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Hedge fund CEO Ken Griffin gives record $3B to Carnegie Mellon to build Miami campus
Carnegie Mellon University announced Wednesday that hedge fund CEO Ken Griffin is donating $3 billion, with the bulk of the money for a new campus in Miami focused on societal challenges. The Pittsburgh-based private research university said the…
This $6b hedge fund is already gearing up to short Firmus
Plato Investment Management says it will attempt to bet against Firmus, the Australian artificial intelligence infrastructure hopeful that is rapidly heading towards the Australian sharemarket, after it begins trading. Firmus rents out its…
Hedge funds now hold a record share of the $30 trillion Treasury market. What could go wrong?
Hedge funds held a record 7% of marketable Treasurys as of end-2025. Regulators warn high leverage and basis trades could amplify Treasury market turmoil. Hedge funds can boost Treasury market liquidity, but their growing role also risks creating…
Hedge funds' $13.2b big short says Australia's banks lose in rates war
Everyone's looking for higher rates-for-longer losers, and Australia's big banks are bearing the brunt of it. Brokers are bagging them, fund managers are rethinking their modest 1 per cent annual earnings per share growth, short positions are…
Hedge fund CEO Ken Griffin donates $3 billion to Carnegie Mellon as part of his bet on Florida - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale
(CNN) — Billionaire hedge fund manager Ken Griffin is doubling down on Miami, announcing on Wednesday a $3 billion donation to help fund a new campus for Carnegie Mellon University in the city. The staggering amount is the largest-ever gift…
Hedge fund CEO Ken Griffin donates $3 billion to Carnegie Mellon as part of his bet on Florida
(CNN) — Billionaire hedge fund manager Ken Griffin is doubling down on Miami, announcing on Wednesday a $3 billion donation to help fund a new campus for Carnegie Mellon University in the city. The staggering amount is the largest-ever gift…
Porsche SE Says German Court Has Dismissed $6.1 Billion Lawsuit Brought by Investors
Porsche Automobil Holding SE said a German court has dismissed appeals from hedge funds seeking damages of around 5.4 billion euros ($6.12 billion) plus interest from the company's failed takeover bid for in 2008. Around 40 plaintiffs, mostly U.S.
Brookings confirms what basic economics predicted about Biden's open border
The Brookings Institution released a study last week confirming something that anyone with a semester of economics could have told you four years ago: When a government floods a housing-constrained country with millions of additional people in a…
CNBC Daily Open: AI will be marking its own homework - for now
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order for 'Inaugurating the Era of Super Intelligence.' Tech bosses also signed a separate two-page document that takes a 'morally binding' approach to regulation. OpenAI said it will delay its IPO…
Jim Cramer's top 10 things to watch in the stock market Wednesday
My top 10 things to watch Wednesday, Sept. 30 1. Memory-chip giant Micron reports earnings tonight. Big test for the next leg of semiconductor stocks, which have been stalled post the spring and early summer run-up. That advance was clearly goosed…
We need 'right to intervene' in AI amid growing threat, says Bank of England boss
The governor of the Bank of England has said authorities must retain the “right to intervene” in the AI industry amid growing fears that rogue models could take the financial system hostage. Andrew Bailey said the risks posed by the…
Nidec's No. 3 Shareholder Pushed for Kishida to Remain as CEO
Aspex Management, which says it owns 7% of Nidec Corp., advocated for Mitsuya Kishida to remain as chief executive to guide it through an accounting crisis and turmoil involving a potential new ¥1 trillion ($6.4 billion) impairment charge…
EXCLUSIVE: Why Ken Griffin Is Donating $3B To Bring This University to Miami
Hedge fund titan Ken Griffin is donating a combined $3 billion to create a Carnegie Mellon University campus in Miami and fund the university's main campus in Pittsburgh. The $3 billion is the largest single donation from an individual in higher…
Robinhood unveils weekend hours, AI agents to allow users to trade nonstop
Piotr Swat | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Robinhood is broadening its offerings in a bid for more active traders who may be seeking trading access beyond traditional U.S. stock market hours. The brokerage is expanding trading hours…
Sanjeev Gupta wheels out $750m-plus refinancing for InfraBuild
Another day, another attempt at securing financing from Sanjeev Gupta, the British-Indian industrialist whose global steelmaking empire is now a shadow of its former self. Gupta's InfraBuild has hired Jefferies Australia to oversee a $750…
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