Hedge Fund News: David Einhorn, Mitt Romney, Philip Falcone
David Einhorn’s Greenlight Capital posted a 4 percent gain in August. This put the hedge fund manager up 9.7 percent for the year to date.
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Warren Buffett News: Rinehart Needs A Chat With Buffett
GINA Rinehart is Australia's richest person and last week she took a pin out of the capitalist grenade and lobbed it firmly into Australia's suburban backyards.
Hedge Fund News: John Paulson, Louis Bacon, Bridgewater Associates
Believe it or not, the housing crash wasn't all heartache and tears. When the mortgage bubble burst a few select investors made a boatload.
Hedge Fund News: Sears, Julian Robertson, Steve Cohen
Sears Holding Company has had its membership in the S&P 500 revoked.
Hedge Fund News: WellPoint, Bill Ackman, Mitt Romney
Bowing to intense investor pressure, the chairwoman and chief executive of health insurance giant WellPoint Inc. abruptly resigned and the company named an interim CEO.
Hedge Fund News: Bruce Richards, Paul Tudor, Blackstone
Bruce Richards stood under a party tent anchored by multiple stakes in the lawn of his Southampton home.
Warren Buffett News: Warren Buffett Is Different From Most Investors
There was an academic article published recently on the investing of Warren Buffett.
Hedge Fund News: T Boone Pickens, Andrew Hall, Citi
T. Boone Pickens, who made his billions on oil, is adding to them on the back of the commodity this year.
Warren Buffett News: Downturn Can Fire The Entrepreneurial Spirit
It's about time we gave thanks for recession.
Hedge Fund News: Chase Coleman, Dan Loeb, Bill Ackman
New York star hedgie Chase Coleman is on his way to a standout year — but a good chunk of his returns are supported by one very Main Street investment: Apple.
Hedge Fund News: Kodak, Louis Bacon, George Soros
A New York hedge fund that owns bonds of bankrupt Eastman Kodak has asked the US Trustee to probe the company's patent auction because it was concerned about the "unusually secretive...
Warren Buffett News: Buffett And Berkshire Hathaway Are Thriving
Birthday greetings to Warren Buffett, who shows no signs of slowing down even as he turns 82.
Hedge Fund News: Carl Icahn, John Paulson, Bill Ackman
Activist investor Carl Icahn agreed to allocate as much as $3 billion to a management duo composed of his son, Brett, and David Schechter, expanding their role in running the ...
Hedge Fund News: Carl Icahn, John Paulson, Yahoo
Carl Icahn is pushing a split at truck maker Oshkosh Corp., urging it to spin a unit he’s called a mistake in the past because its value is being obscured.
Hedge Fund News: BarclayHedge, Marc Faber, Paul Singer
BarclayHedge and TrimTabs Investment Research reported today that the hedge fund industry redeemed $4.9 billion (0.3% of assets) in June, compared with inflows of $1.1 billion...
Hedge Fund News: Louis Bacon, Carl Icahn, Dan Loeb
Louis Moore Bacon plans to give back $2 billion, or 25 percent of his main hedge fund, to investors, saying it may be too big for him to achieve past returns as “liquidity and...
Hedge Fund News: Julian Robertson, George Soros, Supervalu
When a top hedge fund manager donated money to start a student-run portfolio at the University of Virginia in 1994, Richard Gerson was one of the few undergraduates to earn a ...
Hedge Fund News: SkyBridge, Carl Icahn, Ray Dalio
Funds of hedge funds firm SkyBridge Capital plans to delve into Asia’s growing hedge fund market.
Warren Buffett News: “The Einstein of Money”
Warren Buffett's early investment mentor followed straight-arrow ethics in business but had an unorthodox personal life, investment analyst Joe Carlen writes in a new book, “...
Hedge Fund News: Carl Icahn, John Paulson, Julian Williams
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn, who took over CVR Energy Inc.
Warren Buffett News: Great Investor, Lousy Insurance Salesman?
When it comes to stock market returns, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) (BRK.B) has secured its place in the history books as one of the most successful stock investments...
Hedge Fund News: Citadel, Ray Dalio, Mitt Romney
Chicago-based asset manager Citadel has hired a new a managing director and head of Americas distribution, as the firm seeks to capitalise on the strong recent performance of ...
Hedge Fund News: Mark Zuckerberg, Mitt Romney, JPMorgan
Billionaire Mark Zuckerberg is giving new meaning to the term “the one percent.” The Facebook Inc.
Hedge Fund News: Boaz Weinstein, Russell Wasendorf, Twitter
New York City’s Fifth Avenue has a new resident from the hedge fund world.
Hedge Fund News: Lee Robinson, Mitt Romney, Procter & Gamble
Altana Wealth, the Monaco-based hedge fund firm set up by Lee Robinson, saw its two hedge funds suffer big drops in June, leaving them both with double-digit losses for the year...
Warren Buffett News: Timeless Principles From A Market Guru
Chubb Corp. (CB), which mocked rivals for receiving federal aid during the 2007-2009 financial crisis, is leading the largest publicly traded U.S.
Hedge Fund News: Nouriel Roubini, Mitt Romney, HedgeServ
At Heard & Scene, we're often asked what—and who—may be about to burst on to the scene.
Warren Buffett News: “Investor Of Today Does Not Profit From Yesterday’s Growth”
Billionaires Warren Buffett, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg lead the roster of executives invited to Allen & Co.’s annual media conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, next week, according...
Warren Buffett News: The Man Who Moves Markets With A Single Word
Warren Buffett, the world’s third richest person and chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A, BRK-B) has been called many things over the years.
Hedge Fund News: Thomas Steyer, Mitt Romney, Nectar Capital
Every quarter, many money managers have to disclose what they've bought and sold via 13F filings. Their latest moves can shine a bright light on smart stock picks.
Warren Buffett News: ‘I Do Not Have Any Secret Sauce’
The patron saint of local newspapers told The New York Times' Christine Haughney that there's no magic formula for his papers' success.
Hedge Fund News: R. Allen Stanford, Ray Dalio, Scopia Capital
Convicted hedge fund fraudster R. Allen Stanford said yesterday that he's no Bernard Madoff, but a federal judge sentenced him to a Madoff-like 110 years in prison, anyway.
Hedge Fund News: Mitt Romney, George Soros, Warren Buffett
Jay Eisenhofer and Matthew P. Morris are partners with the shareholder rights law firm Grant & Eisenhofer.
Hedge Fund News: Richard Perry, Mitt Romney, Anthony Scaramucci
Hedge funds are piling into bets against the bonds of core euro zone countries like Germany and France, signalling a growing fear that nations once considered safe havens could...
Hedge Fund News: Brevan Howard, Jim Rogers, Bridgewater…
Brevan Howard is now the world’s top hedge fund manager by annualised net gains, new research suggests, following dramatic losses during 2011 at former number one Paulson & ...
Hedge Fund News: Buffett, Soros, Michael Hintze, Paulson…
Burlington Northern Santa Fe, the railroad controlled by Warren Buffett, plans $3.9 billion in capital spending this year, an increase of 11 percent from 2011, as the company ...
Lansdowne, Marc Faber, LightSquared, Fairholme, TPG & GlobeOp, Cohen & LA Dodgers…
Lansdowne Partners, one of Europe's biggest hedge fund managers, saw its flagship UK fund return 5.7 percent in January, in a sign the industry is benefiting from a rebound in...
Hedge Fund Support for Mitt Romney Growing
Hedge funds are like the rock stars of the finance industry.
Bridgewater Returns 23%, David Einhorn Insider Trading Case
Texas’s Permanent School Fund may hire in-house money managers to oversee its $25 billion in assets because returns are being “eaten alive” by hedge-fund fees, according...
David Einhorn, George Soros At Davos, Warren Buffett’s Secretary
The following day, a corporate broker from Firm X and Punch management had a 45-minute conference call with Einhorn, during which inside information was disclosed to him, the ...
Mudd Steps Down From Fortress, Soros’ Warning, Hedge Funds And Greece…
Several high-profile hedge fund managers are preparing to strike out on their own this year, supported by strong followings and unfazed by a year of poor industry performance ...
Bill Ackman, Phil Falcone’s LightSquared, Hedge Funds and Greece
Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd (CP) said William Ackman's hedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management has asked to elect five of its nominees to the company's board as the proxy...
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...
