Monthly Archives: February 2019
Paul Tudor Jones Hits Palm Beach With Mick Mulvaney by His Side
(Bloomberg) Paul Tudor Jones sat with Mick Mulvaney, the acting White House chief of staff, on Saturday night in Palm Beach. It might’ve been the closest the hedge fund manager has come to achieving alpha in his decades-long fight for […]
Caspian partners with Blockfills to provide institutional crypto-trading clients with off-exchange liquidity and real-time pricing
(Hedgeweek) Caspian, a full-stack crypto trading, portfolio and risk management platform for institutional and sophisticated traders, has partnered with Blockfills, an electronic, off-exchange digital liquidity provider, to provide institutional clients with access to deep liquidity and real-time continuous pricing. To […]
Hedge funds load back up on Facebook shares — these are their favorite stocks
(CNBC) Hedge funds loaded up on tech stocks at their fourth-quarter bottom, just in time to cash in on the double-digit To read this article:
Odey Says Regulator’s Wirecard Short Ban Paves Way for Lawsuits
(Bloomberg) British hedge fund titan Crispin Odey, who has bet that shares of beleaguered fintech Wirecard AG will plummet further, said Germany’s financial regulator has opened to door to potential lawsuits after it took the unprecedented step of banning short […]
This Hedge Fund Reaps Huge Returns But It Doesn’t Want Your Money
(Bloomberg) The key to getting monster-sized returns in mining equities is to be small, according to managers of the Plethora Precious Metals Fund. With only 18 million euros ($20 million) in assets, Plethora Precious Metals is a minnow in contrast […]
Papa John’s Founder Schnatter Says he Welcomes Hedge Fund Starboard
(Reuters) Papa John’s International Inc founder John Schnatter welcomes hedge fund Starboard Value LP’s investment in the pizza restaurant chain, his lawyer said, even as he filed an updated lawsuit on Monday against the company. To read this article:
Flybe Snubs Takeover Proposal from US Airline Mesa Air and Hedge Fund Bateleur Capital
(Irish Independent) Troubled airline Flybe has snubbed a rival takeover proposal from US airline Mesa Air Group and hedge fund Bateleur Capital, with support from Stobart Group former boss Andrew Tinkler. In a brief statement Flybe, which in Ireland operates […]
Investors Wonder Who Is Safe in Russia After Fund Manager Arrest
(Bloomberg) For most of the past three decades, American private equity investor Michael Calvey has made billions for his funds by knowing how to play by the rules — both written and unwritten — in Russia. Now he’s sitting in […]
Navient Rejects $3.2 billion Takeover Bid from Canyon Capital and Platinum Equity
(Reuters) Student-loan servicer Navient Corp has rejected a $3.2 billion takeover bid from two investors as it believes the offer undervalues the company. Navient’s board voted on Monday to reject the $12.50 per share offer from hedge fund Canyon Capital […]
Sturgeon Ventures win at Hedgeweek Global Awards 2019
(Sturgeon Ventures) The Hedgeweek Global Awards 2019 ceremony was held at the Reform Club on Pall Mall. Tom Powell, Chief Operating Officer at Sturgeon Ventures LLP, was delighted to accept the Best Global Consultant in Business Strategy on behalf of […]
Hedge fund traders far less important than analysts and PMs
(eFinancial) What do traders do in a hedge fund….Hedge fund traders mostly do what they’re told To read this article:
FFI Energy Transition Long-Short Strategy Now Available on the SMArtX Advisory Platform
(Fossil Free Indexes) New investment strategy, developed in partnership with Clean Edge Inc. and Alpha Vee Solutions, takes the view that the long-term economic and policy environment favors clean energy over fossil fuels. Index provider FFI announced today that its […]