Bloomberg – Kyle Bass is expanding his campaign against pharmaceutical companies. Shire Plc is the newest target of the hedge fund manager’s strategy to challenge drug patents, according to filings last week with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Bass […]

Reuters – Some of the world’s most prominent hedge fund managers suffered losses last month as the U.S. stock market’s rally stalled, but most are still boasting gains for the quarter. William Ackman’s $20 billion Pershing Square Capital Management, which […]

CB – When Julian Robertson shut down his famous hedge fund Tiger Management in 2000, he seeded a number of his analysts with capital to start their own funds. The initial seeding created over 30 hedge funds, while many others […]

WSJ – Good Morning. If the hedge fund office of Two Sigma Investments LLC in lower Manhattan looks more like that of a tech startup than that of a Wall Street trading room, well, that’s because it is a tech […]

The Washington Times – Successful politicians know how to avoid a conflict of interest. Unsuccessful politicians can’t recognize one when they see one, or if they do, figure they can duck when sticks, stones and subpoenas fly. Then there are […]

Reuters – Former partner at hedge fund Cheyne Capital, Michel Massoud, is preparing to launch his own hedge fund in the third quarter of 2015 to bet on corporate events such as mergers and acquisitions, three sources told Reuters. Massoud, […]

Reuters – Prominent hedge fund manager Kyle Bass, who made headlines in January for promising to knock out big pharmaceutical companies’ patents, has made Irish drugmaker Shire Plc his latest target. Bass, the founder of Dallas-based Hayman Capital Management, on […]

Business Insider – Billionaire hedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones II just dropped a fortune on a new house in Palm Beach. Tudor Jones paid $71.2 million for the nearly six-acre estate, the Palm Beach Daily News reported, citing a […]

Reuters – U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said on Tuesday that he has given U.S. Attorneys a 90-day deadline to evaluate whether they can bring cases against any individuals for their role in the 2008 financial crisis. Federal prosecutors who […]

NYT – Step into the offices on Sand Hill Road, the heart of Silicon Valley venture capital, and one thing is immediately striking — the almost all-male cast of leading characters. But there is another corner of the venture capital […]

Bloomberg – People share more information than you might want to know on Facebook and Twitter. Hedge fund firm Tashtego hopes to profit from it. Tashtego, backed by early Twitter Inc. investor Spark Capital, plans to raise a fund that […]

Telegraph – US hedge fund Elliott Advisors has increased its voting rights in Alliance Trust as it continues its war against the Dundee-based company. Elliott has upped its voting share from 5.07pc to 9.9pc in the investment trust, giving it […]