Category Archives: Syndicated
From hedge funds to the cloud
Crain’s – Last spring, Eric Dynowski and Brendan Caulfield left the IT department at Evanston-based hedge fund Magnetar Capital LLC to found Turing Group , a startup that helps security-minded companies in industries such as finance and health care shift […]
Cambridge hedge fund sues Galvin over registration flap
Boston Business Journal – A Cambridge hedge fund manager is taking Secretary of the Commonwealth William F. Galvin to court, claiming the state’s top securities regulator is meddling in the firm’s transition to federal registration. In a complaint filed in U.S. District […]
Letter: Hedge fund paper mill owners are corporate raiders
Wassau Herald – EDITOR: I find it appalling that international hedge funds located in New York and other areas that owe no allegiance to any community except stockholders are allowed to function with impunity. In the 1980s these people would […]
Hedge Fund Managers: Ritholtz Chart
Bloomberg – When it comes to the top 0.01 percent of earners, it is extremely challenging to describe the differences in terms of income. Words often fail to convey the massive range. Fortunately for us, Catherine Mulbrandon of Visualizing Economics […]
Cantor Acquires Hedge Fund Fintan Bringing Assets to $3 Billion
Bloomberg – Cantor Fitzgerald LP said it acquired hedge fund Fintan Partners LLC as the investment bank expands its money-management business. Fintan, led by founder Alexander Klikoff, farms out money to fixed-income hedge funds, Cantor said today in a statement. The deal will bring assets […]
BlackRock’s Richard Plackett to take six-month sabbatical
CityWire – BlackRock UK Special Situations fund manager Richard Plackett is taking a six-month sabbatical. The Citywire rated manager will start his sabbatical on 1 April, with Roland Arnold taking sole control of the Citywire Selection fund. Meanwhile Ralph Cox, will […]
McClatchey: Hedge funds: Should they be a part of your portfolio?
The Southern – Mention the words “hedge funds” to most individual investors, and they might think of high-risk, potentially high-return investments that seem to invite trouble. In fact, most hedge funds are a diverse class of investments that use aggressive […]
Pershing continues big turnaround in 2014
NYP – So far, 2014 has been very, very good to Bill Ackman. The hedge-fund mogul’s Pershing Square International is up 11.7 percent this year, according to an investor, powered by a 7.4 percent gain in February. The gain far surpasses […]
Cantor Acquires Fintan to Boost Hedge Fund Assets
Bloomberg – Cantor Fitzgerald LP said it acquired hedge fund Fintan Partners LLC as the investment bank expands its money-management business. Fintan, led by founder Alexander Klikoff, farms out money to fixed-income hedge funds, Cantor said today in a statement. The […]
Proposed revision to Bridgewater zone draws support and sharp questions
Westport News – Bridgewater Associates, one of the world’s largest hedge funds, plans to keep a presence at its Glendinning Place corporate campus, regardless of whether it moves some of its offices out of town, according to the lawyer who […]
SEC investigating Goldman, Citi on bonds: report
HedgeWorld – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has launched a probe into how Wall Street banks, including Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Citigroup Inc., allocate and trade corporate bonds, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday [Feb. 28]. The SEC is examining […]
Confessions Of A Hedge Fund Manager
The Motley Fool – What do you call a room full of hedge fund managers? Could it be an academy of hedge fund managers? Or maybe we should call them a college of hedge fund managers. Whatever we eventually decide […]