Sentences with phrase «hedge fund management company»

It is typically set up as an onshore or offshore limited partnership whose general partner is the hedge fund management company and whose limited partners are the accredited investors whose combined capital is managed by the hedge fund manager.

In 2001, Lauren launched her own hedge fund management company which dedicates its efforts to the practice of value investing across the global markets using the same methods learned from her great - uncle, Sir John Templeton.

Professionally speaking, Lauren began her career working with managed portfolios and investments in 1998, beginning as a junior associate at the financial advisor Homrich and Berg and later the hedge fund management company New Providence Advisors both of Atlanta.

For more on SPM, see «Dispute between Structured Portfolio Management and Jeffrey Kong Offers a Rare Glimpse into the Compensation Arrangements between a Top - Performing Hedge Fund Management Company and a Star Portfolio Manager,» The Hedge Fund Law Report, Vol.

Hedge fund management company Fortress Investment Group has inked a deal to exit its Convex Asia strategy as the alternative investment industry braces for what could one of the largest shakeouts since the financial crisis.

For further commentary from Wattenbarger, see «Proposed Volcker Rule and the Effect on Private Fund Sponsors and Investors» (Oct. 27, 2011); and «How Will the SEC's Pay to Play Rule Impact Mergers and Acquisitions of Hedge Fund Management Companies?»

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Andurand, who runs oil hedge fund Andurand Capital Management LLP, wrote in a string of tweets on Sunday that companies may be less willing to risk investment in long term oil projects because of low crude barrel prices and a predicted peak in electric vehicle demand.

Hedge funds such as Elliott Management Corp and D.E. Shaw are still looking for up to $ 5 billion ($ 5.6 billion) in damages in civil suits against Porsche SE, which is now only a holding company that owns a majority stake in the VW group.

Activist hedge fund Marcato Capital Management, which had put pressure on the company to pursue strategies to boost its stock price, said it would vote for the deal.

The bid was raised after the company was pressured by shareholders led by activist hedge fund Elliott Management.

SEOUL, April 23 - U.S. activist hedge fund Elliott Management dismissed Hyundai Motor Group's restructuring plan as insufficient on Monday and called on the South Korean conglomerate to adopt a holding company strategy and appoint more independent board members.

Shiff, 52, is now the president of Inflection Management Inc., a company that invests with several hedge fund managers.

From 2004 to 2008, Reuters has previously reported, McClendon ran a hedge fund called Heritage Management Company LLC.

Ackman, who runs hedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management LP, has been betting against Herbalife shares since 2012, claiming the company is a pyramid scheme — where new investors unwittingly fund the profits of older investors.

Ackman runs New York hedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management, which invests in companies that the fund's managers consider undervalued for reasons that can be addressed via restructuring or managemeManagement, which invests in companies that the fund's managers consider undervalued for reasons that can be addressed via restructuring or managementmanagement change.

LONDON / FRANKFURT / MILAN, May 2 (Reuters)- U.S. hedge fund Elliott is stepping up its activities in Europe, a Reuters review of data shows, as it sees more opportunities to unlock value for shareholders by pushing through management changes, company break - ups and merger deals.

LONDON / FRANKFURT / MILAN, May 2 - U.S. hedge fund Elliott is stepping up its activities in Europe, a Reuters review of data shows, as it sees more opportunities to unlock value for shareholders by pushing through management changes, company break - ups and merger deals.

Take the private - equity marketplace, a broadly defined investment sector that includes venture capitalists, large and small angel investors, hedge funds, private investment pools, and even insurance companies and other institutional players that either participate through money - management funds or make direct capital investments in growth companies.

Touted as «the man who broke the bank of England,» he's best known for the Quantum Fund, a hedge fund he launched in 1973 under his Soros Fund Management compFund, a hedge fund he launched in 1973 under his Soros Fund Management compfund he launched in 1973 under his Soros Fund Management compFund Management company.

Mr. Mandis left Goldman in 2004 to join a hedge fund and after four years there did stints at the management consulting firm McKinsey & Company and Citigroup.

Bill Ackman said his Pershing Square Capital Management hedge fund has taken a position in sportswear maker Nike and has no plans to push for change at the company, Reuters reported on Jan. 25.

And a regulatory filing has shown that the hedge fund Point 72 Asset Management has taken a 5 percent stake in video streaming company Roku.

A tech hedge fund manager who made a big bet on cloud management company Box says his investment is paying off.

InvestCloud's clients include wealth advisors, large family offices, pension funds and endowments, and hedge fund administrators and independent wealth platforms, and range in size from small startup companies to a manager with $ 47 billion in assets under management.

Prior to joining MacFarlane Partners, she worked at the Stanford Management Company where she focused on portfolio management and risk analytics as well as hedge fund Management Company where she focused on portfolio management and risk analytics as well as hedge fund management and risk analytics as well as hedge fund investing.

The idea for the group stemmed from the Washington region's 2024 Olympic bid committee, said Russ Ramsey, chairman and CEO of Ramsey Asset Management, a Reston, Va. - based hedge fund company.

Albright Capital Management, a Washington - based hedge fund backed by former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, has raised about $ 75 million in recent months to buy up bonds of debt - strapped companies in places like Latin America, Africa, India, Russia and Asia, filings show.

In other news, activist hedge fund Trillium Asset Management, which owns roughly 73,000 shares of Facebook's stock, is urging the company to set up a risk oversight committee.

Jaipur - based Girnar Software Pvt Ltd, the company behind auto portal CarDekho.com, has raised $ 50 million (around Rs 307 crore) from Chinese investment management firm Hillhouse Capital and Hong Kong - based hedge fund Tybourne Capital.

In 2005, his hedge fund owned 5.4 per cent of Wendy's and Ackman was among a group of investors who successfully pushed the company to spin off Tim Hortons despite management's preference to simply sell off a stake in the donut chain along with some of its real estate.

His company, Bridgewater, is the biggest hedge fund in the world, with over $ 165 billion under management.

Herbalife investors were spooked earlier this year when another hedge fund manager, David Einhorn, asked pointed questions on a conference call with the company's management.

SEOUL, April 27 (Korea Bizwire)-- Elliott Advisors Ltd., a unit of U.S. activist hedge fund Elliott Management Corp., on Friday reiterated its demand for a holding company structure for Hyundai Motor Group.

Elliott Management has taken a 12 percent stake in Travelport Worldwide, the hedge fund said in a filing on March 26, and may push for a sale of the travel industry e-commerce company that could include Elliott as a buyer.

Worse, the merger price was even below the amount that shareholders would have received in the company's planned phased liquidation, which the company was considering under pressure from Elliott Management, an activist hedge fund and holder of approximate 15 % of American Capital stock.

In June, activist hedge fund Marcato Capital Management won a bitter proxy contest that put three of its directors on the chicken - wing restaurant's board following which the company's chief executive Sally Smith said she would retire by the end of the year.

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I'm sure the «masters of the universe» in banks, Murdoch - owned newspapers, hedge funds, private equity firms, management consultancies, accountancy firms and private health - care companies, many of them officially resident in tax havens in British jurisdictions, prefer Gray's «raffish capitalism» to any conceivable alternative.

California - based hedge - fund Osmium — who own 14 % of the company — have been calling for new management, including putting their founder John Lewis on the board.

Typically, they are not community - based but are run by charter school management companies, backed by hedge fund groups and other powerful sectors of American society.

A typical industrial company might have to gross over $ 1 billion to earn that much in operating income, and a typical hedge fund might need more than $ 2 billion in assets under management.

Friendly hedge funds that support the current management will not necessarily hit hard on key issues facing the company today including:

He had this guy who worked for him who had started a partnership, and he said, Why don't you start a hedge fund and I'll give you some money and own a piece of your management company?

Cole - Frieman & Mallon LLP provides comprehensive legal services for new and existing hedge funds as well as for other investment management companies.

As another example, the previously successful hedge fund, Long Term Capital Management (LTCM), was driven into the ground in 1998 as a result of the ripple effect caused by the Russian government's debt default, something the company's computer models could not have predicted.

Wheelock & Company, Brookfield Asset Management, all mutual funds, most other Registered Investment Companies (RICs), and virtually all hedge funds.

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Only 27 % of Franklin's clients are institutional (pensions, insurance companies, endowments, sovereign wealth funds) or high - net worth individuals who are utilizing its alternative asset management (hedge fund) services.