Tag Archives: private-equity-investors
Blackstone’s income falls, but beats expectations
International Herald Tribune – Blackstone Group, manager of the world’s largest leveraged-buyout fund, said Wednesday that second-quarter profit beat analysts’ estimates as gains from hedge funds offset a decline in private-equity takeovers. Net economic income, a measure that excludes some compensation […]
Former hedge fund head files against Citigroup
International Herald Tribune- A former manager of a Citigroup Inc hedge fund has filed a complaint with a British tribunal accusing the bank of causing his fund’s demise, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday, citing people familiar with the matter. […]
Hedge fund chiefs look to global macro funds in difficult market
International Herald Tribune- Hedge fund managers are looking to global macro funds to try to steer clear of the mess created by the credit crisis while cautiously dipping into a small pool of more risky assets, a Reuters poll found. Stormy […]
Defrauded fund investors sue Goldman
International Herald Tribune- Samuel Israel 3rd bilked his investors out of $250 million, but they are hoping to recoup some of their money from one of Wall Street’s deepest pockets: Goldman Sachs. Bayou’s creditors were taking aim at Goldman even before […]
Hedge fund manager describes rock bottom
International Herald Tribune- One by one, John Devaney sold his treasures, hoping to forestall what was in the end inevitable. He sold his Renoir and his Gulfstream, his home and his helicopter. Even his cherished yacht — gone. But on Wednesday […]
Girlfriend of NY hedge fund swindler who disappeared is charged with helping him escape
International Herald Tribune- The girlfriend of a missing hedge fund swindler was arrested Thursday and charged with helping him elude his sentence on the day he was supposed to begin serving 20 years in prison. Debra Ryan was charged with aiding […]
Wall Street broker acquitted of gym member assault
International Herald Tribune- A Wall Street stock broker accused of throwing a fellow health club member into a wall during a cycling class has been acquitted. A Manhattan Criminal Court jury found 44-year-old Christopher Carter not guilty of assault against hedge-fund […]
