Eliot Spitzer Is Inching His Way Back Into The Trust Tree
Silda Wall Spitzer has started using her married name again, which she’d lopped off– while threatening to lop off some other things– after the prostie business came to light. Now Ness just has to get...
View ArticleThere’s A Guy Working At Goldman Sachs Named ‘Cactus Raazi’
I don’t really have anything else to say about that, I just thought that you should know. (Although I will add that I’m surprised Carl Levin didn’t work this into last week’s routine: The email thread...
View ArticleAttorney Defending Mark and Andy Madoff Offers Interesting Theory For Why...
Hey remember Mark and Andy Madoff, the spawns of Bernie whose lives were shook to the core when their father and former boss admitted to not exactly playing by the “rules” when it came to investing?...
View ArticleHedge Fund Industry Predicted To Double In Size–You’d Best Get Working On A...
Don’t worry about the strategy- the name is the hardest part and we don’t have a lot of time. Thomas Strauss, chief executive of Ramius, the alternative investment unit of brokerage firm Cowen Group...
View ArticleChuck Schumer Will Hold Up This Stock Exchange Deal, So Help Him God
Senator Chuck Schumer just appeared on CNBC to discuss the Deutsche Boerse and NYSE Euronext deal. His thoughts? He likes it, assuming the New York name comes first, otherwise he’s going to handcuff...
View ArticleThere’s A Hedge Fund Called The Misfit Barbarian Fund
I just thought you should know that. To those of you who had your heart set on using that very name for your own shop, I’m sorry. Back to the drawing board. Continue reading »Follow Dealbreaker on...
View ArticleThere’s A Hedge Fund Called Pappajohn Capital Partners
Again, just something I thought you should know. Apparently we need to start keeping a list of all the good names that are already taken. Continue reading »Follow Dealbreaker on Twitter or become a fan...
View ArticleShould The New York Stock Exchange Be Renamed ‘Thunderbird’?
As we have previously discussed, the renaming of the NYSE, post Deutsche Börse merger, is a delicate dance in which lots of people must be made happy. Though the Germans will own 60 percent of the...
View ArticleRaj Rajaratnam Juror Offers Insider Tips For Any Would-Be Insider Traders
So you’ve started a hedge fund and have decided the best way to maximize returns for investors is by trading on material non-public information. With the government’s crackdown on insider trading, odds...
View ArticleSAC Capital Quants Don’t Do This “Conference Room A, Conference Room B” Crap
They also need a ruling on Lagrange versus Laplace. “The head of SAC’s quant shop recently introduced a new nomenclature for the various parcels of conference room tract under his command. Rather than...
View ArticlePoll: What Should SAC Capital 2.0 Be Called?
Over at the Journal today you will find a highly disturbing report: as the firm begins the process of converting into a family office, “SAC, which took the initials of its founder, Steven A.Cohen, has...
View ArticleGarment-Makers Working 24/7 To Have Point72 Fleeces Ready By April 7
As you’ve probably heard by now, the upper echelons of SAC Capital management have selected a new name for the firm and its sub-units as part of an effort to close the insider trading/government cavity...
View ArticleFormerly Innovative Investment Product Struggling A Bit With Innovation
It's sooooo frustrating.
View ArticleEliot Spitzer Is Inching His Way Back Into The Trust Tree
Silda Wall Spitzer has started using her married name again, which she’d lopped off– while […]
View ArticleThere’s A Guy Working At Goldman Sachs Named ‘Cactus Raazi’
I don’t really have anything else to say about that, I just thought that you […]
View ArticleAttorney Defending Mark and Andy Madoff Offers Interesting Theory For Why...
Hey remember Mark and Andy Madoff, the spawns of Bernie whose lives were shook to […]
View ArticleHedge Fund Industry Predicted To Double In Size–You’d Best Get Working On A...
Don’t worry about the strategy- the name is the hardest part and we don’t have […]
View ArticleChuck Schumer Will Hold Up This Stock Exchange Deal, So Help Him God
Senator Chuck Schumer just appeared on CNBC to discuss the Deutsche Boerse and NYSE Euronext […]
View ArticleThere’s A Hedge Fund Called The Misfit Barbarian Fund
I just thought you should know that. To those of you who had your heart […]
View ArticleThere’s A Hedge Fund Called Pappajohn Capital Partners
Again, just something I thought you should know. Apparently we need to start keeping a […]
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