Hedge Fund - Baupost Group

My post yesterday contrasting Seth Klarman with many of his more well-known hedge fund peers has generated a ton of feedback, which is cool.

HEDGE-FUND bosses rarely double as cult authors. But an out-of-print book by Seth Klarman, the boss of the Baupost Group, sells for as much as $2,499 on Amazon.

William Ackman had to wait only six weeks after winning a proxy fight at Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. (CP) for his choice as chief executive officer to get the job.

Einhorn, Ackman, Greenblatt, and Klarman picked a guy named Ardewall as this year's winner of Ira Sohn Investment Idea Contest winner. I am going to be honest with you. These picks usually don't work.

Last year was not a good year for hedge funds. The entire hedge fund industry struggled during the past year, but there were some exceptions. Take Seth Klarman’s Baupost Group for example.

Seth Klarman, famed hedge fund manager of Baupost Group and author of the out-of-print Margin of Safety, recently disclosed its largest equity holding as Vivendi SA (EPA:VIV), with a stake worth an estimated...

Trient Asset Management AS (“Trient”), headquartered in Oslo, Norway and Tiger Management L.L.C.

Charles "Chase" Coleman III, billionaire investor and head of the New York-basedTiger Global hedge fund, has a nose for the next big thing.

This week, "New York State Supreme Court Justice Barbara Kapnick dismissed the complaint filed last year by Walnut Place LLC and related entities, saying the lawsuit was premature,” reports Bloomberg...