Elizabeth Warren Says Sears Workers Suffered While Leadership Self-Dealed (Bloomberg) Eddie Lampert, welcome to the 2020 campaign. Senator Elizabeth Warren......
(read more)January 31 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Billionaires Druckenmiller, Soros Throw Weight Behind Oil Rally (Bloomberg) The recovery in the oil industry is attracting some of the most recognized......
(read more)August 15 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
BlueMountain Hedge Fund Recruits Financials Manager (FNLondon.com) BlueMountain Capital Management, a $21bn New York hedge fund that is expanding its......
(read more)July 17 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Newell Brands Ends Proxy Fight with Starboard (Reuters) (Reuters) – Consumer products maker Newell Brands Inc (NWL.N) has agreed to add three independent......
(read more)April 23 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Hedge Fund Titans Pull Money From Funds for Huge Tax Bills (Bloomberg) Hedge-fund billionaires were already struggling to keep investors from heading......
(read more)April 20 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
The 7 Most Undervalued Stocks In Larry Robbins’ Portfolio (Benzinga) Larry Robbins is a hedge fund manager and CEO of Glenview Capital Management......
(read more)March 22 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Och-Ziff Capital Names Robert Shafir as CEO (Reuters) (Reuters) – Och-Ziff Capital Management on Tuesday named Robert Shafir as its new chief executive......
(read more)January 30 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
At this year’s Sohn Investment conference in London, some of the renowned hedge fund managers shared their best ideas about investing next year.......
(read more)December 2 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Ackman’s Exit Sends Valeant Shares To More Than 7-Year Low (CNBC) Shares of Valeant Pharmaceuticals dropped Tuesday after news surfaced late Monday......
(read more)March 14 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Einhorn Says In A Word If He Shifted Bets for Election: ‘No’ (Bloomberg) Hedge fund manager David Einhorn opted against shifting his portfolio to......
(read more)November 8 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Anthony Scaramucci On Turning Failure Into Success (Reuters) When hedge-fund king Anthony Scaramucci left Lehman Brothers in 2005 to start SkyBridge Capital......
(read more)October 27 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Sears Is Borrowing Money from Its CEO (Again) (The Wall Street Journal) Sears Holdings said Thursday that it would accept $300 million in debt financing......
(read more)August 25 - Hedge Funds - Comments
The Activist and Herbalife: Just Maybe Ackman’s Right (The New York Times) Bill Ackman, the activist investor, has been painted as a loser in his yearslong......
(read more)August 2 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Daniel S. Och‘s publicly-traded $61 billion hedge fund firm, Och-Ziff Capital Management, has been in choppy waters since last year’s summer......
(read more)June 8 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Daniel S. Och’s OZ Capital Management recently submitted a 13G filing revealing that the fund increased its holding in SouFun Holdings Ltd. (NYSE:SFUN......
(read more)August 28 - Hedge Funds, Market Movers, News - Comments
Biggest Hedge Fund Managers: As outlined in an article that explains Why We Track Hedge Funds at InsiderMonkey, the hedge fund industry has been one of......
(read more)October 28 - Lists - Comments
Louis Bacon’s Moore Capital still sizzles despite Wizard exit (Standard) Louis Bacon’s $15 billion (£9.3 billion) hedge fund Moore Capital boosted......
(read more)October 8 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Daniel S. Och’s OZ Management disclosed last week that it had reduced its exposure to Rockwood Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:ROC) by 42%. The fund declared......
(read more)August 25 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Sotheby’s Enters Into Pact With Ebay To Sell Artworks Online (ColumbusCEO) Sothebys (NYSE:BID), the auction house that put activist investor Dan......
(read more)July 14 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Carl Icahn and Ackman’s Bourbon Man Named to Hall of Fame Together (WSJ) Good thing Carl Icahn and Bill Ackman made up. Otherwise this would have made......
(read more)May 20 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Berkshire’s Combs, Weschler to Reap Gains With DirecTV (Bloomberg) Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A) is one of the biggest......
(read more)May 14 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Leucadia Doubles Investment in Falcone’s Harbinger Amid Gain (SFGate) Richard Handler’s Leucadia National Corp. (NYSE:LUK) more than doubled its......
(read more)March 19 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Och-Ziff Profits Soar (Finalternatives) Och-Ziff Capital Management’s strong hedge-fund returns helped it top analysts’ expectations in the......
(read more)February 6 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Billionaire Dan Och’s Hedge Fund Firm Is Doing Great As His Funds Trail The Market (Forbes) For billionaire Daniel Och’s hedge fund firm, Och......
(read more)January 6 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Daniel S. Och‘s Och-Ziff Capital Management has disclosed a new stake in the newly formed company American Airlines Group Inc (NASDAQ:AAL). Oz......
(read more)December 30 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Daniel S. Och‘s Och-Ziff Capital Management has initiated a position in China-based 500 Com Ltd. (NYSE:WBAI). A new filing with the SEC revealed......
(read more)December 3 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
When making a list of the largest hedge funds in the world, there are a variety of ways in which to classify the information. However, most consider assets......
(read more)August 4 - Hedge Funds - Comments
The Sunday Times is out with its list of UK’s wealthiest hedge fund managers. Alan Howard of Brevan Howard who was at number one position last year......
(read more)May 2 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Turns Out ‘Black Edge’ Is a Hedge-Fund Term, Not a Fungal Disease (NYMag) Each of the two big Steve Cohen magazine profiles out this week — one......
(read more)January 18 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Third Point Nominee Gains Seat on Yahoo Board (HedgeFund) Hedge fund manager Dan Loeb has gained control of another seat on the board of internet company......
(read more)December 14 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Barclays set to fight FERC over bragging, not rigging (Reuters) British bank Barclays PLC (NYSE:BCS) is set to fight a potentially record $470 million......
(read more)November 5 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Looking back on Avenue’s falling assets and Soros’ summer soap opera (Absolutereturn-Alpha) One year ago Assets at Marc Lasry’s Avenue Capital Group......
(read more)September 5 - Hedge Funds - Comments
While GOP opposes gay marriage, key donors fund the other side (WashingtonPost) Billionaire hedge fund manager Paul E. Singer is one of the Republican......
(read more)August 23 - Hedge Funds - Comments
DE Shaw Founder Building $75M Mansion (HedgeFund) A sprawling mansion on a hill is in the works for D.E. Shaw & Co. founder David Shaw and his family......
(read more)August 3 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Goldman to Invest in City Jail Program, Profiting if Recidivism Falls Sharply (NYTimes) New York City, embracing an experimental mechanism for financing......
(read more)August 2 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Citadel hires DE Shaw marketer (eFinancialNews) Chicago-based asset manager Citadel has hired a new a managing director and head of Americas distribution......
(read more)July 20 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Passport To Wind Down Materials Hedge Fund After 31% Loss (Bloomberg) Passport Capital LLC, the $3.4 billion hedge fund founded by John Burbank, plans......
(read more)July 11 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Stanford Sentenced To 110 Years (Finalternatives) Convicted hedge fund fraudster R. Allen Stanford said yesterday that he’s no Bernard Madoff, but......
(read more)June 15 - Hedge Funds - Comments
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)January 23 - Hedge Funds, Macroeconomic Predictions - Comments
Bloomberg reports that hedge funds received illegal inside information from Henry Paulson. We aren’t surprised a tiny bit. Ordinary investors don......
(read more)November 30 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Pershing Square’s flagship fund returned 3.1% in February, bringing its return to 0.5% through February (FinAlternatives). FinAlternatives also......
(read more)March 4 - News - Comments
Och-Ziff Capital Management (OZM) provided preliminary estimates for its December and 2010 returns in various funds: December 2010 OZ Master Fund, Ltd......
(read more)January 5 - Hedge Funds - Comments
2010 was a very volatile year and it wasn’t a good year for many hedge funds. We previously reported that Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square is having......
(read more)January 4 - Hedge Funds - Comments
