Tag Archives: uma-thurman


Thurman Helps Hedge-Fund Manager’s Daughter Raise Money in N.Y.

June 11, 2009 : Permalink

Bloomberg – At 17, Eugenie Iseman says she’s too young to attend college, but is old enough to enlist Uma Thurman to help the poor in Liberia. It doesn’t hurt that she has the backing of her father and hedge-fund […]

Elle Macpherson cuts £2 million from price of her Notting Hill home

June 9, 2009 : Permalink

This is London – She bought the property close to the top of the market following the break-up of her relationship with hedge-fund multi-millionaire and philanthropist Arpad "Arki" Busson, the father of her two children Arpad Flynn, 11, and Aurelius […]

London Hedge Fund Alley Rents Drop for First Time Since 2005

November 18, 2008 : Permalink

Bloomberg – Office rents in Mayfair and St. James’s, the London districts with Europe’s biggest concentration of hedge funds, are falling for the first time since 2005 as the alternative investment industry has its worst year in two decades. The […]

West End office space rental falls

October 30, 2008 : Permalink

Choregus (London) – It seems that West End Office Space in not impervious from the effects of the global economic slow down. Whilst many had observed the West End continuing to perform despite the pressures, it seems that the credit […]

UK shorting ban could help rival hedge fund centres

September 23, 2008 : Permalink

Reuters UK – Britain’s temporary ban on short-selling financial stocks is irksome for London’s hedge funds and is another factor which could help undermine the city’s pre-eminent position in Europe as a hedge fund base. Short-selling is a key trading […]

Did Mayfair hedge funds play fair by short-selling HBOS shares?

September 19, 2008 : Permalink

Times Online – Why did HBOS need to be rescued by Lloyds TSB? Where should the finger of blame point? For many, the answer is clear – Mayfair. The streets of London W1 house some of the world’s biggest hedge […]

What is it like working for a hedge fund?

June 25, 2008 : Permalink

BBC News- Hedge funds tend to be based well away from London’s financial hotspots such as the City and Canary Wharf, in districts such as Mayfair. But his employer, Lionhart Investments, is based next door to the golf club in […]

Arpad Busson, a hedge fund

May 19, 2008 : Permalink

Times Online- Arpad Busson was 10 minutes late. As the 44-year-old financier (who is also actress Uma Thurman’s boyfriend) hobbled through the door of his Mayfair boardroom, it became apparent why. “I’ve done my back in,” said Busson, in a […]