Sentences with phrase «at a hedge fund conference»

The last two nights have found me in Cayman, speaking at a hedge fund conference, surrounded by friends.

Asked July 16 at a hedge fund conference in New York about his support for Common Core, the governor didn't directly answer but said: «What I support is to try to change something that's much more important than Common Core.»

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NEW YORK, April 23 (Reuters)- Hedge fund managers at the high - profile 2018 Sohn Investment Conference in New York pitched stock ideas on Monday that they said should benefit from the growing clout of the millennial generation, ranging from online food ordering to homebuilders.

NEW YORK, April 23 - Hedge fund managers at the high - profile 2018 Sohn Investment Conference in New York pitched stock ideas on Monday that they said should benefit from the growing clout of the millennial generation, ranging from online food ordering to homebuilders.

Complete video of hedge funder David Ganek's keynote at the 2016 Delivering Alpha conference, his first appearance since his firm Level Global was raided by the FBI and shuttered in 2011.

NEW YORK, May 3 - Hedge fund managers will take center stage at a conference in New York on Thursday to call out companies they are wagering against.

New York hedge fund managers from Bill Ackman and David Einhorn to Silicon Valley venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya pitched their top investment ideas Monday at the Sohn Investment Conference, the annual gathering of some of Wall Street's highest - profile stock pickers.

A sizable contingent of hedge fund managers are shorting Tesla, or betting that its share price will fall, including some who have also presented on stage at the Sohn Conference, including famed short - seller Jim Chanos of Kynikos Associates, who has called Tesla the «anti-Amazon.»

The only female hedge fund manager to present at the Sohn Conference, Debra Fine suggested Canada - based content producer DHX Media (dhxm) was better positioned than Netflix to capitalize on television programing for kids, including its plans to bring back the 1990s hit, The Teletubbies.

Palihapitiya, a venture capitalist turned hedge fund manager who is also a former Facebook executive, has built up some credibility since his first appearance last year at the conference, which benefits pediatric disease research: Amazon stock is up some 34 % in the meantime.

At last year's Sohn Conference, the founder and CEO of hedge fund Glenview Capital still believed that regulators would bless the mergers of health insurance companies whose stocks he owned, including Anthem, Cigna, Aetna and Humana.

Facebook stock was a controversial subject at the annual Sohn Investment Conference in New York Monday, where hedge fund managers and top investors take the stage to present their best investment ideas.

I've got something to prove,» the billionaire told a room full of hedge fund managers and investors at the annual SkyBridge Capital industry conference in Las Vegas, known as SALT.

«I think this [crypto] is going to be the biggest bubble of our lifetimes by a long shot,» the former Fortress hedge fund manager said at a CoinDesk bitcoin conference.

Billionaire hedge fund manager Leon Cooperman recommended First Data, Shire, United Continental Holdings, Hess and WPX Energy at the Delivering Alpha conference on Tuesday.

Though he complimented Ackman's intelligence on several occasions and said he did not believe they were still actively fighting, Icahn denied giving the hedge fund manager a hug at the same conference two years earlier.

Speaking at the Milken Institute conference in May, SAC Capital founder Steven Cohen, whose family office, Point72, manages $ 11 billion, bemoaned becoming «collateral damage» as other hedge funds sold down stocks that he happened to own too.

NEW YORK, May 3 (Reuters)- Hedge fund managers will take center stage at a conference in New York on Thursday to call out companies they are wagering against.

Distaste for this no - holds - barred approach even led one prominent activist, Jeff Ubben, the CEO of hedge fund ValueAct, to stick up for Kleinfeld during a panel discussion on activism at the Milken Institute conference in May.

«Valeant epitomizes everything that went wrong with the marketplace,» Chanos said at the Evidence - Based Investing conference in New York on Tuesday, according to CNBC, adding that it was «the largest single security loss hedge funds have incurred, greater than Lehman, Enron, AIG.»

Josh and Linette are joined by Jim Chanos at the SALT Conference and they explore how hedge fund fees don't hold when you look at their returns.

Two months ago at the annual Benjamin Graham Conference in New York City, billionaire hedge fund manager Leon Cooperman told the audience that their industry was on the ropes.

An engaging speaker, Shull has received rave reviews for her talks «How the Psychology of Risk is Fractal» and «Emotions are Also Information» at MIT's Sloan Fellows program, WBR's Equities and Fixed Income Leaders» Summits, LiquidNet, Battle of the Quants, 100 Women in Hedge Funds Behavioral Finance Series and many other conferences.

«So if my buddy at hedge fund XYZ tells me that such and such company is a great investment, or if you go to any of these conferences where someone really smart comes up and makes a bold case on whatever company, it may seem compelling at first.

Jim Chanos» of hedge fund Kynikos Associates recently gave a presentation entitled «China: The Edifice Complex» at the Wine Country Conference which benefits the Les Turner ALS Foundation.

These were prominent themes of a panel at Hedgeopolis New York, the annual conference of the Hedge Fund Association (HFA).

New York State could eliminate its $ 3.5 billion budget deficit — money that could help bolster schools and other social needs — if state lawmakers closed the «carried interest» loophole favoring private equity and hedge fund managers, said UFT President Michael Mulgrew and other proponents of closing the carried interest loophole at an Albany news conference on Feb. 14.

The group, led by hedge funders who are active in the charter - school movement, is hosting the conference at Whiteface Lodge on May 4 to 6.

Preet Bharara at a news conference in October 2009, where he announced charges in a crackdown on insider trading in the hedge fund industry.

Ray Dalio of Bridgewater Associates the largest hedge fund operator in the world said as much this week at the Dealbook conference:

Litigation partner Mark Mendelsohn will speak at the American Conference Institute's third summit on FCPA, AML and OFAC Risks for Private Equity & Hedge Funds.