Sentences with phrase «at a hedge fund in»

Having worked at a hedge fund in his twenties, he understands the investor mentality probably better than most CEOs.

I was originally going to work at an internship at a hedge fund in 2008.

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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.

And then at the end of that year, just before things really took off in crypto, White focused his efforts on attracting Wall Street clients: brokerages, large global banks, and hedge funds.

Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.

The new regime at the money - losing retailer, backed by a hedge fund, may have had more in mind than just changing the optics around a brand best known for its sexually provocative — some would say sleazy — advertising.

CNBC's Leslie Picker takes a look at whether hedge fund titan Steve Cohen is interested in trading outside capital again.

Valeant's largest shareholder, billionaire and hedge funder John Paulson, has gained a seat on the drug maker's board, sending the beleaguered company's stock spiking more than 6 % in Monday trading (although it's still hovering at around the $ 13 mark).

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.

At the stock's current levels, it would need to crash more than 50 % in order for the hedge fund investor to make any money on the bet.

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.

Woody Levin left his gig as vice president at software company DocuSign in early February to start a crypto hedge fund.

While the BCG report has the rosy title of Capitalizing on the New Golden Age in Private Equity, it says the industry faces some serious growing pains as more and more investors keep throwing money at the industry as alternatives (such as hedge funds) have sucked wind.

Bridgewater's Ray Dalio is stepping down from his post as co-chief executive in a management shake - up at the world's biggest hedge fund.

Kim, whose LinkedIn profile says he was an executive director based in the bank's London office, joins Luka Jankovic, a former Goldman Sachs hedge - fund analyst, among the bank's alumni now at Galaxy Digital.

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.

Robert Chapman Jr., a hedge - fund manager in California, took a potshot at his former friend, observing, «I've heard it said that yoga is Dan's form of paying penance for what he does while outside the home, whether it be the office or elsewhere.

Hedge fund manager David Einhorn at Greenlight Capital has made plenty of headlines in demanding that Oppenheimer open up the spigots and issue preferred shares that Einhorn believes would increase Apple's stock by one - third.

Dan Morehead, founder and CEO of Pantera Capital, a hedge fund that specializes in cryptocurrencies, says his firm trades on all the major online exchanges, but will turn to a trading outfit, like Circle's, when the desk posts prices «at a discount to the market.»

In theory, hedge funds can pursue a lucrative strategy of buying impaired bonds from less knowledgeable investors at deeply discounted prices and then taking aggressive legal action to collect all, or almost all, of the promised principal and interest.

Here's an in - depth look at hedge fund conversion processes: the upsides, downsides and tax implications.

Here's an in - depth look at hedge fund conversion processes: upsides, downsides and tax implications.

Caspersen, a 39 - year - old former managing director at PJT Partners» private - equity arm, Park Hill Group, was arrested in March and accused of defrauding a hedge - fund - affiliated charity and an employee of the same hedge fund.

McDonald's shares jumped in March after hedge - fund manager Larry Robbins of Glenview Capital Management said in a Bloomberg article the fast - food chain's market value could rise at least $ 20 billion by converting into a real estate investment trust.

Founder Janet Hanson had recently left her CEO role at Milestone Capital, a hedge fund with $ 2.5 billion in assets, to join Lehman Brothers as a managing director.

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.

The head of human resources at the billionaire Steve Cohen's hedge fund is leaving four years after he was brought in to help repair the firm's culture in the wake of an insider - trading scandal.

Coming in at third place, and number 202 overall, is the independent hedge fund Markham Rae.

The news comes about two weeks after Bloomberg reported https://bloom.bg/2qYzgnh that Elliott, the New York hedge fund run by billionaire Paul Singer, had built a position in Micro Focus and plans to push for changes at the company.

We'll also look at pension funds investing in hedge funds.

«Shorter duration hedge fund assets have grown at a rapid pace even as market liquidity has deteriorated, particularly in the high yield and distressed debt markets.

In fact, MSMB wasn't the first hedge fund he ran into the ground, having «lost all the money» in a previous fund that still owed Lehman $ 2.3 million in 2007, a court ruled at the timIn fact, MSMB wasn't the first hedge fund he ran into the ground, having «lost all the money» in a previous fund that still owed Lehman $ 2.3 million in 2007, a court ruled at the timin a previous fund that still owed Lehman $ 2.3 million in 2007, a court ruled at the timin 2007, a court ruled at the time.

Stock picker Steve Mandel's Lone Pine Capital had the largest gain of any hedge fund firm in 2017, at $ 5 billion, and is now ranked fourth overall.

The hedge fund manager, whose Yelp stake was worth about $ 10 million at the end of 2015, has made at least several million dollars in the stock just this week, after telling investors that he believes the company's revenue could double in the next three years.

Now an adviser at a hedge fund and a distinguished visiting fellow at Israel's Institute for National Security Studies, Shapiro took the unorthodox course of staying in Israel after leaving his diplomatic post so that a daughter could finish high school exams.

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.

Buffett, a billionaire investor and outspoken critic of fund managers who profit from high fees at the expense of their clients, bet in 2007 that a Vanguard S&P 500 index fund would beat five funds of hedge funds selected by Protégé Partners over the next 10 years.

So when some 15 years later — as a portfolio manager at one of the most influential activist hedge funds — Cohn launched a hostile bid to acquire Novell, he mentioned the accolade in his letter to the board.

After college, Bezos worked for several years in finance, including at hedge fund D. E. Shaw, where he had the idea to sell books over the Internet, according to the Wired feature.

He fears that the shorts will keep hounding Silvercorp, possibly at the urging of complicit hedge funds, unless it can demonstrate its innocence of the fraud allegations in court.

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.

At a panel discussion hosted by BlockchainDriven Thursday night, Morgan Hill, an investor at Attis Capital, announced that he was launching a new cryptocurrency hedge fund called AxionV in AugusAt a panel discussion hosted by BlockchainDriven Thursday night, Morgan Hill, an investor at Attis Capital, announced that he was launching a new cryptocurrency hedge fund called AxionV in Augusat Attis Capital, announced that he was launching a new cryptocurrency hedge fund called AxionV in August.

Elliott does not seem to share those qualms: On at least three occasions, according to both court testimony and the accounts of seven people who spoke with Fortune, children of people facing the hedge fund's attack have been pulled into the fray in some way, in an apparent bid to gain either information on or leverage against their parents.

At the same time, Pershing Square has reportedly cut almost 20 % of staff in a bid to turn the hedge fund back around to its glory days, Reuters reports.

At the same time, Elliott's assets have nearly doubled to roughly $ 39 billion, including $ 5 billion it raised in a 23 - hour span in May, making it more than twice the size of the second - biggest activist hedge fund, Dan Loeb's Third Point.

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.

Mallaby, a Washington Post columnist and a senior fellow for international economics at the Council on Foreign Relations, begins in 1900 with the birth of hedge fund inventor Alfred Winslow Jones, and presses forward through a narrative history of this most inscrutable of financial vehicles, and the men (and they are overwhelmingly men) who have driven them.

«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.»