WHP Global (WHP), a new brand management platform led by Chairman & CEO Yehuda Shmidman has launched backed by a USD200 million equity commitment from funds managed by Oaktree...
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July 18 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Bill Ackman’s publicly-traded Pershing Square Holdings Ltd. has an activist of its own.
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July 16 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
It’s been the best start to a year for hedge funds in a decade, and the returns for the biggest multi-strategy money managers are in.
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July 10 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mark Nordlicht, the founder of defunct hedge fund firm Platinum Partners, was found guilty on Tuesday of defrauding bondholders of an oil exploration company...
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July 9 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Billionaire investor Tom Steyer looks set to enter the race for the Democratic nomination, and the ticket to take on President Donald Trump in 2020.
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July 8 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
George Soros, Facebook cofounder Chris Hughes, and heiress Abigail Disney are among more than a dozen billionaires who want to pay higher taxes.
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June 24 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Hedge fund pioneer Jerrold Fine raced to the forefront of the financial world in the years when a new generation upended the status quo on Wall Street and forever changed investing...
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March 28 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
The phrase “sky high” used to refer only to the skyscrapers that fill Manhattan. Now it refers to the dizzying prices being paid for them.
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March 6 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Tom Steyer, the California billionaire best known for his campaign to impeach President Trump, is making a move toward a potential 2020 White House bid, launching town halls in...
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November 20 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Daniel Loeb's hedge fund, Third Point, has trimmed the number of nominees it is making to the Campbell Soup board to five, sources tell CNBC.
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November 9 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Hedge fund billionaire Tom Steyer is spending millions of dollars to turn politically-red Arizona green in a battle that’s growing increasingly nasty.
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October 24 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Many young people are deep in debt: Millennials between the ages of 25 and 34 have an average of $42,000 of debt per person and members of Gen Z (ages 16 to 20) already have an...
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October 23 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
LONDON, July 31 (Reuters) - The founder of credit hedge fund CQS Cayman LP told investors on Tuesday he remained “constructive” on the medium-term market outlook and that ...
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July 31 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
The hedge fund industry produced its best returns of the past five years in 2017 - but several managers outshone their peers even by those standards.
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March 29 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
LONDON, March 13 (Reuters) - Odey Asset Management’s main European long-short equity hedge fund made gains of 8 percent in February, according to an investor report seen by ...
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March 13 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Just as billionaire Steven Cohen stages a comeback as a hedge fund manager, a current employee sued his Point72 Asset Management accusing it of discriminating against women and...
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February 13 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Elliott Management Corp., the hedge fund founded by billionaire Paul Singer, has built a stake in Sky Plc as shareholders prepare to vote on 21st Century Fox Inc.’s 11.7-billion...
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January 29 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Activist investor Nelson Peltz, one of DuPont's largest shareholders, stepped up his fight to break up the industrial conglomerate, as his Trian Fund nominated himself and three...
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January 12 - Hedge Funds
Just in time for the mid-term elections, billionaire philanthropist and retired hedge fund founder Tom Steyer has donated an extra $15 million of his own money in to his super...
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October 27 - Hedge Funds
George Soros, Laurene Powell Jobs and Steven Spielberg are among the biggest donors to the campaign to keep Harry Reid the Senate majority leader.
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October 21 - Hedge Funds
The global market for initial public offerings has had a patchy year at best and activist investor Bill Ackman’s latest foray into the arena may not be remembered as a highlight...
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October 13 - Hedge Funds
Ken Griffin's $24 billion Citadel gained 4.4% in September, easily outstripping the average hedge fund which fell 0.2% last month.
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October 7 - Hedge Funds
Caxton Associates LP, the hedge fund firm co-founded by billionaire Bruce Kovner, hired Philippe Fourcade, a former proprietary trader at BNP Paribas SA (EPA:BNP) Fourcade started...
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September 25 - Hedge Funds
Izzy Englander and his palatial new duplex.
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September 4 - Hedge Funds
Warren Buffett built a fortune of nearly $60 billion from astute stock picking, but when the 83-year-old dies, the vast majority of the money he leaves his wife will be parked...
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September 1 - Hedge Funds
Summer for the well-heeled means posh, star-studded parties at the Hamptons, many for good causes, and the better the causes, the more high-profile the guests.
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August 19 - Hedge Funds
Hedge-fund manager James Chanos of Kynikos Associates describes how he became a “fundamental short seller” in this week's "Masters in Business" podcast.
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August 18 - Hedge Funds
Famous activist investor Carl Icahn was assumed to be one of the forces behind the deal between Dollar Tree, Inc. (NASDAQ:DLTR) and Family Dollar Stores, Inc. (NYSE:FDO).
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August 12 - Hedge Funds
Billionaire hedge fund manager Dan Och has not been impressing Wall Street with fantastic returns in recent years, but he has been excelling at another key aspect of the hedge...
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August 6 - Hedge Funds
Dalio, who has owned a home in Greenwich, turns 65 on Friday. The businessman was born Aug. 1, 1949, in Jackson Heights, Queens, N.Y.
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August 1 - Hedge Funds
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.
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July 17 - Hedge Funds
The Fed is out of step with Wall Street, say some of the country’s wealthiest investors.
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July 16 - Hedge Funds
With the stock market recently at all-time highs, before Thursday's sharp selloff in futures and weakness earlier this week, it's more attractive to sell than buy, private-equity...
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July 10 - Hedge Funds
Noted activist Nelson Peltz has been called many things over the years, often undoubtedly under the breath of a corporate executive in his crosshairs.
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June 26 - Hedge Funds
Activist investor ValueAct Capital Management has long flown under the radar, working behind the scenes to turn companies around.
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June 25 - Hedge Funds
Richard Chilton has been on Wall Street since 1978. In that time he's built his hedge fund, Chilton Investments, into a firm with about $4 billion assets under management.
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June 24 - Hedge Funds
The annual tradition of an online auction to have lunch with Warren Buffett ended Friday night with a winning bid of $2.16 million.
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June 9 - Hedge Funds
Eddie Lampert, the controlling shareholder at retailer Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ:SHLD) and the largest shareholder in AutoNation, Inc.
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June 6 - Hedge Funds
If you think the first lunch date you had with your girlfriend was already the world's most expensive date, think again.
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June 2 - Hedge Funds
Hedge fund hot-shot David Einhorn offered former television host Regis Philbin a summer internship at Greenlight Capital last night on CNBC's "Fast Money." Einhorn made a surprise...
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May 29 - Hedge Funds
This year is shaping up to be a tough one for many of the best-known global macro hedge fund managers, who continue to struggle amid a turbulent and trendless environment for ...
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May 28 - Hedge Funds
Young entrepreneur Jake Johnson of Davidson has revolutionized the bow tie, and people in high places are taking notice – very high places.
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May 23 - Hedge Funds
Former Legg Mason Chairman and Chief Investment Officer Bill Miller believes Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) shares will go higher.
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May 21 - Hedge Funds
Tom Steyer has picked a lot a fights recently.
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May 21 - Hedge Funds
A total of 127 individuals or families from 12 countries and 26 U.S.
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May 20 - Hedge Funds
Tiger Global Management LLC, the $14 billion investment firm run by Chase Coleman, increased its stakes in industrial companies last quarter and reduced holdings of technology...
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May 19 - Hedge Funds
Billionaire Tom Steyer has rapidly become one of America's most visible environmental advocates, vowing to punish lawmakers who don't oppose climate change and pledging to spend...
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May 13 - Hedge Funds
David Einhorn, the hedge-fund manager who warned of a bubble in technology stocks two weeks ago, refined his stance by saying he’s bullish on the industry and that companies...
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May 8 - Hedge Funds
A fund run by billionaire investor John Paulson has acquired minority stakes in a bank and a water company in Greece, adding to evidence the country was attracting international...
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May 7 - Hedge Funds
