Sentences with phrase «of major hedge funds»

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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.

Bill Ackman, founder of the hedge fund Pershing Square and an investor in many major corporations.

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.»

Meanwhile, as investors are falling out of love with the traditional hedge fund, major hedge funds are also turning to quantitative investing.

Rhoades and her boss, hedge fund manager Bobby Axelrod, spend a long night together getting to the bottom of why Axelrod just blew a major trade.

The question of how to handle hedge funds, which Germany hoped to make a major topic, was all but shelved after finance ministers from the eight countries met last month and said any decision would take months.

Nevertheless, the bank received enough interest from hedge funds, endowments, and other institutional investors that its board of directors voted to approve the move that will see it become the first major US bank to use its own funds to trade cryptocurrencies or cryptocurrency derivatives.

As usual, the performance of our stocks relative to the major indices tends to drive day - to - day fluctuations in Fund value when we are hedged, but that differential has also been our primary source of return over time.

Depending on the specific market environment, the Funds may employ hedging techniques to minimize the impact of fluctuations in the overall stock or bond markets, and may also take positions in individual securities that differ substantially from their weights in the major stock or bond market indices.

She also became friendly with Rebekah Mercer — the daughter of Robert Mercer, co-founder of the Renaissance Technologies hedge fund, a major donor in Republican circles.

So when the Fund is fully hedged, our primary risk (as well as our primary source of expected return) is the potential for our stock holdings to perform differently from the major indices, be they the S&P 500 or the Russell 2000.

A major figure in the Addyi saga is William A. Ackman, the hedge fund manager and one of Valeant's biggest backers.

Excess liquidity, as reflected in the rise of highly leveraged hedge fund accounts, has been widely seen as a major factor in the rise of the stock market in the recovery since 9/11.

«It was eventually revealed that major Wall Street banks, foreign banks and hedge funds received more than half of AIG's bailout money ($ 93.2 billion).

A partial but not complete list of worries includes: China melt down, Yuan reevaluation after effects or Taiwan action, global biomedical epidemics, e.g. Avian Flu, or bioterrorism outbreaks, trade wars (China, EU), major hedge fund bankruptcies, a PBGC (Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.) shortfall crisis, major junk bond or emerging market bond default, a bank derivative blowup, Fannie Mae issues plus possible assorted natural disasters.

With 2017 witnessing a slew of cryptocurrency hedge funds being incorporated, we can expect a major boost in the overall market capitalization of digital currencies in the coming year.

He has over 25 years of experience in building and supporting top tier investment management, brokerage and hedge fund businesses including Salomon Brothers, Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch and Barclays Global Investors (BGI) with experience in three major financial centers (New York, London and Tokyo).

«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.»

It was perhaps only a matter of time for Bitcoin to be endorsed at such an event as major hedge fund investors have already begun divulging capital into digital currency assets.

Institutional investors now account for 66 % of all hedge fund capital, with all major groups of institutional investors increasing their hedge fund allocations between 2012 and 2013.

China's market rout has various explanations: hedge funds are becoming forced sellers, a lock - up period for major shareholders was due to expire (that has since been extended), and currency maneuvers are sparking fears of competitive devaluation.

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.

Redlich has just returned from one of the less glamorous and more «squeamish» hedge fund fact - finding missions: he followed the trail of Australian cattle from the farms through the abattoirs to Philadelphia, the major US import hub to the Pennsylvania processing facilities before they eventually finds themselves wrapped in paper and served at major burger chains.

Wilson, a former hedge fund manager, has been endorsed by most of the major papers, including the New York Post, Daily News and New York Times.

The hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb, a prominent charter school supporter and a major financial backer of Gov. Andrew Cuomo and congressional Republicans, accused Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins, who is black, of having done «more damage to people of color than anyone who has ever donned a hood.»

Her private sector experience includes working for the law firm of Davis Polk & Wardwell and Fortress, a major hedge fund.

Hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb is a major Cuomo donor and chairman of the Success Academy board of directors.

A major investor in Wonga, a banker and two billionaire hedge fund managers head a list of Conservative donors in the final set of election watchdog data released before Thursday's general election.

The rainy - day fund, which is designed for fiscal emergencies, suddenly grew to about $ 875 million under the expiration of a federal law that prompted major hedge funds in Fairfield County to pour tax money into state coffers before the end of 2017.

The hedge fund manager Daniel S. Loeb, a prominent supporter of charter schools and a major financial backer of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and congressional Republicans, accused the African - American woman who leads the Democrats in the New York State Senate of having done «more damage to people of color than anyone who has ever donned a hood.»

The expansion of charters has been mightily underwritten by hedge - fund managers, the Walton Family Foundation, the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation and other major benefactors.

Teach for America's major donors include the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; the Walton Family Foundation, run by the heirs to the Walmart fortune; the Eli & Edythe Broad Foundation, run by the real estate billionaire and Democratic donor; and the Laura and John Arnold Foundation, where hedge - fund dollars are used to support causes ranging from criminal justice reform to reducing the costs of public pensions (including those held by veteran teachers).

She worries that major foundations, individual billionaires, and Wall Street hedge fund managers are pushing the privatization of public education for their own profit or to realize their own personal ideals.

Hedge fund manager John Paulson, a major Trump ally, is also a supporter of Moskowitz, having given Success an $ 8.5 million donation last year.

Adam Cioth (Treasurer)-- The founder of Rolling Hills Capital hedge fund and a major funder of the public school privatization movement.

In the wake of the federal investigation of SAC, Steve Cohen won't be the major player on the hedge fund scene that he used to be.

The cryptocurrency market continues to garner major headlines and is attracting the interest of major banks and hedge funds.

A major reason for this is that the individual investor is pulling back with institutional investors like hedge funds, high frequency trading groups, mutual funds, and others dominating more of the stock market.

If you had seen that it was going to be bad, bad, bad, like a lot of now - billionaire hedge fund investors did, a $ 1000 investment in gold in July 05, and then cashing out at the tops of the peaks and buying back in at the major troughs, would be worth almost $ 4000 today.

In their new research report, they note that liquid alternatives outperformed the pricier hedge funds across all five of the major categories of funds they track.

Because of the Fund's ability to establish leveraged and hedged investment positions, Fund performance may significantly deviate from that of the major stock indices for substantial portions of the market cycle.

Finally, one of the last major differences between mutual funds and hedge funds is the liquidity.

As I have discussed in two book chapters, Absolute Returns in Commodity (Natural Resource) Futures Investments in Hedge Fund & Investment Management (Edited by Izzy Nelken) and also in The Long and Short of Commodity Futures Index Investing in Intelligent Commodity Investing, there are two major opportunities to capture returns in commodities, which are cyclical opportunities and systematic opportunities.

[NB: This is from Jun - 2012, but since then the only major changes (funded mostly from my Hedge Fund allocation) are: a) an increase in Property from 10 % to 13 %, as I continue to scale up my German property exposure (see Parts I to V — also here), and b) a large jump in Agri from 5 % to 11 %, due to my purchase of Donegal Creameries (DCP: ID) & its subsequent hefty appreciation.

They may go long and short, but there are so many trying to do it that the limits of arbitrage are tested, which is a major reason for why hedge funds are doing so badly.

As mentioned in the comments of a prior post, I have discussed in two book chapters, Absolute Returns in Commodity (Natural Resource) Futures Investments in Hedge Fund & Investment Management (Edited by Izzy Nelken) and also in The Long and Short of Commodity Futures Index Investing in Intelligent Commodity Investing (Edited by Hilary Till and Joseph Eagleye,) there are two major opportunities to capture returns in commodities, which are cyclical opportunities and systematic opportunities.

In the latest issue of the The New Yorker, Ryan Lizza tells the story of how Tom Steyer, «a fifty - six - year - old billionaire, former hedge - fund manager, and major donor to the Democratic Party» has thrown his clout and money behind the effort to stop the Keystone XL pipeline.

Chairman of major financial services holding company, prosecution of a multimillion - dollar fraud lawsuit against a hedge fund.

Alison Wilson Qualified: 2005 Made partner: 2014 Key cases: Advising a major bank on an FCA investigation into its handling of PPI complaints; advising Standard Chartered Bank in its successful claim against the Ceylon Petroleum Company in connection with oil derivatives; advising a major bank on a multijurisdictional fraud perpetrated against it by a hedge fund manager, including civil claims and associated criminal investigations.