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This trade secrets lawsuit has the alternative data industry buzzing

Fri, 11/15/2024 - 13:08

uses of alt data 4x3 — YipitData and MScience are two of the biggest companies in the alt-data industry.
Samantha Lee/Business Insider

finance, hedge-funds, alt-data, limited-synd, yipit, Lawsuits

Ken Griffin takes a 44% loss selling 2 Chicago penthouses he never lived in as he moves to Florida

Wed, 11/13/2024 - 16:30

Ken Griffin — Ken Griffin, the founder of the hedge fund Citadel, is selling off his Chicago real estate as he moves to Florida.
Vernon Yuen/Getty Images

Real Estate, ken-griffin, Citadel, Chicago, Miami, Florida, luxury-real-estate

The head of Cubist's centralized high-speed trading unit is out after less than a year

Thu, 10/17/2024 - 16:31

An illustration of financial graphs with lines and tick marks — High-frequency trading firm Hudson River Trading partners with Google Cloud.
enot-poloskun/Getty Images

finance, finance, hedge-funds, cubist, hfts, limited-synd, point72-asset-management

A quant research leader from Two Sigma's vaunted 'techniques' squad is leaving for Cubist

Wed, 10/16/2024 - 10:04

Co-Founders David Siegel and John Overdeck — Two Sigma cofounders David Siegel and John Overdeck stepped back as co-CEOs of the fund, which has undergone a number of leadership changes over the past 18 months.
Two Sigma

finance, finance, hedge-funds, two-sigma, cubist, limited-synd

Alums of $16 billion Tiger Cub Lone Pine have struggled to hack it on their own — with one notable exception

Thu, 10/10/2024 - 10:40

A Lone Pine Capital photo collage including Mala Gaonkar — Former Lone Pine executive Mala Gaonkar's new fund is off to a strong start.
Adam Jeffrey/Getty Images, Ignatiev/Getty, Jackyenjoyphotography/Getty, PhotoAlto/Milena Boniek/Getty, Tyler Le/BI

finance, Investing, hedge-funds, lone-pine-capital, limited-synd, tyler-le, bi-illustration

Meet Jeff Smith, the hedge-fund investor taking on Pfizer

Mon, 10/07/2024 - 19:11

Jeff Smith stands at a podium in 2015 — Jeff Smith stands at a podium in 2015
: Heidi Gutman/CNBC/NBCU Photo Bank

finance, starboard-value, pfizer, hedge-funds, activists, activist-investors, limited-synd

Greenlight's alleged former head of macro is hoping to get at least $5 million from David Einhorn, claiming age discrimination

Mon, 10/07/2024 - 09:22

David Einhorn of Greenlight Capital speaks during the 2019 Sohn Investment Conference in New York — Greenlight's David Einhorn is in a legal fight with a former employee.
Brendan McDermid/ Reuters

finance, hedge-funds, limited-synd, Greenlight, david-einhorn

This $9 billion hedge fund just joined the raid on big bank commodity index traders with a senior JPMorgan hire

Mon, 10/07/2024 - 05:33

Man looks at trading screen — Alphadyne is the latest in a string of hedge funds to poach commodity index heads from big banks.
LIU JIN/AFP via Getty Images

finance, hedge-funds, Commodities, JPMorgan, limited-synd

Mercer advises institutions with more than $16 trillion in assets. Here's what its top investment strategist is telling the world's biggest investors.

Tue, 09/03/2024 - 05:57

Rich Nuzum is Mercer's global chief investment strategist — Rich Nuzum is Mercer's global chief investment strategist
Mercer

finance, Investing, limited-synd, Investments, hedge-funds

Inside $60 billion Two Sigma's leadership change: The big winners and a hint at its future

Wed, 08/28/2024 - 14:28

Co-Founders David Siegel and John Overdeck — Co-Founders David Siegel and John Overdeck.
Two Sigma

finance, finance, hedge-funds, two-sigma, quants

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