Coatue, Winton Join Hedge Funds Damaged by Momentum Reversal (Bloomberg) It came out of nowhere and hammered hedge funds. Then it disappeared. Now we’......
(read more)September 26 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
David Einhorn’s Greenlight Capital Misses August Rally (InstitutionalInvestorsAlpha) David Einhorn‘s New York-based hedge fund firm Greenlight......
(read more)September 2 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Taconic Launches European Credit Hedge Fund (InstitutionalInvestorsAlpha) New York-based multistrategy hedge fund firm Taconic Capital Advisors is raising......
(read more)July 31 - Hedge Funds - Comments
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)June 10 - Hedge Funds - Comments
DRUCKENMILLER: ‘I’m A 60-Year-Old Washed Up Money Manager’ (BusinessInsider) This weekend Stan Druckenmiller sat down with the WSJ to......
(read more)October 22 - Hedge Funds - Comments
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(read more)August 16 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Editor’s Note: Related tickers: Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL), MGIC Investment Corp. (NYSE:MTG), Radian Group Inc (NYSE:RDN),......
(read more)May 20 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Editor’s Note: Related tickers: Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A) Paulson $300 million loser in Friday gold collapse (Mining) Billionaire hedge......
(read more)April 15 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Hedge-Fund Star Gets a Hip Check (WSJ) Jeffrey Vinik‘s Tampa Bay Lightning are struggling, but the performance of his National Hockey League team......
(read more)April 8 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Einhorn’s Greenlight Increases Bet on Elekta Share Drop (Bloomberg) David Einhorn’s hedge fund Greenlight Capital Inc. increased its bet that shares......
(read more)January 21 - Hedge Funds - Comments
How Pursuit of Billionaire Hit One Dead End (NYTimes) When Jonathan Hollander left his high-flying job at SAC Capital Advisors in late 2008, he departed......
(read more)January 15 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Hedge funds up Ackman’s P&G bet (Cincinnati) Six months after hedge-fund manager Bill Ackman purchased a $2 billion stake in The Procter &......
(read more)December 17 - 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
Hedgie reveals £34m tax bill and urges others to ‘pay their share’ (InvestmentWeek) David Harding, founder of hedge fund Winton Capital Management......
(read more)October 1 - Hedge Funds - Comments
George Soros Getting Back to Politics (WSJ) Democratic heavyweight George Soros keeps inching his way back into partisan politics. The latest evidence......
(read more)September 22 - Hedge Funds - Comments
John Paulson Is The Most Resourceful Hedge Fund Manager In The World (DealBreaker) John Paulson, the billionaire hedge fund manager, will be forever known......
(read more)September 12 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Einhorn’s Greenlight Posts 4 Percent August Gain (InstitutionalInvestor) David Einhorn’s Greenlight Capital posted a 4 percent gain in August.......
(read more)September 4 - Hedge Funds - Comments
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)August 28 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Icahn hands son $3 billion and 4 years to prove himself (PIOnline) Activist investor Carl Icahn agreed to allocate as much as $3 billion to a management......
(read more)August 20 - Hedge Funds - Comments
TrimTabs and BarclayHedge report hedge funds redeem $4.9bn in June 2012 (Opalesque) BarclayHedge and TrimTabs Investment Research reported today that......
(read more)August 9 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Icahn Keeps CVR After Failing To Find Buyer In 60 Days (Bloomberg) Billionaire investor Carl Icahn, who took over CVR Energy Inc. (CVI) after saying the......
(read more)July 27 - Hedge Funds - Comments
BlackRock Second-Quarter Net Income Falls 11% On Assets (Bloomberg) BlackRock Inc. (BLK), the world’s biggest money manager, said second-quarter profit......
(read more)July 18 - Hedge Funds - Comments
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)July 17 - 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
Alexander Soros Is Unmasked for Charity (WSJ) At Heard & Scene, we’re often asked what—and who—may be about to burst on to the scene. Each......
(read more)July 9 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Hedge fund star Odey snaps up more Barclays shares (Reuters) Crispin Odey, one of Europe’s best-known hedge fund managers, has spotted an opportunity......
(read more)July 5 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Chairman of Barclays Resigns (NYTimes) Marcus Agius, the chairman of Barclays, resigned on Monday, less than a week after the big British bank agreed......
(read more)July 2 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Singer’s Hedge Fund Fights Mexico Elite In U.S. Legal Showdown (Bloomberg) On a scorching April morning in Monterrey, Mexico, Enrique Garcia, Vitro......
(read more)June 26 - Hedge Funds - Comments
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)June 25 - Hedge Funds - Comments
York pro to lead rebranded KVO Capital (HFMWeek) The marketing chief of Jamie Dinan’s York Capital Management has left the hedge fund giant to become......
(read more)June 21 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Falcone’s Harbinger Capital Turns to Dell’s MSD for Loan (Businessweek) Philip Falcone’s hedge fund, having taken out a loan earlier this year at......
(read more)June 20 - Hedge Funds - Comments
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)June 18 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Goldman Sachs May Sell A Hedge Fund Division To State Street (Bloomberg) Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS), the fifth- biggest U.S. bank by assets, is in......
(read more)June 11 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Hedge Fund Gottex to Cut Costs As Assets Shrink (Reuters) Swiss fund of hedge funds manager Gottex GFMS.S said it would slash running costs by 15 percent......
(read more)January 31 - Hedge Funds, Macroeconomic Predictions - Comments
Andrey Hicks Scams $1.7 million with Fake Hedge Fund (Barrons) Fifty-four years after Sputnik, the American public finally gets the message: Math is way......
(read more)October 31 - News - Comments
French hedge fund industry rising: According to InvestmentEurope, The French hedge fund industry is doing well; There is a rumour that ex-Gartmore manager......
(read more)October 13 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Grifphon Asset and Sasquatch Capital Investigated for Fraud (FINAlternatives) Frustrated by promises of payments—but no actual checks—investors in......
(read more)October 7 - News - Comments
Deal Lawyer Accused of Insider Trading Scheme (NYT) As a lawyer at three of the most prestigious merger and acquisition law firms in the country, Matthew......
(read more)April 7 - Uncategorized - Comments
