Sentences with phrase «partner at hedge fund»

«Traditional investment banks and VCs need to monitor this space closely, it could become very big,» said the partner at hedge fund FBG Capital, which has backed about 20 ICOs.

I say that after having been business partners with an SEC attorney, being a partner at a hedge fund, and watching friends invest in the market.

Harry Wilson, who leads the auto deals and diligence team, used to be a partner at hedge fund firm Silver Point Capital before, according to two sources, he was forced out last year following a string of bad bets that triggered significant losses for the fund.

Ted Weschler, while managing partner at hedge fund Peninsula Capital Advisors, twice placed the winning bid for a charity lunch with Buffett.

But Mr. Ferguson has a special distinction: He was the first analyst Mr. Ackman hired at Pershing Square, and was the first investment team partner at the hedge fund.

Jeff Matthews, general partner at hedge fund RAM Partners (which has no interest in EMC) has been watching Elliott over the years and is impressed.

Other partners at the hedge fund firm he co-founded, Brevan Howard Asset Management, have independently made similar investments, the people said, asking not to be named because the information isn't public.

Two partners at the hedge fund Deerfield Management and two others were found guilty on Thursday of charges stemming from what prosecutors have described as an insider trading scheme based on leaks from within a federal healthcare agency.

NEW YORK (Reuters)- Two partners at the hedge fund Deerfield Management and two others were found guilty on Thursday of charges stemming from what prosecutors have described as an insider trading scheme based on leaks from within a federal healthcare agency.

Two partners at the hedge fund Deerfield Management and two others were found guilty on Thursday of charges stemming from what prosecutors have described as an insider trading scheme based on leaks from within a federal healthcare agency.

Not exact matches

Either way, it's likely trading will start slowly, said Mike Novogratz, chief executive officer of Galaxy Investment Partners, which is raising a crypto hedge fund targeted at $ 500 million.

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.

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.

With 700 of the world's top revenue - generating websites under his guidance at IncomeStore, Courtright partners with entrepreneurs and hedge funds to turn their flat - lining websites into digital cities that kick - off massive amounts of advertising revenue.

Charles Penner, who is a partner and chief legal officer at activist hedge fund Jana Partners, balked at the idea.

Remember, this is a hedge fund, so Soros and his partners made at least 20 % of that $ 7 billion upside, which is at least $ 1.4 BN.

Neuberger Berman, a money manager, and Jana Partners, a hedge fund, have pressed for change at Whole Foods.

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 investing.

Since the U.K. eliminated its tax on income earned outside the country several years ago, it's become increasingly popular for so - called corporate inversions, a controversial practice in which a foreign company buys a U.K. company, primarily to lower its tax bill, says Andrew Needham, a tax partner at law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore, which specializes in private equity and hedge funds.

As someone who reaped significant gains from his days at Goldman, and who further augmented his wealth from investments in some of Wall Street's most exclusive and successful hedge funds like Tontine Partners, Eton Park, TPG - Axon and Lone Pine Capital, Mr. Steel brings the practiced, experienced eye of the genuine participant to the task.

That strategy may «enhance the marketability of the fund,» said Don Steinbrugge, managing partner at Agecroft Partners, a hedge fund marketing firm, but it won't win over everyone.

At the start of the book van Biema, the founder and chief investment officer of van Biema Value Partners, a value - focused fund of hedge funds based in New York City, reveals how a light went off when he realized that the investors he admired most shared one characteristic: they were concentrated value investors.

That's the kind of capacity historically only the Saudis have had,» said John Kilduff, founding partner at energy hedge fund Again Capital, reports CNBC.

Prior to joining Oberon, Steven was a portfolio manager at Cynthion Partners, a global long / short equity hedge fund.

Later working in investment banking at Goldman Sachs and asset management at Deutsche Bank, Barbara Ann acquired a robust grasp of private market valuation that she went on to leverage at Holowesko Partners for nearly a decade, helping the hedge fund grow to several billion in AUM with her focus on special situations and takeout candidates.

To help prepare hedge fund managers for an SEC examination, Brian T. Davis and Dimitri G. Mastrocola, partners at international recruiting firm Major, Lindsey & Africa, hosted a panel discussion featuring Ropes & Gray partners Eva Carman, Sarah Davidoff and Joel Wattenbarger.

Moderated by Martin Cornish, a partner at MJ Hudson, the panel featured Jennifer A. Duggins, co-head of the Private Funds Unit in the SEC Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations; Robert Taylor, head of the Hedge Fund Management Department at the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority (FCA); and Garth Ebanks, deputy head of the Investments and Securities Division of the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA).

Prior to joining Alignvest, Mr. Adams was a partner at London - based MAB Partners, a multi-billion dollar independent alternative investment group offering sophisticated investors access to alternative investment funds, with a focus on hedge funds and private equity.

«This data shows that the battle for market share is far from over,» John Kilduff, a partner at Again Capital LLC, a New York - based hedge fund that focuses on energy, said by phone.

Before HPM Partners, Pierre was at Two Sigma Investments, where he raised capital for the firm's quant hedge funds and he invested capital in private deals in Mainland China and elsewhere.

In a study just published in the Financial Analysts Journal, portfolio manager Antti Petajisto of LMR Partners, a London - based hedge fund, looked at approximately 1,800 ETFs between 2007 and 2014.

Jeremy Millar, founder and managing partner at Ledger Partners in London, estimated that 50 to 90 percent of bitcoin's current market cap is held by near - institutional money such as individuals at hedge funds and family offices.

Keri is a former partner and chief credit officer at Third Point, joining the $ 15 billion hedge fund in 2009.

Under Cuomo's bill, carried interest — which is essentially income for partners of hedge funds and other private investment companies — would have to be taxed at the same rate as income.

Page Six has learned that Jana Partners hedge funder Barry Rosenstein — who is set to make hundreds of millions of dollars from Amazon's potential acquisition of Whole Foods, thanks to his 9 percent stake in the supermarket chain — is hosting a cocktail party for Cuomo at his luxurious East Hampton estate on Saturday.

In exchange, Seabrook funneled $ 20 million of the union's money into Huberfeld's troubled hedge fund, Platinum Partners, which was bleeding money at the time and is now bankrupt, according to prosecutors.

Platinum Partners is considering buying out a $ 20 million investment from the New York City correction officers» union, weeks after a former executive at the hedge fund and the union's ex-president were charged in an alleged bribery scheme.

They giveth and they taketh away,» said Michael Falk, CFA, a partner at Focus Consulting and chief strategist on a global hedge fund.

Prior to joining AVI, John was a partner at Meteora Partners LLP, a firm providing full managerial and administration support to independent investment firms operating predominantly in the investment management and hedge fund industries.

Bill Ackman who I went to business school with was still at his original hedge fund Gotham Partners, and he was the only guy I knew in the investment business.

Instead, in recent discussions with management at Steel Partners» offices in New York, this hedge fund indicated that it sees Adaptec as a ready source of cash — over $ 350 million — that would allow it to pursue other investment opportunities,» Adaptec director Douglas van Houweling said in the letter.

In 2003, at the tender age of 70, he launched a hedge fund with two partners, Traxis Ppartners, Traxis PartnersPartners.

At the start of the book van Biema, the founder and chief investment officer of van Biema Value Partners, a value - focused fund of hedge funds based in New York City, reveals how a light went off when he realized that the investors he admired most shared one characteristic: they were concentrated value investors.

Jeff Matthews is the General Partner of Ram Partners LP, a Naples, Florida - based hedge fund he founded in 1993 after fifteen years with several firms on (and off) Wall Street, beginning as an energy analyst at Merrill Lynch in 1979.

He started as an energy analyst at Merrill Lynch in 1979, moved into the consumer and technology fields as an analyst at several large investment firms, and founded his own hedge fund, Ram Partners LP, in 1994.

Prior to this Christopher worked as a research analyst at One East Partners, a hedge fund based in New York, and as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs in Sydney.

He serves as an analyst at van Biema Value Partners, an SEC - registered investment adviser established by Michael van Biema in 2004 specializing in creating portfolios of small, deep value - oriented hedge funds for sophisticated clients around the globe.

From 2008 to 2010 Mr. Bland lived in Tokyo, Japan and led the equity research efforts for Steel Partners Japan, the largest Asian equities focused hedge fund at the time.

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.

Andrew Head, partner at Forsters LLP, says the shareholders most likely to sue the government are the two largest hedge funds SRM Global and RAB Capital, although possible action could also come from smaller shareholders who may form an action group to pursue their claim.