleaf founded a $6 billion hedge fund. Now he runs a small community bank. In many ways, Andy Redleaf was a quintessential hedge fund manager.
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December 24 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Hedge-fund firms York Capital Management and Southpaw Asset Management are barring clients from getting back all of the money they have requested for year-end, a sign of the pressure...
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December 23 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Here is how the activist hedge fund fared with its investment in Investors Bancorp, which accounted for 18 percent of its U.S. long assets.
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December 20 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Citi Group (C.N) and hedge fund ValueAct Capital said on Thursday they would extend an existing information-sharing agreement for another two years through...
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December 19 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Two years after the collapse of Lehman Brothers in the 2008 financial crisis, hedge fund billionaire David Tepper made a bold market call on CNBC about the power of the Federal...
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December 18 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
IOWA CITY, Iowa - Billionaire Tom Steyer is trying to turn his biggest weaknesses into strengths in the Democratic presidential contest, saying his past experience managing a ...
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December 17 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
LONDON (Reuters) - Monaco-based hedge fund Tyrus Capital said on Monday it had agreed to buy the UK-based business of Tyndaris LLP for an undisclosed sum in a deal that will nearly...
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December 16 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
The public and oftentimes nasty wars waged by activist investors this decade are personified by the 2013 “Battle of the Billionaires” on CNBC.
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December 13 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
York Capital Management founder Jamie Dinan said the best way to create superior return is through activism.
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December 12 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Brevan Howard Asset Management is again backing Adam Fisher, a global-macro manager whose capital-raising efforts appear to be rapidly gaining momentum.
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December 11 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Say what you like about outspoken activist hedge fund investors such as Carl Icahn, Bill Ackman, Paul Singer or Dan Loeb but at least you know where they stand.
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December 10 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Tiger Global Management slashed its valuation of e-cigarette startup Juul Labs Inc.
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December 9 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Michael Dell’s money managers are making the most significant change in years to how they invest the billionaire’s wealth. MSD Capital, Mr.
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December 6 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Fox News' Tucker Carlson said Wednesday night that Sen.
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December 5 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Hedge fund manager Kyle Bass, the often-bearish investor and outspoken China critic, told CNBC on Wednesday that he supports an effort by a U.S.
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December 4 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
BlueCrest Capital Management is suing two former traders who say they were forced to leave when the hedge fund’s billionaire owner, Michael Platt, described the equity trading...
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December 3 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
LONDON (Reuters Breakingviews) - Chris Hohn made his name by assaulting the entrenched boards of European companies.
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December 2 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
One of London’s most successful hedge funds has declared profits of £258m, delivering a multimillion-pound windfall to its 17 partners.
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November 29 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Billionaire investor Ray Dalio is one of the best-known and successful fund managers in the world.
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November 28 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Hedge fund managers Bill Ackman, Paul Singer, Dan Loeb and David Tepper have had an active third quarter.
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November 27 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
PointState Capital LP was hit with about $1 billion in redemptions this year through September, said people familiar with the matter, as the New York hedge fund faces the prospect...
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November 26 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Hedge-fund manager said Monday he is bullish U.S. stocks this year, noting American equities will outperform their global counterparts.
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November 25 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Lone Pine Capital's two funds - Lone Cypress and Lone Cascade - each lost more than 2% in the third quarter thanks to the shift away from momentum, or growth, stocks, the firm...
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November 22 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Firefly Value Partners on Thursday asked Gulfport Energy for a seat on its board and criticized the “half-measures” which the U.S.
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November 21 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn is placing a $400 million bet against struggling malls, taking on two of the largest investment firms, according to The Wall Street Journal.
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November 20 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Any toddler can tell you that sharing is caring, but it took a New York hedge fund and a French Bank to combine credit risk transfer transactions and impact investing in a revolutionary...
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November 19 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
PointState Capital, the macro hedge fund started by former traders for billionaire Stan Druckenmiller, is looking for new investors as it struggles to rebound from last year’...
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November 18 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
ExodusPoint Capital Management, which launched last year with a record $8 billion in assets, is setting out to collect billions more.
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November 15 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Hedge fund manager Kyle Bass is condemning a decision by a board overseeing U.S. government employees’ savings to allow investment in Chinese companies.
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November 14 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Ken Griffin promoted James Yeh to president and co-chief investment officer at Citadel, tapping a longtime partner to help run the fast-growing hedge fund firm alongside him.
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November 13 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Ben Jacobs, the former co-chief investment officer at Viking Global, is in the process of starting his own fund, which sources tell Business Insider will be named Anomaly Capital...
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November 12 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
(Reuters) - Whitebox Advisors LLC, a credit-focused hedge fund, has been quietly capitalizing on Wall Street’s ambivalence toward gun manufacturers by replacing some banks as...
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November 11 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Billionaire Ken Fisher made his name and fortune picking stocks.
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November 8 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Billionaire hedge fund boss Philip Falcone and his wife Lisa Falcone were hit with a federal lawsuit by a private chef who claimed they neglected to pay him in full and subjected...
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November 7 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Activist investor Blue Harbour Group is bullish on New York’s Madison Square Garden Co. as the iconic brand prepares to spin off its sports teams.
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November 6 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Billionaire investor Paul Tudor Jones believes the S&P 500 would plunge 25% if Sen.
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November 5 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Anchorage Capital Group is throwing its weight behind Casino Guichard-Perrachon SA as the French retailer seeks to bolster its finances with a 3.5 billion-euros ($3.9 billion) ...
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November 4 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Anyone looking to learn how a quant fund conquered the financial world should go out and buy Greg Zuckerman’s “The Man Who Solved the Market” when it’s released next week...
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November 1 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Alan Howard stepping down as chief executive officer of Brevan Howard Asset Management is a logical step after his 2017 decision to return to running money directly himself.
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November 1 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Alan Howard, whose Brevan Howard Asset Management once managed $40 billion, is stepping down as chief executive of the firm he founded and has been struggling to revive.
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October 29 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Every now and again, a book comes along that is so compelling, filled with so many fascinating characters and new information, that it demands a review.
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October 28 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
(Reuters) - Credit card and loyalty programs firm Alliance Data Systems Corp (ADS.N) said a board member representing ValueAct Capital has stepped down, removing one conflict ...
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October 25 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
BOSTON (Reuters) - Billionaire investor Daniel Loeb said on Thursday his hedge fund owns a $700 million stake in Ray-Ban maker EssilorLuxottica SA and is urging the company to...
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October 24 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Billionaire investor Jeffrey Vinik said he is closing his stock-picking hedge fund less than eight months after he started it, the latest sign of challenges facing the hedge-fund...
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October 23 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
BOSTON (Reuters) - A Fidelity Investments spokesman said on Monday it has dropped Fisher Investments as a money manager over allegedly sexist comments the firm’s leader Kenneth...
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October 21 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
James Dondero doesn’t back down. That’s what helped him build Highland Capital Management into a credit giant that at one point oversaw $40 billion.
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October 18 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Billionaire Steve Cohen led losses among his biggest multistrategy hedge fund peers last month as sweeping market shifts blindsided investment managers.
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October 17 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Billionaire investor Leon Cooperman took aim on Wednesday at what an Elizabeth Warren presidency would mean for the stock market.
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October 16 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
BOSTON (Reuters) - Fidelity Investments said on Tuesday it is reviewing its relationship with Ken Fisher after the investment firm leader made “highly inappropriate comments...
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October 15 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
