(Reuters) - Two major shareholder advisory firms urged investors to vote against billionaire investor David Tepper’s hedge fund demand that Allergan Plc immediately split the...
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April 15 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest hedge fund, has turned bullish on Brazil, arguing that economic growth relative to potential will be the strongest...
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March 18 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Legendary Jim Simons, an awarded math genius and a former military code breaker, founded back in 1982 one of the nowadays largest quant hedge funds in the world, Renaissance Technologies...
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February 9 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
Hedge fund manager Crispin Odey’s winning run with his short-selling bets continued this week as wagers against digital payments company Wirecard AG paid off.
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February 1 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Ray Dalio’s Bridgewater Associates and Jim Simons’ Renaissance Technologies beat their rivals in a tough year for hedge funds in 2018, making a combined $13 billion for their...
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January 28 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Activist investor Starboard Value LP has taken a stake in Dollar Tree Inc. and is pushing the retailer to sell its Family Dollar business and tweak its pricing model.
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January 7 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Fortunes were made on Wall Street betting against sketchy mortgages before the housing bust a decade ago.
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December 25 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
William Ackman's private hedge fund has gained more than 9 percent this year while his publicly traded fund is up double digits, marking a dramatic reversal for the billionaire...
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June 15 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
NEW YORK, May 30, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- James Simons, founder and chairman of Renaissance Technologies, took home $1.7 billion in 2017 to claim the No.
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May 30 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Michael Platt of BlueCrest Capital cemented his position atop the list of highest-earning hedge fund managers, taking home a cool $2 billion in earnings in 2017.
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May 22 - Hedge Funds, News
(Bloomberg) -- Renaissance Technologies, the $58 billion quantitative investment firm founded by former military code-breaker Jim Simons, gained at three of its hedge funds last...
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April 18 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Quantitative hedge funds have been on an absolute tear over the past few months, posting gains in 15 of the past 17 weeks according to data compiled by Societe Generale.
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February 19 - Hedge Funds, News
Even as the stock market capped off a third day of gains following a foray into correction territory last week, safe-haven assets are enjoying a moment in the sun.
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February 14 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Quantitative funds are gaining more ground among hedge funds in terms of trading volume and inflow of capital.
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December 28 - Hedge Funds, News, Quantitative Investing
The hedge fund industry may be mired in performance woes and closures, but you wouldn't know it from the immense earnings that the top hedge fund managers pulled down in 2016; ...
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March 28 - Hedge Funds, News
Shares of Valeant Pharmaceuticals dropped Tuesday after news surfaced late Monday that billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman sold his remaining stock in the company.
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March 14 - Hedge Funds
Billionaire Leon Cooperman invoked his Fifth-Amendment right against self-incrimination while the SEC was investigating him for insider trading because his lawyer disclosed that...
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February 7 - Hedge Funds
Renaissance Technologies has been not only one of the best performing quant based asset managers but also one of the best performing hedge fund across different strategies.
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December 28 - Hedge Funds, News, Tech
Which are the largest hedge funds in the world? Most investors see hedge fund size as an indication of investment success.
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December 8 - Hedge Funds, News
Renaissance Technologies is probably the best quant hedge fund in the market.
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December 2 - Hedge Funds, News
Hedge fund manager Crispin Odey lost about 369 million euros (313.03 million pounds) in the year to Nov.
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November 21 - Hedge Funds
These 10 most successful investors in the world don’t have much in common aside from their obscene net worths.
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November 2 - ETF Trading, Hedge Funds, Lists, News
The prominence of quantitative hedge funds in the alternative asset management space has increased exponentially since the turn of the century, with several of them now considered...
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October 22 - Hedge Funds, News, Quantitative Investing
Billionaire hedge fund titan Leon Cooperman told CNBC on Tuesday he won't enter a deal with regulators to settle insider trading charges and he insisted he has always followed...
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October 11 - Hedge Funds
While most on Wall Street these days are huddling in yield plays, Jeff Ubben seems to be taking on more risk.
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September 9 - Hedge Funds
Jim Simons is the founder of Renaissance Technologies.
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August 19 - Hedge Funds
In a bleak new letter to investors, Paul Singer's Elliott Management warns that the bond market is "broken" and that when the central bank actions of recent years no longer ward...
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August 18 - Hedge Funds
The world's most successful quant hedge fund, Renaissance Technologies (RenTech), recently submitted its 13F filing with the SEC for the reporting period of June 30, revealing...
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August 18 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
After a year of misery, Bill Ackman finally is having a pretty good month.
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August 10 - Hedge Funds
Founded in 1982 by James ‘Jim’ Simons, Renaissance Technologies employs quantitative models based on mathematical and statistical analysis to make its stock selections and...
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May 18 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
Most individual investors invest in dividend-paying stocks to benefit from the steady streams of dividend checks, but can also take advantage of stock price appreciation as...
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November 15 - Dividend Stocks, Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
Well-known hedge fund Renaissance Technologies LLC needs little or no introduction at all.
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November 14 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
Jim Simons' renowned quantitative fund Renaissance Technologies employs complicated computer algorithms to drive trading.
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November 14 - Hedge Funds, News, Tech
What are the best stocks to buy? The Wisdom of Crowds: Why the Many Are Smarter Than The Few and How Collective Wisdom Shapes Business, Economies, Societies and Nations is James...
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October 12 - Hedge Funds, News
Renaissance Technologies, led by Jim Simons, disclosed a total of 3,196 positions in its latest 13F filing for the reporting period of June 30.
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October 8 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
Jim Simons' quant fund Renaissance Technologies recently filed its 13F form with the SEC. Founded in 1982 RenTec is one-of-a-kind hedge fund.
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August 15 - Hedge Funds, News, Tech
Sunedison Inc (NYSE:SUNE)'s stock lost around 13% on Friday, on the highest trading volume on the market of roughly 88.87 million shares, which is more than five times higher ...
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August 8 - Hedge Funds, News, Tech
One of the best ways to pick high-performing stocks is to follow the industry leaders and find out their stock investments.
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June 25 - Hedge Funds, News
Renaissance Technologies is a New York-based hedge fund founded in 1982 by mathematician James “Jim” Simons.
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June 20 - Hedge Funds, News, Tech
Renaissance Technologies is a hedge fund based in New York City.
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June 2 - Hedge Funds, News
Billionaires Rob Citrone and Jim Simons are in harmony as far as the future prospects of Amazon.com, Inc.
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June 1 - Hedge Funds, News
Jim Simons' Renaissance Technologies is a New York-based investment management company that currently operates three funds including the Medallion Fund, which is considered one...
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May 21 - Hedge Funds, News
Renaissance Technologies, founded by billionaire Jim Simons, has filed its latest 13F with the U.S.
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May 17 - Hedge Funds, News
Jim Simons' Renaissance Technologies is not just another hedge fund. The fund charges a fixed fee of 5% and a performance fee of between 36% and 44%.
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May 15 - Hedge Funds, News
The quantitative hedge fund Renaissance Technologies, formerly managed by billionaire Jim Simons, has been so successful that it has been partly responsible for prompting other...
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March 27 - Hedge Funds, News
According to the 13F Form filed with the U.S.
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February 26 - Hedge Funds, News
Jim Simons is one of the greatest investors, whose stock picking skills made him one of the richest people in the world.
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November 13 - Hedge Funds, News
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.
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October 23 - Hedge Funds
Another major hedge fund that recently disclosed its long equity positions for the second quarter of 2014 is Jim Simons’ Renaissance Technologies, one of the best performing...
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August 14 - Hedge Funds
Two Global Banks and 13 hedge funds will be the subject of discussions for the coming weeks after a senate subcommittee confirmed it was preparing a report about how these institutions...
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July 22 - Hedge Funds, News
