Shareholder activist investor Carl Icahn stated on January 25th that he will not seek additional representation on Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc.’s (NASDAQ:...
Nautical Capital Management has recently announced the launch of its new commodities-based absolute returns strategies. According to the company, the...
Barclays Capital has published a study showing more investment in marketing and communications by hedge funds. The Report noted that managers see a heightened...
In ten mere months, the Dow has rallied 62%, from 6,547 to 10,610. The rally is nearly as dramatic as the decline that preceded it. Though the Dow has...
Managers from Ignis Investment Management spun-off from the UK manager this month to form Castle Hill Asset Management. Castle Hill has concurrently...
CalSTRS has applauded a decision by the SEC to improve disclosure of climate risk in securities filings, which passed by a 3-2 vote. The legislation is...
Edward Hornstein LLC launched its flagship hedge fund last month with approximately $10 million in assets under management, according to HedgeFund.net....
After seeing oil drop 5 percent last Thursday, many industry traders have attributed the sell off to hedge fund BlueGold Capital’s unloading of a massive...
Seasoned distressed debt trader and turnaround investor Phil Falcone is making his investors very happy. Last year he convinced the Street to give him...
Joining a longer list of signees, the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) recently added its support to a letter urging a number...
Do hedge funds have an impact on energy trading?While the answer might seem intuitive, the debate as to whether they actually do has come to resemble...
Hayground Cove Asset Management has relaunched a version of its flagship hedge fund. While it was once a multi-strategy hedge fund, the new Raido Fund...
On Friday of last week, shareholder activist investor Carl Icahn announced that he was stepping down from Blockbuster’s board of directors. According...
Earth Capital Partners, a sustainable development investor, recently announced their new Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry team, which will be headed...
Jabre Capital Partners announced last week that it plans to close its Jabcap Multi-Strategy flagship hedge fund to new investors for two years after it...
Investment bank Jefferies & Company (NYSE: JEF) has launched its new upstream Oil and Gas focused Wildcatters Energy Exploration & Production Equity ETF...
After Palo Alto Investors LLC announced their plans to discuss possible changes in Gastar Exploration’s governance and management in a Schedule 13-D...
Less than a week before Banco Popular announced its results from 2009 in January, Chase Coleman’s Tiger Global Management drastically reduced its short...
Take-Two Interactive Software (NASDAQ: TTWO) announced on the 21st of January that it would add Carl Icahn’s three board nominees to its slate of nominees...
The SEC this week filed the first cases under the new Rule 105 of Regulation M, which was amended to curtail unlawful short-selling practices. According...
Sri "Wije" Wijegoonaratna, former Managing Director at Fortress Investment Group has launched a new global macro hedge fund manager, Galle Global Macro...
