Sentences with phrase «including at hedge funds»

He previously worked in the financial services industry, including at hedge funds such as Avenue Capital Group, before founding ValuePenguin.

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.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

This may include having held a senior position at another top - quality brand hedge fund, having spun out of a top investment bank proprietary trading desk, or having been seeded by a well - known investor.

That is unlikely to soothe the unrest at Yahoo, however, since activist investors like the Starboard Value hedge fund are pushing for new management, a new board and a new strategy, including a possible sale of Yahoo's operating businesses.

This is evident in a number of developments, including: increased demand for higher - risk assets; the increase in «carry trades» — a form of gearing where funds are borrowed short - term at low interest rates and invested in higher - yielding assets, often in other countries; growth in alternative investment vehicles such as hedge funds; and growth in alternative investment strategies such as selling embedded options (see Box A).

Rebalanced quarterly, the index is comprised of all eligible hedge fund strategies, including but not limited to equity hedge, event driven, macro, and relative value arbitrage, that meet certain criteria include UCITS compliance, net performance reporting, at least biweekly NAV reporting, and at least $ 10 million of assets under management or 6 months of track record.

From January 2000 until August 2009, Mr. Meyercord focused on investing in public equities in the Asian real estate, telecommunications and consumer sectors at several different hedge funds, including Kelusa Capital (2007 - 2009), Avenue Capital (2005 - 2007) and Banyan Fund Management (2000 - 2005).

Previously, he has also invested in commercial and consumer non-performing loan portfolios and was previously a credit arbitrage portfolio manager at several hedge funds including Marin Capital and KBC Alternative Investments.

The $ 38 IPO price is the rate at which Facebook's underwriters (including lead banker Morgan Stanley) will sell shares to their clients, which typically include large institutional investors, mutual funds and hedge funds.

Before Benchmark signaled it would not accept a deal at those terms, several existing Uber backers — including the hedge fund Tiger Investments — told Benchmark that if Uber shares were available at a $ 45 billion valuation, they would be glad to take those off of their hands, according to one of the people briefed.

«Major bitcoin industry companies including Digital Currency Group (DCG) subsidiary Genesis Trading and bitcoin hedge fund Binary Financial are set to participate in a government auction of just over 44,000 BTC (worth $ 18.3 m at press time) to be held on Thursday.»

This could be the year cryptocurrency trading gains momentum within financial firms, including hedge funds and trading desks at Wall Street's biggest banks, according...

Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

He graduated from Baruch College in 2004 and then launched a stand - out career on Wall Street, with stints at several major hedge funds, including Cramer, Berkowitz & Co. and Intrepid Capital Management.

His drawbacks include what DiNapoli threw at him in 2010, the «Hedge Fund Harry» charge that would be only more potent in the Donald Trump era.

The senator's individual donors included: Charles McDonald, of Virginia, who maxed out at $ 16,800; former Giuliani administration Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro ($ 500); Cory Singer and his husband, Andrew Singer, who is the son of hedge fund manager and GOP donor Paul Singer ($ 16,800 each); Martin Geller, Mayor Blomberg's accountant who frequently gives campaign contributions to candidates the mayor supports ($ 5,000).

Members of Local 81380, which represents lab workers at the plant, voted 61 - 0 for the pact, which was spearheaded by closed - door negotiations between the administration of Gov. Andrew Cuomo and officials of Momentive Performance Materials, which is owned by several hedge funds that include some of the richest men in the U.S.

Former AIG chairman Maurice R. Greenberg held a breakfast at his office Wednesday for bigwigs including John Catsimatidis, John Tsunis and members of billionaire hedge funder John Paulson's foundation to create the not - for - profit «The Pandas are Coming, Pandas 4 NYC.»

With $ 10 million from hedge - fund billionaire Kenneth Griffin, List will track the results of more than 600 students — including 150 at this school.

Ark is a charity set up to distribute the philanthropic donations of its hedge fund financiers, which include the former Conservative party treasurer Lord Stanley Fink, and Paul Marshall, former non-executive director at the Department for Education.

According to The New York Times, the ten highest paid hedge fund operators with close ties to charter schools also includes David Tepper (number 1 at $ 3.5 billion in 2013), founder of founder of Appaloosa Management and New Jersey based «Better Education for Kids»; Steven A. Cohen (number 2 at $ 2.4 billion) of SAC Capital Advisors, which was forced to pay a $ 1.2 billion dollar penalty for insider trading, who has given over $ 10 million to the Achievement First charter school network; and Paul Tudor Jones II (tied for tenth at $ 600 million), founder of the Tudor Investment Corporation who has supported charter schools through his Robin Hood Foundation.

When hedge fund managers argue that their income should be taxed at a 15 percent marginal rate, they limit government revenue and squeeze funds for a number of public pursuits, including schools.

According to published reports, in addition to raising money for Education Reform Now, the education reform industry group sponsoring the poker tournament also provides a variety of prizes for tournament participants including seats at the World Series of Poker Main Event, vacations, golf outings, and «power lunches» with hedge fund managers like David Einhorn (Greenlight Capital), billionaire Seth Klarman, Leon Cooperman (Omega Advisors) and Bill Ackman (Pershing Square Capital Management.)

Many active traders, including hedge funds and prop traders at investment banks, engage in short selling when the they believe a stock is about to fall in price.

While specific firms and advisors were not named, the study focused on retail advisors at the lower end of the wealth spectrum, and did not include private wealth managers or hedge funds.

In addition, no assurance can be given that the Fund will enter into hedging or other transactions (including hedging exposure to non-U.S. currency exchange rate risk) at times or under circumstances in which it may be advisable to do so.

WidsomTree Japan Dividend Growth Fund (JDG) may sound like something you've heard about before, but the newer fund (started at the end of last month) differs from the same company's Japan Hedged Dividend Growth Fund (JHDG, launched in April) in that it includes exposure to currency chanFund (JDG) may sound like something you've heard about before, but the newer fund (started at the end of last month) differs from the same company's Japan Hedged Dividend Growth Fund (JHDG, launched in April) in that it includes exposure to currency chanfund (started at the end of last month) differs from the same company's Japan Hedged Dividend Growth Fund (JHDG, launched in April) in that it includes exposure to currency chanFund (JHDG, launched in April) in that it includes exposure to currency changes.

While the seller was not named and officials at Sotheby's declined to comment, the paintings are part of a larger group of works, which also includes an abstract canvas by Gerhard Richter, being sold by Steven A. Cohen, the hedge fund billionaire, whose company, SAC Capital Advisors, is fighting criminal charges of insider trading.

The New York Times's Styles team spent some time with Longshore recently including an opening at Bergdorf's, «Her patrons are an odd assortment of actors, well - heeled matrons, hedge - fund managers and scores of more modest believers in Ms. Longshore's gospel.»

Prominent attendees included hedge fund managers Kenneth Griffin and James Chanos, billionaire investor Wilbur Ross, actor Leonardo DiCaprio, New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez and directors of top U.S. museums browsed the aisles at the Miami Beach Convention Center.

Francis Bacon's small 1959 portrait, priced at $ 3.5 million, was set to be among 75 artworks at Chicago - and New York - based Richard Gray Gallery, whose clients include hedge - fund manager Kenneth C. Griffin, chief executive officer of Citadel LLC.

[2][3] In fiscal year 2009 ending in June, Cooper Union's managed assets (including investments in hedge funds) lost 14 %, and the value of its endowment in 2013 was lower than it was at the end of fiscal year 2008, even as the Standard & Poor's 500 - stock index hit new highs.

The new acquisitions include «Holy Virgin Mary» (1996) by Chris Ofili, a gift from billionaire hedge fund manager Steve Cohen that set an artist record at auction for the British artist, and «Sweet Thang (Lynn Jenkins)» (1970) by Barkley L. Hendricks, a gift from Marie - Josee and Henry Kravis in honor of Jerry Speyer.

At the Metro Pictures show Mr. Julien will introduce a multichannel feature film tracing the effects of the 2008 global financial crisis among a cast of characters that includes a Philippine maid working in Dubai, an artist who has lost his home to bank foreclosure in Iceland, a gallery owner and collector in London, a journalist, several hedge fund managers and an auctioneer.

The lawyers at Foley Hoag help investment advisers, including those doing hedge funds, other private funds or separately managed accounts, address the ever more complex regulatory, structural and legal compliance challenges they face.

Elly's work at Boies Schiller focused on major high - stakes disputes, including representing Apple in its global antitrust litigation against Qualcomm; Midtown Acquisitions LP, a Davidson Kempner affiliate, in its multi-jurisdictional judgment enforcement against Essar Global Fund Limited; A1 noteholders in their successful High Court litigation and settlement against the Canary Wharf Group; a major hedge fund in relation to complex High Court proceedings against Terra Firma Capital Partners» Four Seasons Healthcare Groups; and several significant commercial and investor - state arbitratiFund Limited; A1 noteholders in their successful High Court litigation and settlement against the Canary Wharf Group; a major hedge fund in relation to complex High Court proceedings against Terra Firma Capital Partners» Four Seasons Healthcare Groups; and several significant commercial and investor - state arbitratifund in relation to complex High Court proceedings against Terra Firma Capital Partners» Four Seasons Healthcare Groups; and several significant commercial and investor - state arbitrations.

And the data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica, whose investors include billionaire hedge fund manager Robert Mercer, was paid $ 312,500 for «data management services» at the end of the year, bringing the total payments by the Trump campaign to nearly $ 6 million.

The New York - based hedge fund owns almost 5 percent of the REIT and is expected to agitate for change at the company, which could include a potential sale.

Mr. Lopez's career spans over 25 years in Investment Banking and Real Estate Investment Management, which has included senior positions as Global Head of Real Estate at Cambridge Place Investment Management, a London based hedge fund, and as a Managing Director at JP Morgan in New York and London.