By Svea Herbst-Bayliss and Jennifer Ablan, Reuters, (Reuters) – Activist investor Carl Icahn on Monday said there was a chance […]
William Ackman: ‘You Need a Thick Skin to Be in This Business’
by ANDREW ROSS SORKIN, NY Times, Your fund, Pershing Square Capital Management, took a $500-million loss on its investment in […]
The key to hedge fund success
by Kathleen Payne, Wealth Professional, Hedge funds seem intimidating to many people because of stories about one or more hedge […]
Meet the Blackstone Hedge Fund Mutual Fund — Created for You
Blackstone Group L.P. (NYSE: BX) has announced that it is launching its first alternative investment-focused mutual fund that offers daily […]
Hedge Funds Are for Suckers
At the height of the financial crisis in 2008, a group of famous hedge fund managers was made to stand […]
Hedge Fund Alpha is Negative; Down Around 1700 BPs in 11 Years
Adam Parker of Morgan Stanley is out with a new report on the S&P 500. He notes that hedge fund […]
Blackstone Raises $5 Billion Rental Bet With Lending Arm
By Heather Perlberg and John Gittelsohn, Bloomberg, Blackstone Group LP (BX), the private-equity firm that has spent $5 billion on […]
How to Build a Hedge Fund
Launching a new hedge fund has always been difficult, and even more so since the financial crisis. More funds are […]
SAC Is Going Down but Does it Help Main Street?
Yesterday U.S. Attorney General of the Southern District of New York, Preet Bharara, achieved what many think is his […]
Blackstone Targets Bulging Corporate Coffers Via New Unit
By Miles Weiss, Bloomberg, Blackstone Group LP (BX), the world’s largest private-equity firm, is taking aim at the $5.4 trillion […]