Sentences with phrase «of hedge fund»

Union critics are right to say that the interests of teachers and students are not perfectly aligned, but can not the same be said of the hedge fund community and students?

Receiving $ 10 million from Larry Robbins, founder of the hedge fund Glenview Capital Management and current board member of Relay, and $ 20 million from the non-profit The Robin Hood Foundation, the three charter school leaders partnered with Hunter College in New York to implement their program....

After the election, she was recruited by a pair of hedge fund managers who were interested in setting up a charter school, and she opened the network's first, the Harlem Success Academy, in 2006.

• is made up of hedge fund managers (Whitney Tilson, John Petry, et al) and billionaires (Eli Broad, who funds DFER's sister organization Education Reform Now.)

But because Moskowitz has the backing of hedge fund billionaires who use their political muscle to buy influence for her and other zero tolerance charter schools in Washington, D.C., nothing is being done about it.

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.

To paraphrase Mitchel Resnick of MIT's Media Lab and David Siegel, co-founder of the hedge fund Two Sigma: If coding is going to make a true difference in children's lives, it is important to move beyond the traditional view of the discipline as simply a technical skill, or just a pipeline to getting a technical job.

The New York Times recounts an incident involving Williams when Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew M. Cuomo was seeking donors from «certain members of the hedge fund crowd... what he heard was this: Talk to Joe.

Boykin Curry, a partner in Eagle Capital Management and founder of two New York charter schools, commented on the change in mind - set among his colleagues, «A lot of hedge fund and finance people in New York had decided that politics was too dirty and focused on their philanthropy.

Knowing that Wall Street bankers and government regulatory agencies has no intentions of acting to fix this certain doom, Burry invents a financial instrument called the credit default swap in order to «short» the booming housing market, much to the dismay of his hedge fund's owners and investors.

As Jean and Luiza get to know each other, it becomes apparent that Jean's father Hugo is trying to hide the demise of his hedge fund company.

«Most economic analysis still takes place within a totally inadequate set of concepts,» says Jean - Phillippe Bouchaud, physicist and co-founder of the hedge fund Capital Fund Management in Paris, France.

Loeb, founder of hedge fund Third Point and whose net worth is estimated by Forbes at $ 3.2 billion, has since taken down the comments from his Facebook page.

A polo - playing multimillionaire who allegedly broke up Gov. Andrew Cuomo's marriage, a former tobacco executive who once chaired an anti-tax organization and the head of a hedge fund have all lived in rent - stabilized apartments in some of Manhattan's toniest zip codes in the past few years, paying a fraction of their units» true market value.

The case against Martoma, who worked in SAC's CR Intrinsic Investors unit, stemmed from a long - running insider trading investigation of the hedge fund.

I worked in the back office of a hedge fund, I made, you know, six figures, but it was always taking crap from everyone and I put together a market analysis on the sex industry, and it looked to be a lucrative and appealing endeavor.»

«They want the wealthy, and folks who, for example, have done huge amounts of advertising against me, such as some of the hedge fund folks, to have all the freedom in the world, to not disclose and spend anything they want,» he said, noting that the Campaign for One New York revealed who supplied its funding, though it often provided incomplete information.

Progressive groups are planning a protest at the East Hampton home of hedge fund manager and charter school advocate Daniel Loeb, who is hosting a fund - raiser for Governor Andrew Cuomo next Saturday.

Seabrook is on trial for allegedly accept ing $ 60,000 in bribes from Rechnitz on behalf of hedge fund pal Murray Huberfeld.

Opponents of public education — led by a handful of hedge fund and Wall Street billionaires — bought control over the New York State Senate this past election with millions in corrupting campaign cash.

Connecticut and New York are battling for the hearts, minds and — most importantly — wallets of hedge fund managers.

Cuomo has been a vigorous advocate of the education «reform» movement, a collection of hedge fund funded charlatans that are looking to siphon as much public money as possible from public education under the guise of «disrupting» education as we know it.

Seabrook stands accused of accepting the bribe on behalf of hedge fund manager Murray Huberfeld.

Seabrook stands accused of accepting a $ 60,000 bribe from Rechnitz on behalf of hedge fund pal Murray Huberfeld.

About 25 Wall Street executives, many of them hedge fund managers, sat down for a private meeting Thursday afternoon with two of the most powerful Republican lawmakers in Congress: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, and John Cornyn, the senior senator from Texas who runs the National Republican Senatorial Committee, one of the primary fundraising arms of the Republican Party.

He is the third businessman to hand over money to Jarvis this year, following in the footsteps of hedge fund guru Martin Taylor and recruitment firm boss Peter Hearn.

King noted Goldman was recently accused of fraud by the SEC in its trading of Collateralized Debt Obligations and related derivatives in the lead - up to the financial collapse, ading: «Were you involved with trading CDOs or the other derivatives credited with causing the financial meltdown either at Goldman Sachs or at any of your hedge fund jobs?»

After Cuomo, the second - largest recipient of hedge fund - contributions was New Yorkers for a Balanced Albany — an independent expenditure committee created by the pro-charter school group StudentsFirstNY — that spent $ 4.2 million to help Republicans take control of the state Senate.

After Cuomo, the second - largest recipient of hedge fund - contributions was New Yorkers for a Balanced Albany — an independent expenditure committee created by the pro-charter school group StudentsFirstNY — that spent $ 4.2 million to

While Lord Oakeshott, the Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesman, described short - selling hedge funds as pack of wolves, the party received # 162,000 from the head of hedge fund Marshall Wace, which was particularly involved in short - selling over HBOS.

They include John Armitage, the founder of the hedge fund Egerton Capital, who has given # 400,000 and Andrew Law, chairman and chief executive of the $ 8bn Caxton Associates, who has given # 250,000.

While Loeb, founder of hedge fund Third Point, was a sporadic and modest contributor to state races until a few years ago, he's since become a regular presence on annual rankings of the state's largest donors.

The biggest donor to New York 2014 is Kenneth Griffin, founder and CEO of hedge fund Citadel LLC, who also recently made the largest single contribution in the history of the state of Illinois.

Following the meeting, Stephen Schwarzman, CEO of the hedge fund Blackstone, told Bloomberg TV that tax reform will take much longer than Trump's failed healthcare overhaul.

Hawkins said the investigation should look into the contributions of hedge fund managers who would benefit from Cuomo's education privatization agenda.

Hawkins was especially critical of Cuomo's education proposals, saying that they reflect the privatization program of hedge fund campaign donors, not a program to improve poorly performing public schools.

Mr. Loeb, the billionaire founder of the hedge fund Third Point LLC, has helped bankroll Mr. Cuomo and the Republican State Senate majority.

Sofia Vergara and her fiancé, Nick Loeb, hit the Hamptons this past weekend and were spotted at a party thrown at the house of hedge fund playboy and Mitt Romney backer Marc Leder.

Cuomo has been the top recipient of hedge fund campaign contributions, taking in $ 4.8 million in donations during his time as state attorney general and governor, a new «Hedge Clippers» report found.

Rechnitz told the jury at Seabrook's trial that he delivered a $ 60,0000 br ibe to the once - powerful head of the Correction Officers» Benevolent Association in December 2014 on behalf of hedge fund executive Murray Huberfeld.

Have to wonder how Dirty John Flanagan can continue to justify only a one year extension of Mayoral control... oh yeah, that ploy helps get Dirty John a lot of hedge fund Cheater School money for his cabal of upstate TEAPubs who want to mess with NYC!

The second highest recipient of hedge fund largess was «New Yorkers for a Balanced Albany,» an independent expenditure committee backed by ten billionaires that helped flip the New York State Senate to Republican control in 2014.

Simons is the son of hedge fund manager James Simons, who has given close to $ 2 million to Cuomo and the state Democratic Committee in the past seven years.

We believe that this is the most comprehensive analysis of hedge fund campaign cash ever undertaken in New York.

Scaramucci is founder and manager of the hedge fund SkyBridge Capital.

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).

Smith has put his own name in as one of the hedge fund's director nominees to the board.

Birchbox Has Sold Majority Ownership to One of Its Hedge Fund Investors After Sale Talks With QVC Fell Through Jason Del Rey, Recode

That's why it seemed important to seek the insight of hedge fund manager, mathematics professor, probability theorist, Blackjack Hall of Fame member and best - selling author Edward O. Thorp.

With a proxy contest looming, activist investor Voce Capital has released yet another broadside against target company FBR & Co., this time in the form of a comprehensive presentation detailing the rationale behind Voce's campaign and advocating for the election of the hedge fund's three board candidates.