Reuters – The U.S. hedge fund P Schoenfeld Asset Management is weighing a challenge to the strategy of Vincent Bollore, the powerful chairman and largest shareholder of Vivendi, at the group’s upcoming shareholder meeting, wrote the Financial Times. The fund […]

Bloomberg – A flood of money from unconventional sources has sent valuations of late-stage technology startups, including Uber Technologies Inc. and Snapchat Inc., to levels that haven’t been seen since before the dot-com crash. Hedge funds and mutual funds that […]

EFC – There’s no shortage of career advice on how to present yourself on LinkedIn to potential employers. Endorsements, top skills and a general polished ‘personal brand’ are all key to attracting the attention of recruiters. But what if your […]

ValueWalk – Seventeen year-old Jacob Whol goes to Football practice in the afternoon and, after establishing positions for his hedge fund in the morning, he sandwiches school work in the middle of busy day. His Twitter Inc profile gives a […]

NYT – The private equity unit of Neuberger Berman Group has bought a stake in the activist hedge fund Jana Partners, underscoring the growing popularity of investors who rattle the boards of corporate America. The Neuberger Berman unit, Dyal Capital […]

ValueWalk – If hedge fund money managers invested like they picked brackets in the upcoming NCAA “March Madness” basketball tournament, they would likely suffer massive redemption’s and be questioned regarding their fiduciary responsibility to protect investors money. Read Complete Article

Reuters – An increasingly popular legal strategy that allows hedge funds to make potentially lucrative bets on takeover deals, and get a return even if they lose, may be about to become much less attractive. The strategy usually involves buying […]

Las Vegas Review Journal – A New York hedge fund proposed Tuesday that MGM Resorts International convert its casinos and land holdings into a real estate investment trust, a move that would allow the Strip gaming giant to cut its […]

Bloomberg – For better or worse, the lawsuit-finance market continues to grow. Hedge funds and others speculating on litigation are making more and larger bets. Some corporate lobbyists warn that the new financial engineering encourages wasteful courtroom warfare, but investor […]

WSJ – Three executives investigated by police over the collapse of hedge fund Heather Capital received loans from an offshore company owned by Heather’s founder shortly before the fund’s demise, according to corporate filings, in an indication of how money […]

Playboy – Dick Cheney likes lattes. Seated in his favorite brown-leather chair in the sunlit study of his home in McLean, Virginia, the former vice president of the United States can toss back two of the warm java blasts in […]

MarketWatch – The Federal Reserve appears on track to deliver a rate hike this year, but hedge-fund billionaire Ray Dalio is worried the central bank has little ammunition available to combat an economic downturn if tighter policy should “knock over […]