Hedge Funds

Corporate Raiders or Corporate Redeemers?

Maneet Ahuja | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Board of Directors, Hedge Funds, Canadian Pacific, Corporate Boards, Wall Street, Investors, Yahoo, Investment Firms, Business News
Maneet Ahuja

Long derided as "corporate raiders" only interested in making a fast buck often to the long-term detriment of their target companies, some recent successful activist investor campaigns have done much to rightfully disprove this long-held misconception.

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Prosecutors Use Email, Wiretaps To Link Gupta With Insider Trading

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Video, Mckinsey, Gupta Trial, Insider Trading, Raj Rajaratnam, Rajat Gupta, Hedge Funds, Reuters, Fbi, Business News

* U.S. prosecutors paint jurors a picture of 2008 events * Fourth day of ex-Goldman director's insider-trading trial * R...

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Do the Bain Hustle

Robert Scheer | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Robert Scheer, Economy, Bain, Obama, Campaign, Democrats, Election, 2012, Politics, Barack Obama, Rahm Emanuel, Bain Capital, Hedge Funds, Mitt Romney, Bill Clinton, Lawrence Summers, Banks, Wall Street, Republicans, Mitt Romney Bain Capital, Elections 2012, 2012 Election, Politics News
Robert Scheer

Obviously Barack Obama was right in criticizing Mitt Romney's stewardship of Bain Capital. How else to evaluate the business experience that Romney has made a central tenet of his campaign?

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Tom Steyer: Impact Investing Icon

Ben Thornley | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Social Enterprise, Farallon Capital, Impact Investing, Hedge Funds, Equlibrium Capital, Tom Steyer, Tom Steyer Impact Investing, Business News
Ben Thornley

Celebrity is helpful in the growth of a new industry, but unsustainable. What impact investing needs is a diverse pool of talent and widespread innovation.

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Prosecutor: Ex-Goldman Director 'Threw Away His Duties'

Reuters | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Insider Trading, Gupta Trial, Video, Rajat Gupta, Raj Rajaratnam, Hedge Funds, Gupta Prosecutor, Reuters, Galleon Group, Business News

* Rajat Gupta denies insider-trading charges * Current Goldman director set to testify for prosecution * Former Goldman ...

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Goldman Director Starts Insider Trading Trial Today

AP | TOM HAYS | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Berkshire Hathaway, Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman Sachs, Insider Trading, Mckinsey, Video, Raj Rajaratnam, Rajat Gupta, Hedge Funds, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Galleon, Ap, Securities Fraud, P&G, Business News

NEW YORK (AP) — The July 29, 2008, phone call between two titans of Wall Street began with the old friends exchanging mild pleasantries, but then qu...

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Magnetar's Rap Sheet

ProPublica | Cora Currier | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Magnetar, Financial Crisis, Cdos, Video, Sec, Propublica, Hedge Funds, Business News

The hedge fund Magnetar helped create billions of dollars' worth of risky deals called collateralized debt obligations, many of which failed spectacul...

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On Financial Genius and Banking Boo-boos

Robert Teitelman | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Andrew Ross Sorkin, Meet the Press, Jamie Dimon, JP Morgan, Joe Nocera, Big Banks, Hedge Funds, Business News
Robert Teitelman

The columns, blogs, tweets and sober cud-chewing over the J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. trading debacle continues. What have we learned? Well, not as much as you'd think, given the notion that the Internet is the greatest investigative reporter since Woodward and Bernstein.

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Ryan Grim

What Half A Billion Dollars Buys You In Washington

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Taxes, Bill Clinton, Entitlements, Social Security, John Boehner, Social Security Cuts, Peter G. Peterson Foundation, Pete Peterson, Entitlement Reform, Video, Tom Brokaw, Hedge Funds, Tim Geithner, Medicare, David Walker, Peter Peterson, Social Security Benefits, Paul Ryan, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Peter Peterson, a Wall Street billionaire who has been calling for cuts to Social Security and other government programs for years, is h...

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Wall Street's Speed Demons: A 10-Point Primer

Sarah Anderson | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Investment Banks, Wall Street Reform, High-Frequency Trading, Proprietary Trading, Hedge Funds, Flash Crash, Financial Transactions Tax, Business News
Sarah Anderson

Who are "high-frequency traders"? And what sort of games are they playing with our economic future? Here are 10 things you should know.

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Ex-Enron Trader Retires At 38 With Billions In The Bank

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Jeffrey Skilling, George Soros, Video, Carl Icahn, Hedge Funds, Hedge Fund Managers, Retirement, Chesapeake Energy, Enron, John Arnold, Centaurus Advisors, Financial Regulation, Business News

Most of us would feel lucky to have the means to retire at 38. Now imagine retiring at that ripe old age with $3.5 billion in the bank. That's the...

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The Fed's Jelly Donut Policy

David Einhorn | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Interest Rates, qe3, Investing, Markets, Qe2, Hedge Funds, Economy, Quantitative Easing, Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, Quantitative Easing 3, Bond Market, Monetary Policy, Business News
David Einhorn

I believe that stocks are depressed because there is a pervasive feeling that something awful is going to happen. What is this enormous tail-risk? It's the intersection of reckless fiscal policy with overindulgent "Jelly Donut" monetary policy.

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Another Goldman Name In Insider Trading Probe

The Huffington Post | D.M. Levine | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Insider Trading, Rajat Gupta, Raj Rajaratnam, Hedge Funds, Inside-Information, Goldman Sachs Insider Trading, Galleon Group, Securities and Exchange Commission, Video, Business News

Another Goldman Sachs name has been connected to the investigation of insider trading at defunct hedge fund Galleon Group. Federal prosecutors and...

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Book Review: The Little Book of Hedge Funds

Rob Taub | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Skybridge Capital, Hedge Funds, Leon Cooperman, Cnbc, Hedge Fund Managers, Fast Money, Hedge Fund, Scaramucci, Books News
Rob Taub

Anthony Scaramucci has written The Little Book of Hedge Funds, an entertaining and informative book without the typical Wall Street bombast.

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Short Sellers Target Walmart Mexico After Probe

The Huffington Post | Jillian Berman | Posted 04.23.2012

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It looks as if the fallout from the Walmart Mexico bribery scandal is only beginning. Hedge Fund investors say they may short shares of Walmart de...

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Hedge Funds Face 'Make Or Break' Year

Reuters | Posted 04.18.2012

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By Laurence Fletcher LONDON, April 18 (Reuters) - Large institutional investors who have ploughed tens of billions of dollars into hed...

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Hedge Fund Legend's Latest Bet

The Huffington Post | D.M. Levine | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: European Debt Crisis, European Sovereign Debt Crisis, European Debt, John Paulson, Wall Street, Hedge Funds, Finance, Short Selling, Video, Business News

John Paulson, the hedge fund manager who made billions betting against the U.S. mortgage market in 2007, has found something new to bet against. P...

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Thanks To BofA You Can Now Buy Foreclosed Homes In Bulk

Reuters | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Foreclosure Crisis, Video, Freddie Mac, Subprime Mortgages, Hedge Funds, TPG Capital, Countrywide Financial, Reuters, Bank of America, Mortgage Crisis, Assets, Fannie Mae, Federal Housing Finance Agency, Banks, Foreclosure, Private Equity, Business News

By Matthew Goldstein and Jennifer Ablan NEW YORK, April 12 (Reuters) - For the second time in five months, Bank of America is tapping ...

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How Did Mitt Make So Much Money and Pay So Little in Taxes?

Robert Reich | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Taxes, Hedge Funds, Tax, Hedge Fund Managers, Mitt Romney 2012, Mitt Romney, Tax Cuts, Private Equity, Beyond Outrage, Video, Politics News
Robert Reich

2012-04-12-Screenshot20120412at8.18.38AM.jpgThe magic of private equity reveals a lot about how and why our economic system has become so distorted and lopsided -- and why all the gains are going to the very top.

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The New York Times Sheds a Tear for Wall Street Paydays

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Wall Street, Hedge Funds, Jpmorgan, Cnbc, Andrew Ross Sorkin, Financial Crisis, New York Times, Bill Gates, Business News
Raymond J. Learsy

If timing is everything, than the timing of Mr. Sorkin's article becomes ever so curious coming just one week after the publication of these humungous sums. There he was, as so often before, trying to steer our focus from the excesses of Wall Street's "Big Money" parade.

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The Dodd-Frank Rule That's Making Non-Banking CEOs Sweat

Reuters | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: MetLife Inc, GE Capital Unit, Video, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Hedge Funds, 2010 Dodd-Frank Reform Law, Reuters, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Financial Crisis, Federal Reserve, American International Group Inc, Financial Regulation, Financial Stability Oversight Council, BlackRock Inc, Business News

* FSOC finalizes rule on how it will pick systemic firms * Insurers, hedge funds anxious to see if picked * Firms expect...

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Finance industry makes up nearly half of pro-Romney super PAC's donations

The Center for Public Integrity | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Dodd-Frank Act, Mitt Romney, Goldman Sachs, Julian Robertson, Restore Our Future, Hedge Funds, Politics News
The Center for Public Integrity

By Alexandra Duszak and Rachael Marcus, iWatch NewsLast summer, hedge fund pioneer Julian Robertson made the maximum $2,500 contribution to Mitt Rom...

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See Which Hedge Funders Took Home Billions Last Year

Reuters | Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: Video, Hedge Fund Rich List, Ray Dalio, Hedge Funds, Hedge Fund Salaries, Hedge Fund Managers, Reuters, Ray Dalio Bridgewater, Business News, Ray Dalio Bridgewater Founder, Business News

* Top managers earned $14.4 bln in 2011, AR says * Bridgewater's Dalio topped list with almost $4 bln * Icahn, Simons, G...

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Paul Blumenthal

Super PACs Are Tool Of The 1 Percent

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 03.23.2012

Read More: Super Pac, Wealthy, Super PACs, Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney, Elections 2012, Rick Perry, Barack Obama, Campaign Finance, Video, Sheldon Adelson, Newt Gingrich 2012, Hedge Funds, 2012 Election, Harold Simmons, Mitt Romney 2012, Rick Perry 2012, Rick Santorum 2012, Ron Paul 2012, Newt Gingrich, Barack Obama 2012, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Tales of super PAC spending in the Republican presidential race talk about the millions of dollars pouring into their coffers. A few spe...

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Big Finance Firms Look To Scoop Up MF Global Claims

Reuters | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: Video, Bankruptcy, Chief Executive Jon Corzine, Hedge Funds, Reuters, MF Global, Seaport Group, New York Times, The Royal Bank of Scotland, Credit-Rating Downgrades, Barclays, Business News

March 13 (Reuters) - Some big financial firms have offered to buy the claims of thousands of MF Global customers, whose money went missing after th...

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