Tag Archives: john paulson
UBS said to close feeder fund
(Reuters) – UBS shut down a feeder fund that provided wealthy clients access to billionaire investor John Paulson‘sAdvantage fund due to the high cost of operating that portfolio, two sources said last week. Reuters reports that the bank shut down the […]
CIT’s future in question ahead of lender meeting
Lexington Herald – CIT Group Inc.’s shares soared Tuesday on a report that hedge fund manager John Paulson is considering merging the troubled finance company with failed mortgage lender IndyMac Federal Bank. But they plunged after-hours as a separate report […]
Hedge Funds Tough To Mimic on Financials
TheStreet.com – Hedge funds that drove financial shares into the ground a year ago are piling back into the stocks, but average investors ought to be careful about mimicking their moves. The first signal of a shift in hedgie sentiment […]
Goldman Sachs’s Hedge Fund Report
Seeking Alpha – Here’s an excellent in-depth read from Goldman Sachs that ties directly into our tracking of hedge fund movements. And we say this because the majority of their data was taken from SEC filings and public disclosures, exactly […]
John Paulson buying Citigroup shares: report
Reuters – Hedge fund manager John Paulson, who bet against financial companies after foreseeing the credit crisis, has been buying Citigroup Inc <C.N> shares over the past few weeks, the New York Post reported, citing sources. Paulson bought around a […]
Hedge Fund Trends: Icahn Buys Casino, Paulson Likes Distressed Debt
We recently learned of two major hedge fund transactions that we thought were worth highlighting here on the blog. Firstly, John Paulson is at it yet again. The prominent hedge fund manager has been in the media a lot recently […]
Hedge Fund, Private Equity Titans Crowd Billionaire List
FINalternatives – The richest hedge fund manager in the world, clocking in as the 29th richest person in the world, is George Soros, whose $11 billion fortune actually increased during the difficult 2008. Joining him among the top 100 are […]
Hedge Fund Assets Plunged to $1.8 Trillion in 2008
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Hedge fund assets, which were once estimated to reach almost $3 trillion, finished the year at around $1.8 trillion, according to research conducted by London-based HedgeFund Intelligence. The report contends the fall in assets happened almost […]
Paulson Likes Distressed Assets Amid Global Recession
Bloomberg – Distressed assets offer the best investment opportunities this year as the global recession deepens, billionaire hedge-fund manager John Paulson said. “The decline in the market has created a very good buying opportunity,” Paulson, 53, whose New York-based Paulson […]
Paulson Hedge Fund Asks Dow to Close Rohm & Haas Deal
Bloomberg – Paulson & Co., the hedge fund run by billionaire John Paulson, urged Dow Chemical Co. to slash its dividend, sell new stock and issue bonds to pay for the stalled $15.4 billion takeover of Rohm & Haas Co. […]
