Hedge Fund News: Bill Ackman, Christian Leone & Valueact Capital
Bill Ackman Can’t Possibly Be Expected To Remember All The Great Ideas He’s Ever Had (DealBreaker) Bill Ackman wants to clear up a few things. First......(read more)
Posts Tagged ‘Raj Rajaratnam’
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)
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 News: Ray Dalio, Crispin Odey & Marc Faber
Billionaire Hedge Fund Manager Ray Dalio Is Back, All Weather Fund Up 11% (Forbes) Billionaire hedge fund manager Ray Dalio is the king of the rich hedge......(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: Daniel Loeb, Nouriel Roubini & Jana Partners
Loeb’s Third Point flagship fund gains 6 pct in first half (Reuters) Billionaire investor Daniel Loeb‘s main hedge fund returned 6 percent......(read more)
Hedge Fund Highlights: Paul Singer, David Tepper & Sandell Asset Management
Piggybacking on Billionaire Singer Boosts Debt: Argentina Credit (Bloomberg) Speculators in Argentina’s defaulted debt are looking to ride billionaire......(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 Highlights: Stephen Mandel, George Soros & Philip Falcone
Mandel Tops Best-Earning Hedge Funds for Clients in 2013 (Bloomberg) Stephen Mandel of Lone Pine Capital LLC made hedge-fund investors the most money......(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: Jeffrey Smith, Bank of America Corp (BAC), Herbalife Ltd. (HLF)
Editor’s Note: Related tickers: Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC), Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF), Smithfield Foods, Inc. (NYSE:SFD), The Hain Celestial......(read more)
Hedge Fund Highlights: Raj Rajaratnam, Daniel Loeb, Apple Inc. (AAPL)
Editor’s Note: J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP), Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Sothebys (NYSE:BID) Activist......(read more)
Hedge Fund News: David Tepper, Chris Hohn, Dell Inc. (DELL)
Editor’s Note: Related tickers: Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL) DAVID TEPPER: When The Dust Settles, There’s Only One Place To Be And That’s......(read more)
Hedge Fund News: Carl Icahn, Dell Inc. (DELL), The Blackstone Group L.P. (BX)
Editor’s Note: Related tickers: Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL), The Blackstone Group L.P. (NYSE:BX), Metlife Inc (NYSE:MET), Verizon Communications Inc......(read more)
Hedge Fund News: Paul Singer, The Blackstone Group L.P. (BX), Dell Inc. (DELL)
Editor’s Note: Related tickers: The Blackstone Group L.P. (NYSE:BX), HSBC Holdings plc (NYSE:HBC), Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A), Dell Inc......(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)
Seeing Double: Rajaratnam’s Bro Just Charged With ‘Illegal’ Insider Trading
In any given year, there are more than 200,000 insider transactions filed with the SEC, though just a fraction of these (usually less than 10) are actually......(read more)
Hedge Fund News: Carl Icahn, Jim Rogers, Apple Inc (AAPL)
Carl Icahn Practices What He Preaches, Will Deliver More To Shareholders (Forbes) Long known for pushing companies to take actions to increase or unlock......(read more)
Hedge Fund News: John Paulson, Whitney Tilson, SandRidge Energy Inc. (SD)
Hardly hedging (NYPost) John Paulson, the hedge fund manager who made a fortune during the downturn but more recently blamed a bad 2012 performance on......(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: David Einhorn, Carl Icahn, Citigroup
Greenlight’s Einhorn questions Fed “spending spree” (Reuters) Hedge fund manager David Einhorn raised concerns about the U.S. central......(read more)
Hedge Fund News: John Paulson, Julian Robertson, Blackstone
John Paulson gives $100m to New York’s Central Park (BBC) The gift from John Paulson, of Paulson & Co, is thought to be the largest ever given......(read more)
Hedge Fund News: Marc Faber, Carl Icahn, BlackRock
Marc Faber: The Fed will Destroy the World (MoneyMorning) America’s central bank, the Federal Reserve, will eventually destroy the world economy, says......(read more)
Hedge Fund News: Bruce Kovner, Noam Gottesman, Nouriel Roubini
Caxton to Cut Its Fees (WSJ) Caxton Associates LP plans to lower the fees it charges clients of its $7.5 billion hedge fund, a sign that even veteran......(read more)
Hedge Fund News: Carl Icahn, Jim Rogers, BlueMountain
CVR Investors Add Derivative Claims To Ongoing Icahn Battle (Law360) CVR Energy Inc. investors moved again Tuesday to prevent Carl Icahn from gaining......(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: Mitt Romney, Ricky Sandler, Louis Bacon
Secret Footage of Romney Was Filmed at Estate of Sex Party-Throwing Hedge Fund Manager (GAWKER) You know that really damaging hidden camera footage of......(read more)
Hedge Fund News: Jon Corzine, Louis Bacon, Robert Bishop
Corzine not likely to start a hedge fund anytime soon (Opalesque) Troubled broker and former chief executive of bankrupt brokerage firm MF Global Jon......(read more)
Hedge Fund News: George Soros, Steven Cohen, John Paulson
Soros tells Germany to lead or leave euro (IFAMagazine) Billionaire investor and philanthropist George Soros made some bold statements in an interview......(read more)
Hedge Fund News: Steven Mandel, Sam Israel, John Paulson
Mandel’s Lone Pine Buys Over $400M of Verisign Inc. (ValueWalk) According to a 13G just filled with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Steven......(read more)
Hedge Fund News: Pfizer, General Motors, Paul Tudor Jones
Pfizer-J&J Drop Alzheimer’s Drug Studies After Failure (Bloomberg) Pfizer (PFE) Inc., Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) and Elan Corp. ended most plans......(read more)
Hedge Fund News: Citadel, Ray Dalio, Mitt Romney
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)
Hedge Fund News: Barton Biggs, John Griffin, Jim Rogers
Hedge fund manager Barton Biggs dies at age 79 (Opalesque) Ex-Morgan Stanley strategies and hedge fund manager Barton Biggs died on Saturday, according......(read more)
Warren Buffett News: The Secrets to Building a Lucky Network
Sentinels in India are paid to sleep (DailyMail) Psst, I want to rig the price of a company’s shares. Buying 100 million of them, I place an order......(read more)
Hedge Fund News: Thomas Steyer, Mitt Romney, Nectar Capital
Here’s How This $5 Billion Hedge Fund Has Been Investing (Dailyfinance) Every quarter, many money managers have to disclose what they’ve bought......(read more)
Hedge Fund News: George Soros, William Ackman, Carl Icahn
Hedge fund manager to pay $405M to Madoff victims (WSJ) A settlement announced Sunday will bring $405 million to victims of Bernard Madoff’s historic......(read more)
Hedge Fund News: Louis Bacon, Man Group, Navistar International
Hedge Fund Billionaire Louis Bacon To Donate 90,000 Acres For Colorado Conservation Area (Forbes) New York hedge fund billionaire Louis Bacon announced......(read more)
Hedge Fund News: Steven Cohen, Ray Dalio, Bill Ackman
Hedge Fund Falls Short in Bid for New York Bill (WSJ) Hedge-fund manager Paul Singer appears to have fallen short in his effort to pass a state law aimed......(read more)
Hedge Fund News: Brevan Howard, Kenneth Griffin, Man Group
Asian hedge fund seeders find growth in crisis (Investmenteurope) The head of a joint venture between Samena Capital and Reyl & Cie says the global......(read more)
Hedge Fund News: John Burbank, Julian Robertson, Ray Dalio
Blackstone ups bet on Asia hedge fund manager Taylor (Reuters) Blackstone Group has raised its exposure to former Citadel trader Nick Taylor by putting......(read more)
Hedge Fund News: Mitt Romney, George Soros, Warren Buffett
Hedge Funds of the Living Dead (NYTimes) Jay Eisenhofer and Matthew P. Morris are partners with the shareholder rights law firm Grant & Eisenhofer......(read more)
Hedge Fund News: Andreas Halvorsen, George Soros, Raj Rajaratnam
FSA fines hedge fund boss £3 mln (Reuters) The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has banned Alberto Micalizzi, whose hedge fund racked up hundreds of......(read more)
