Hedge Fund Managers

Hedge Fund Managers Tell Congress They See Need For Tighter Restrictions

NY Times | LOUISE STORY | Posted 11.13.2008 | Business

Read More: George Soros, Wall Street Crisis, Kenneth Griffin, John Paulson, Economy, Hedge Fund Managers, James Simons, Philip Falcone, Business News

Five prominent hedge fund managers testified Thursday before a House committee that they supported some additional regulation of their industry. The ...

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Congress Takes Aim At Griffin's Citadel

Robert Reed | Posted 11.12.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Hedge Fund Congressional Panel, Kenneth Griffin Citadel, Kenneth Griffin, Hedge Funds, Hedge Fund Managers, Citadel Investment Group, Kenneth Griffin Money, Financial Crisis, Henry Waxman, Waxman Hdge Funds, Hedge Fund Commissions, Chicago News

Ken Griffin, Chicago hedge fund magnate and one of the country's wealthiest men, is the anti-Trump. Unlike The Donald, Griffin hates being noticed. All that is about to change Thursday.

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Ned Lamont On Wall Street Crisis: "This Is Our Katrina"

Wall Street Journal | Robert Frank | Posted 09.25.2008 | Business

Read More: Hedge Funds, Finance, Hedge Fund Managers, Federal Reserve, Ned Lamont, Economy, Connecticut, Wall Street Crisis, Wall Street, Senate Races, Business News

"It's the human toll that is frightening," said State Rep. Livvy Floren, a friend of Mr. Fuld. "Dick Fuld has spent 39 years of his life doing this. I...

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California Hedge Fund Quits, Returns Money To Investors

Financial Times | James Mackintosh | Posted 09.22.2008 | Business

Read More: Mortgages, Finance, Hedge Funds, Economy, Hedge Fund Managers, Andrew Lahde, Banks, Personal Finance, Lahde Capital, Business News

The best-performing hedge fund manager of the past two years has closed down his funds and is returning money to investors after concluding that the d...

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Everybody's Quitting Hedge Funds These Days

DealBook | Andrew Ross Sorkin | Posted 09.03.2008 | Business

Read More: Pequot Capital Management, Andor Capital Management, Hedge Funds, Economy, Hedge Fund Managers, Turnberry Capital Management, Business News

Running a hedge fund has long been considered one of the top jobs in finance, but this summer a growing number of managers have called it quits, unabl...

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CNBC's Ronald Insana's Legends Fund A Bumpy Experiment

DealBook | Andrew Ross Sorkin | Posted 08.19.2008 | Business

Read More: Cnbc, Hedge Funds, Hedge Fund Managers, Ronald G. Insana, Recession, Hedge Fund Profits, Business News

Do you remember a time, only a short while ago, when virtually anybody could start a hedge fund? It seemed so easy: billions of dollars were being thr...

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Maybe Yoga Will Help Soothe Hedge Funders In Bum Economy

Dealbreaker | Posted 07.25.2008 | Business

Read More: Downward Dog, Yoga, Pimco, Calming Techniques, Hedge Funds, Hedge Fund Managers, Economy, SE Pacific Investment Management, D.E. Shaw, Karsch Capital, Blue Ridge Capital, Business News

In an attempt to stop throwing phones and temper tantrums over the lousy markets, a growing number of financiers are taking up yoga to "take a step ba...

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Fugitive Fund Chief Sam Israel At Large, Identifiable By Bird Tat, Painkiller Addiction: U.S. Marshals

U.S. Marshals | Posted 06.17.2008 | Business

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The United States Marshals Service is seeking information in its investigation to locate and apprehend federal fugitive Samuel Israel III. (For larger...

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Fugitive Fund Chief Sam Israel At Large, Identifiable By Bird Tat, Painkiller Addiction: U.S. Marshals

U.S. Marshals | Posted 06.17.2008 | Business

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The United States Marshals Service is seeking information in its investigation to locate and apprehend federal fugitive Samuel Israel III. (For larger...

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Missing Hedge Fund Scammer's Business Card For Sale On eBay

Stamford Advocate | Jeff Morganteen | Posted 06.13.2008 | Business

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View the eBay listing for Samuel Israel III's business card. An eBay seller is looking to cash in on the saga of Samuel Israel, the 48-year-old hedge...

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Possible Getaway Driver Questioned In Disappearance Of Con-Artist Fund Manager Samuel Israel III

CNBC.com | Posted 06.13.2008 | Business

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U.S. Marshals are questioning a man in connection with the disappearance of convicted hedge fund millionaire Samuel Israel, according to a report from...

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Feds: Missing NY swindler armed and dangerous

AP | Posted 06.12.2008 | Business

Read More: Samuel Israel, Samuel Israel III, Hedge Fund Suicide, Sam Israel, Samuel Israel Suicide, Hedge Fund Armed and Dangerous, Hedge Fund Managers, Hedge Fund Manager on the Run, Business News

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Federal marshals in New York have issued a "Wanted" poster that says a missing hedge-fund swindler should be considered "ar...

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Samuel Israel III, Convicted Hedge Fund Manager, Still Missing

New York Post | Perry Chiaramonte, Kaja Whitehouse and Dan Mangan | Posted 06.11.2008 | Business

Read More: White Collar Crime, Hedge Fund Managers, Suicide, Convicted Trader, Samuel Israel III, Hedge Fund, Hedge Fund Suicide, Business News

June 11, 2008 -- A hedge-fund manager due to begin a 20-year prison stint for a $450 million fraud abandoned his SUV on a Hudson River bridge with "Su...

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Warren Buffett Bets $320K That Management Fees Are Crap

NYT | Posted 06.09.2008 | Business

Read More: Berkshire Hathaway, Hedge Funds, Hedge Fund Managers, Unnecessary Management Fees, Warren Buffett, S&P 500, Warren Buffet, Business News

Warren Buffett, a longtime critic of the fees charged by some money managers, has put his own cash on the line -- or, at least, a small chunk of it --...

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Hedge-Fund Managers Score Biggest Ever Payday

Posted 04.16.2008 | Business

Read More: John Griffin, Stephen Mandel Jr, Steven Cohen, Kenneth Griffin, Hedge Fund Salaries, Hedge Funds, Timothy Barakett, Hedge Fund Managers Salaries, George Soros, Hedge Fund Managers, O. Andreas Halvorsen, Alpha Magazine, James Simons, Philip Falcome, Business News

It's a good day to be a hedge fund manager. Institutional Investor's Alpha magazine has just released it's annual ranking of top hedge funds earners...

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A Rebuttal To The IT Department Blocking Bing

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 04.09.2008 | Business

Read More: Consumerism, Bulls**T Jobs, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft, Ask Bing, Bernanke, Facebook, Stan O'Neal, Merrill Lynch, Bank Write Downs, Yahoo, Apple, Airline Travel, Hedge Fund Managers, American Airlines, Youtube, Business News

A social network? Us? Could that be? Every day we have as serious a discussion of current business-related events as the facts warrant!

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Know Your Hedge-Fundese

New York | Daily Intelligencer | Posted 01.11.2008 | Business

Read More: N+1, Hedge Funds, Hedge-Fund Managers, Secret Language of Money, Business News

Hedge-fund managers use a lot of lingo. The reason they do this is to trick you into thinking what they do is really complicated, and you are too dumb...

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Majority Of Hedge Funders: '08 Recession Is Likely

Reuters | Posted 09.26.2007 | Business

Read More: Economic Slowdown, 2008 Recession, Hedge Fund Predictions, Hedge Fund Managers, Business News

A majority of hedge fund managers say a U.S. recession is "very likely" in 2008, but fewer than one in five said an economic slowdown would be bad for...

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