Sentences with phrase «raised by hedge funds»

There is lots of media chatter about the billions being raised by hedge funds.

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Hedge funds and other money managers raised their net bullish position in the six most important futures and options contracts linked to the price of crude and fuels by 45 million barrels in the week to April 20.

Many have put up their own shares or stock of companies they own as collateral for their loans and are increasingly copying the convoluted fund - raising strategies employed by American hedge funds and private equity firms in financing their global expansion drives.

U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm raised its offer to buy NXP Semiconductors to $ 127.50 per share on Tuesday, and said it has the backing of the shareholder group led by hedge fund Elliott Management that opposed its previous proposal.

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

But as the housing market recovered along with Fannie and Freddie's profits, lawsuits filed by hedge fund investors raised the possibility that owners of the housing giants» stock might be owed the tens of millions in earnings the companies had been sending to the Treasury in recent quarters.

U.S. drugmaker Turing Pharmaceuticals, led at the time by hedge fund manager Martin Shkreli, caused outrage last year by raising the U.S. price of Daraprim, an old anti-infective drug, by more than 5,000 % to $ 750 a pill.

Solar panel installer SolarCity, which is being bought by Tesla Motors, said it had raised $ 305 million in a cash equity transaction advised by billionaire investor George Soros» hedge fund.

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.

The Strategic Growth Fund remains fully hedged, with the same «staggered strike» position we had at the 2007 peak, which strengthens our defense against potential market losses by raising the strike prices of our defensive put options, at a cost of just over 1 % of assets in additional put premium (which is relatively inexpensive with the CBOE volatility index currently at about 17).

A recent program sponsored by the Regulatory Compliance Association provided an overview of the basic due diligence steps that such investors take with regard to investments with hedge fund managers, and focused on alignment of interests, indemnification provisions, liquidity, investor consent and the issues raised when investing through or alongside separate accounts.

See «Use of SSAE 16 (SAS 70) Internal Control Reports by Hedge Fund Managers to Credibly Convey the Quality of Internal Controls, Raise Capital and Prepare for Audits,» The Hedge Fund Law Report, Vol.

And the rate of fund - raising by Uber — and across the start - up landscape — has little precedent, driven by money pouring in from hedge funds, strategic investors and more, and by the willingness of entrepreneurs to embrace the cash.

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.

Cambridge Analytica is partly owned by hedge fund billionaire Robert Mercer and played a role in Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, and the connection raises continued concerns over the influence Facebook had in the election.

The so - called «Pharma Bro,» notorious for raising the price of a potentially life - saving drug by 5,000 percent, was found guilty today of defrauding investors in two hedge funds and in Retrophin Inc., a pharmaceutical company he co-founded.

Labour believe they can fund the change by closing tax loopholes in the construction industry, ending the government's «shares for rights» scheme and raising taxes on hedge funds.

The revenue bill passed by the Assembly originally included a provision designed to raise $ 50 million imposing state income tax on the investment income of nonresident partners in New York - based hedge funds — a move Mayor Michael Bloomberg called «the best thing that ever happened to Connecticut,» whose governor immediately invited New York firms to move to her state.

In order to pay for these reforms, Miliband said, Labour would clamp down on tax avoidance — including by the hedge funds — and raise over # 1bn.

By choosing Goldsmith, the Eton - educated son of a billionaire hedge fund owner, as their candidate against Labour's Sadiq Khan, a son of an immigrant bus driver raised in a council house, the Tories have already allowed Labour to paint this as a choice between «their London and ours».

He also wants to modernize the Corporation Business Tax to raise $ 110 million, and tax «carried interest» — or performance fees earned by hedge fund and private equity managers — to generate roughly $ 100 million.

Additionally, New Yorkers for a Balanced Albany, an independent expenditure committee created by StudentsFirstNY that supported Senate Republicans in 2014, seems poised to be involved in this year's elections, having raised $ 2 million from hedge funders Daniel Loeb and Paul Singer in June.

Despite the rhetoric of wealthy backers (like hedge - fund billionaire Daniel Loeb, who just raised $ 35 million for the Success Academy charter chain), the charter industry has a mixed record of student achievement and a reputation tainted by a string of scandals — hardly a record that justifies the massive expansion.

Hedge fund managers trade frequently and in high volume, which significantly raises the amount of capital gains tax paid by the investor.

Cambridge Analytica is partly owned by hedge fund billionaire Robert Mercer and played a role in Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, and the connection raises continued concerns over the influence Facebook had in the election.

By January he expects to raise $ 350 million dollars more from family offices, wealthy individuals and fellow hedge fund managers, reported Bloomberg.

Cambridge Analytica, which is partly owned by hedge fund billionaire Robert Mercer, played a role in Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, and the connection raises continued concerns over the influence Facebook had in the election.

CoinDesk A new hedge fund backed by Pantera Capital has raised $ 100m to invest in the open - source digital token space.

Sears raised $ 2.7 billion by creating the REIT as part of hedge - fund manager Edward Lampert's effort to turn around the struggling retailer.