A longtime exec at Bridgewater, the world's largest hedge fund, is reportedly...
Parag Shah, a longtime executive at world's largest hedge fund Bridgewater Associates, who often served as the firm's spokesman, has stepped down, The Wall Street Journal reported.From the Journal:"He...
View ArticleBalyasny, a $12 billion hedge fund that's trailing its peers, is ramping up...
Balyasny, a $12 billion hedge fund, has been ramping up for the earnings season, when companies report their quarterly results.The firm has struggled of late to put up strong numbers, and it previously...
View ArticleA hedge fund started by a pioneering female investor has lost more than half...
Jamie Zimmerman is one of the few, and first, female investors to run a hedge fund. She started Litespeed Partners in 2000.The fund has had a tough run of late, and now manages less than half of what...
View ArticleMaverick Capital, a $10.5 billion hedge fund, is jumping on one of the...
Maverick Capital is starting two quant funds, according to documents seen by Business Insider.The Maverick Fundamental Quant Funds will accept money starting January 1, 2018 and will close once assets...
View Article2 protégés from billionaire Steve Cohen's investment firm are gearing up for...
A tech focused stock team from Steve Cohen's investment firm is readying for launch.KCL Capital, founded by Chris LaSusa and Kevin Cottrell, plans to open November 1 with 11 people on staff, people...
View ArticleBrevan Howard, an $11 billion hedge fund, is betting on volatility in the...
Brevan Howard, the London-based hedge fund run by billionaire Alan Howard, is launching a new fund to bet on an increase in volatility in the US Treasury market. The fund, called the Brevan Howard CMS...
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.A global study from Morningstar last year showed that only one in five mutual-fund managers is a woman – a rate that hasn't budged since 2008.In...
View ArticleBets on a 'dangerous' trade that reminds experts of the 1987 market crash...
Investors just can't resist making a quick buck on the motionless stock market.With price swings already locked near record lows for weeks, traders have pushed short bets on the CBOE Volatility Index,...
View ArticleNo wonder investors are rushing into cryptocurrencies — average ICO returns...
Report from VC Mangrove Capital says average return across 204 initial coin offerings is 1,320%.Figure comes amid growing interest from hedge funds and investment banks in the cryptocurrency space,...
View ArticleHEDGE FUND PITCH: The company that owns the Knicks, Rangers and Rockettes...
Samantha Greenberg, a former partner at Paulson & Co. who started hedge fund Margate Capital last year, pitched Madison Square Group at the Robin Hood Conference on Thursday.Greenberg said MSG has...
View ArticleBillionaire hedge fund manager Dan Loeb’s Third Point is crushing the...
Dan Loeb's Offshore and Ultra funds hold respective gains of 14.5% and 23% this year.The average hedge fund was up 5.92% through September 2017.Third Point LLC, the hedge fund founded by billionaire...
View ArticleA CEO says Bill Ackman told him he gets more 'clicks on the internet' than...
Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman has been locked in a proxy battle with activist target ADP for months.ADP CEO Carlos Rodriguez hasn't hesitated to call out Ackman publicly about his attempts...
View ArticleBAUPOST'S KLARMAN: Investors are asking the wrong question about the stock...
Baupost's Seth Klarman, one of Wall Street's most respected investors, says investors are asking "Why sell?" when really they should be asking "How can I afford not to?"He made the comments in a...
View ArticleEINHORN: The market may have adopted an 'alternative paradigm' for...
Greenlight Capital, the firm founded by the renowned hedge fund manager David Einhorn, told investors that the market seemed to have adopted a new way to value companies, one based on their ability to...
View ArticleBillionaire hedge funder David Einhorn says Tesla is putting 'inadequately...
David Einhorn's Greenlight Capital told clients that Tesla's stock should be performing much worse than it is. Greenlight is short Tesla shares, which means it profits from a decline in the stock...
View ArticleHedge fund giant Crispin Odey's assets under management have halved after a...
Odey Asset Management's assets under management fell from $11.7 billion at the start of 2015 to $5.5 billion.Decline due to bearish bets on a financial crisis not paying off and client...
View ArticleBillionaire Paul Singer's Elliott Management, one of the world's most feared...
Elliott Management, the $34 billion investment firm led by Paul Singer, is barely beating its competition this year, according to a client update reviewed by Business Insider and industry...
View ArticleDavid Einhorn just started one of the most important conversations we can...
Billionaire investor David Einhorn thinks he's pointed out the salient characteristics of some of the frothiest stocks in today's market.Those are the stocks that can show you the narrative of this...
View ArticleMaverick Capital, a $10.5 billion hedge fund, told clients it may have...
Maverick Capital started testing a quant strategy in two funds two years ago. Starting next year, investors will be able to give the firm money to invest in these funds.Maverick's move drew attention...
View ArticleThe president of struggling $2 billion hedge fund Hutchin Hill Capital is set...
Matthew Edmonds, the president of hedge fund Hutchin Hill Capital, is set to leave next month, according to people familiar with the matter. The fund has struggled in 2017, with the flagship fund down...
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