Women think it's harder for them to succeed on Wall Street — but there's some...
Women make up about half of the world's workforce, but they are far from parity in the worlds of venture capital, hedge funds, private equity, and other Wall Street investing firms.There are a lot of...
View ArticleHedge funds are about to go on a hiring spree for a new kind of talent
At an investor conference in December, Cliffwater managing director Chris Solarz bluntly declared that “90 percent of hedge funds are not worth their fees.” The data supports Solarz. According to...
View ArticleA hot new hedge fund is based on smart computers picking off dumb ones
Manoj Narang has been using data and technology to invest for nearly two decades.Now, he's launching a $1 billion hedge fund that combines computer-driven investing decisions and high-frequency trading...
View ArticleThe nonprofit that took on Valeant has investigated another hedge fund...
A new investigation casts doubts on Canadian National Railway, a popular holding for money managers.The Southern Investigative Reporting Foundation's Roddy Boyd published an investigation of the...
View ArticleHedge funds are hiring a bunch of Ph.D.s to build trading machines, but...
Computer-driven investing has taken hold of the hedge fund world, but people are getting it wrong.That's according to Manoj Narang, who is launching a hot new hedge fund, the $1 billion MANA...
View ArticleA hot $1 billion hedge fund is building computers to predict how human...
People are getting quantitative hedge funds all wrong, according to a manager who is launching a new $1 billion fund.Manoj Narang is launching New York-based MANA Partners next month, using a mix of...
View ArticleA small hedge fund that is killing it on the back of Trump's win just won the...
A small hedge fund that is having a knockout year just gained the backing of a big-name investor.Svetlana Lee's $25 million fund, New York-based Varna Capital, is receiving an investment from Paul...
View ArticleHEDGE FUND MANAGER: There's crucial info about the market out there that most...
A hot new hedge fund says it has found a way to beat competitors by parsing info about the stock market that few are looking at.Manoj Narang of MANA Partners told Business Insider that his New York...
View ArticleMan, has it been a hectic end-of-year for Bill Ackman and Valeant
On Wall Street, the end of the year is a race to balance portfolios and finish crucial business.This has especially been the case for Valeant Pharmaceuticals and its billionaire investor, Bill...
View ArticleHedge funds were built on two central pillars, and both are falling apart
Hedge funds have historically marketed themselves as a prestige investment, promising an exclusive group of investors higher returns in exchange for higher fees.The higher returns haven't been there of...
View ArticleThere has been a board shake-up at Chipotle, and Bill Ackman is happy about it
Chipotle has named four new people to its 12-person board of directors, including two people who work with the activist firm Pershing Square Capital, which took a stake in the company earlier this...
View ArticleA small hedge fund that says its reports have led to CEO outings has a new...
A small short-seller that says its reports have led to the resignation of several CEOs has a new big short.Ben Axler's Spruce Point Capital Management, a $25 million stock-focused hedge fund, has...
View ArticleHedge funds are going to lay out their Brexit wish list to stop the...
LONDON — Lobby groups representing Britain's hedge funds is going to outline their wish list for Brexit talks between the UK and European Union to mitigate the damage a "hard Brexit" could have on the...
View ArticleSeveral New York hedge funders have been arrested and charged with $1 billion...
NEW YORK — The founder of the New York-based hedge fund Platinum Partners was arrested Monday as prosecutors unveiled an indictment charging him and six others with participating in an approximately $1...
View ArticleHere is the indictment against the New York hedge funders who were charged...
Several employees of a troubled New York hedge fund, Platinum Partners, were arrested earlier on Mondayon charges of participating in an approximately $1 billion fraud.Here are some of the key...
View ArticleHedge funders charged in $1 billion fraud emailed about fleeing the US,...
Employees of a troubled New York hedge fund, Platinum Partners, were arrested Monday on charges of participating in a $1 billion fraud.Mark Nordlicht, Platinum's chief investment officer, Uri...
View ArticleRAY DALIO ON TRUMP: 'If you haven’t read Ayn Rand lately, I suggest that you do'
Ray Dalio, the founder of Bridgewater Associates, the world's biggest hedge fund firm, says people should expect a major shift under President-elect Donald Trump."Regarding economics, if you haven’t...
View ArticleBlackstone is winding down its 'big bet' hedge fund Senfina Advisors after it...
Blackstone Group is winding down its "big bet" hedge fund Senfina Advisors LLC after it faced mounting double-digit losses on its investments this year, a spokeswoman confirmed on Tuesday.It is a rare...
View ArticleA 27-year-old raised $10 million from venture capitalists for an unusual...
A 27-year-old has raised $10 million for an unusual hedge fund — with the support of venture capitalists like Andreessen Horowitz and Union Square Ventures.The 27-year-old in question is Olaf...
View ArticleWhat it's like to be something other than white and male in the hedge fund...
The money-management industry has a diversity problem.Morningstar's global study out earlier this year showed that only one in five mutual-fund managers is a woman – a rate that hasn't budged since...
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