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bloomberg.com - Nishant Kumar - Jain Hedge Fund Costs Cut Into $750 Million Profits Last Year
Jain Hedge Fund Costs Cut Into $750 Million Profits Last Year
Bloomberg

Running a multistrategy hedge fund is expensive. Building one from scratch is even more so. Bobby Jain's hedge fund, the latest entrant into the booming market, made hundreds of millions of dollars in profits last year but most of it went to paying…

bloomberg.com - Lisa Du - Hedge Funds Hire Talent Scouts in Japan to Tap Market Comeback
Hedge Funds Hire Talent Scouts in Japan to Tap Market Comeback
Bloomberg

A hiring spree among hedge funds in Japan is reaching fever pitch. The latest must-have: talent scouts. Hedge funds including Dymon Asia Capital, Polymer Capital Management and Lighthouse Partners have hired so-called business development…

bloomberg.com - David Finnerty - Hedge Funds Are Betting Yen May Slide to 165 Before Intervention
Hedge Funds Are Betting Yen May Slide to 165 Before Intervention
Bloomberg

Hedge funds are ignoring yen intervention warnings and wagering in the currency option markets that it may fall toward 165 to a dollar before Japanese authorities step in. Japan's finance minister and top currency official issued fresh warnings on…

foxbusiness.com - Kristen Altus - Ken Griffin's Florida takeover: Citadel founder shells out $180M for latest piece of Miami empire
Ken Griffin's Florida takeover: Citadel founder shells out $180M for latest piece of Miami empire
Fox Business

Hedge fund billionaire Ken Griffin appears to be expanding his business presence in Miami, adding to his already sizable real estate portfolio. The Citadel founder partnered with Goldman Properties to purchase the 545Wyn office building for $180…

nytimes.com - Matthew Goldstein - Big Plan for Fannie and Freddie I.P.O. in Flux as Trump Pushes Affordability
Big Plan for Fannie and Freddie I.P.O. in Flux as Trump Pushes Affordability
The New York Times

It was supposed to be one of most consequential I.P.O.s in years, and President Trump wanted the nation's biggest investment banks to hash out a plan to sell shares of the government-controlled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on a major…

forbes.com - Suzanne Rowan Kelleher - Spirit Airlines May Be Going Under Soon
Spirit Airlines May Be Going Under Soon
Forbes

A last-ditch plea from Spirit Airlines pilots to its employers' creditors shows stakeholders are worried about the bankrupt airline's immediate future—and possibly a sign that America's largest low-cost carrier has run out of lifelines. The…

investopedia.com - Peter Gratton - Best College Degrees for High-Paying Jobs in Fintech Explained
Best College Degrees for High-Paying Jobs in Fintech Explained
Investopedia

Applied math/statistics (BS/MS) and Financial Engineering / Quantitative Finance (MS) graduates are landing the highest-paying fintech roles. Six-figure salaries are the norm, with the median pay for software developers, data scientists, and…

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