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Hedge Fund News: Chase Coleman, Daniel Benton & Ken Griffin
Tiger Global Management, the New York-based hedge fund firm founded by Tiger Cub Charles (Chase) Coleman III, is the latest hedge fund firm to post disappointing results for September...
NXP Semiconductors NV (NXPI), Activision Blizzard, Inc. (ATVI) And Google Inc (GOOG) Are Mapleline Capital’s Top Stock Picks
Based in New York, Mapleline Capital LLC was founded by Leon Shaulov in 2013, following his departure as senior portfolio manager at Galleon Group.
Hedge Fund News: Stephen Mandel, Daniel Loeb & Elliott Management
Stephen Mandel Jr.'s Lone Pine Capital, which lost between 1 percent and 3 percent in its funds in the first half, does not apologize or second-guess its decisions.
Hedge Fund News: Richard Perry, David Einhorn & Starboard Value LP
Perry Capital, the $10.9 billion hedge-fund firm run by Richard Perry, is betting on the paper and packaging industry anticipating that the value of companies could double if ...
Hedge Fund News: Warren Buffett, Thomas Steyer & Larry Robbins
Warren Buffett broke his own record by donating $2.8 billion dollars to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and family charities through selling stock.
Hedge Fund Highlights: Ken Griffin, Paul Tudor Jones & Bill Ackman
Citadel Investment Group founder Kenneth Griffin yesterday urged Congress not to ban high-frequency trading, but to focus on regulations that would improve market stability.
Hedge Fund News: Julian Robertson, Nat Rothschild & Marc Lasry
A $4.7 billion hedge fund manager run by a disciple of legendary investor Julian Robertson has in recent weeks substantially increased its stake in Delek US Holdings, becoming...
Hedge Fund News: George Soros, Christopher Hansen & Highbridge Capital Management
From 2006-2011, former soap opera star Adriana Ferreyr was the “on-again, off-again” girlfriend of hedge fund manager George Soros.
Hedge Fund News: Ray Dalio, Paul Singer & Ken Griffin
Ray Dalio, the enigmatic, transcendentally meditating leader of one, if not the, most successful hedge funds in the country, does not tend to brag or boast about, well, anything...
Hedge Fund News: Cliff Asness, David Tepper & Brevan Howard
In a recent pair of articles (part I, part II), hedge-fund magnate Cliff Asness defended high-frequency trading against most of the attacks that have been leveled against it.
Hedge Fund News: John Burbank, Phil Falcone & Jim Rogers
From Asian Internet stocks, which have boomed over the last year, to food and paper products companies, prominent hedge fund investors listed their favorite stocks on Thursday...
Hedge Fund News: David Einhorn, Barry Rosenstein & George Soros
David Einhorn, the billionaire hedge fund manager whose stock picks are closely watched on Wall Street, is not a big fan of so-called copycat traders who simply latch onto his...
Hedge Fund News: Julian Robertson, Joel Greenblatt & Warren Buffett
Monday’s market sell-off hit hard many of the stocks that are most popular among hedge funds — especially the Internet and media stocks that have driven the returns of some...
Hedge Fund News: Steven Cohen, GLG Partners & Marshall Wace Asset Management
A trial starting this week over what US prosecutors say is the most lucrative insider trading scheme ever is expected to bring further pressure on Steven A Cohen, the founder ...
Hedge Fund News: Bill Ackman, David Shaw & Steve Cohen’s Trial
It has been about 100 hours since William Ackman revealed his Pershing Square hedge fund’s nearly 10% stake in both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Hedge Fund News: Steven Cohen, Crispin Odey, J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (JCP)
SAC has been under fire in recent years, as the Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission have investigated numerous current and former employees suspected...
Hedge Fund News: Dan Loeb, Carl Icahn, Wells Fargo & Company (WFC)
Mr Loeb has reportedly sold a large part of a $1bn position in Greek debt that soared in value in the wake of the buy-back deal unveiled by Athens on Monday.
Hedge Fund News: Thomas Steyer, Julian Robertson, Blackstone
Tom Steyer’s announcement last week that he would step down from the hedge fund he founded, Farallon Capital, came as no surprise to those who have been paying attention to ...
Hedge Fund News: Julian Robertson, Emmanuel Roman, Ray Dalio
A streak of grown-up Tiger cubs are reuniting to honor their elder statesman.
Hedge Fund News, Doug Whitman Insider Case, Soros, Rogers…
Whitman Capital LLC’s president was charged with taking part in two separate insider-trading conspiracies, using illegal tips on Google Inc., Polycom Inc.
Hedge Fund News, John Taylor, Kyle Bass, Insider Trading Case, Etc…
John Taylor, founder of currency- hedge fund FX Concepts LLC, said he’s betting against the dollar after Federal Reserve policy makers extended their pledge to keep interest...
Hedge Fund News, TPG Buys GlobeOp, Warren Buffett, George Soros, Super PAC, Etc…
TPG Capital LLP agreeed to buy GlobeOp Financial Services SA, a hedge fund administrator, for about 508 million pounds ($800 million).
Hedge Fund News: Bluecrest, Japan’s Debt, Jim Rogers, Stock Picks…
Troy Gayeski, senior portfolio manager at SkyBridge Capital LLC, discusses liquidity conditions for hedge funds and high-yield bonds, and efforts by the U.S.
Hedge Fund Redemption Falls, Top Stocks Picked By Investment Banks, Buffett Blames For Romney’s Tax Rate, Etc…
Redemption requests by hedge fund clients have fallen to the lowest monthly level on record as improving market sentiment combined with a typical seasonal lull in asset re-allocation...
Icahn Said to Buy LightSquared Debt, Seth Klarman Invests In Europe, Greece Nears Debt Deal, Etc…
Billionaire Carl Icahn has purchased debt from Philip Falcone’s LightSquared Inc.’s bondholders as the satellite-broadband-service provider struggles to start service, two...
Ackman Plans A Proxy Fight, Todd Combs Posted Gain In Bershire, Chase Coleman Returned 45% In 2011
William Ackman’s plan to wage a proxy fight to install a new chief executive officer at Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.
Adondakis, Tortora and Abbasi May Be Charged with Insider Trading
Investigators are poised to enter new charges against three traders reports the Wall Street Journal.
Rajaratnam Fined $92.8M, Citi Launches 3.0, Distressed Debt
A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the convicted hedge fund titan Raj Rajaratnam to pay a $92.8 million penalty, the largest ever assessed against a person in a Securities and...
Brencourt, Blackstone, Silverfern Expands, Emma Sugarman
Fund of hedge funds Central Park Group is getting some help to run its event-driven fund. The New York-based firm has named Brencourt Advisors the sub-adviser to the Multi-...
MF Global Bankrupt, SevenLocks Launch, Weinstein Ponzi, Brent Oil
MF Global, a trader in commodities and derivatives, filed for bankruptcy production Monday, according to a court document. Trading in MF Global (MF) was halted on the New York...
Rajat Gupta Surrendered to FBI Over Insider Trading Charges
Rajat Gupta surrendered Wednesday morning to Federal Bureau of Investigation officials over charges of insider trading reports the New York Times.
Steve Cohen’s SAC Capital in SEC Cougar Probe
The SEC is not done with Steve Cohen nor Raj Rajaratnam reports BusinessInsider.
Rajaratnam Sentencing – Sri Lankan Native Gets 11 Years
Prosecutors alleged billionaire Rajaratnam gained about $64 Million through insider trading, just a fraction of what his hedge fund, Galleon Group, was valued at in its peak.
Intagible Assets Popular with Hedge Funds, Hedge Fund Employee Bonuses
John Paulson, the billionaire who is betting on an economic recovery by the end of 2012, has lost 47 percent this year in his largest hedge fund, according to three people with...
Goffer Sentenced to 3 Years
Hedge fund trader Emanuel Goffer was sentenced to 3 years on Friday, October 7 for insider trading by US District Judge Richard Sullivan.
Raj Rajaratnam to be Sentenced Next Week
Raj Rajaratnam is scheduled to be sentenced next week. Rajaratnam, the founder of Galleon Group, was convicted of insider trading by a federal court last year.
Raj Rajaratnam Could Set Guinness Record For Insider Trading Sentence
Raj Rajaratnam could get the longest insider trading sentence in history - 24 years in prison - if federal prosecutors have their druthers. (more…)
Prosecution Rests Galleon Trial, Hedge Funds Still Hurting From Financial Crisis, Ex-Trader Leads Hedge Fund to 200% Gain
As a lawyer at three of the most prestigious merger and acquisition law firms in the country, Matthew Kluger stood at the center of the deal-making universe for nearly two decades...
Rajaratnam Team Attacks, MLB Wants Hedge Funds at Bay, Halcyon Looks To London
The firm has added Rollo Wigan as part of a major expansion of its London office.
Fund Managers Forced To Use ‘Plain English’, Asia Hedge Funds Grow, Witness Says Galleon Paid For Tips
Money managers are gearing up for a public and plainly stated confessional.
Japanese Stocks Plunge 7.5%, Anil Kumar’s Monstrous Lie
Japanese stocks fell 7.5 percent, posting the biggest daily decline since October 2008, and bond yields rose on Monday as investors expected the earthquake and tsunami that devastated...
