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Higher Rates: Winners And Losers In The Hedge Fund Industry
After more than a decade of near-zero short-term interest rates, investors can once again earn a meaningful return on cash and short-term Treasury securities. While investors typically associate rising rates with declining asset values, the impact…
Hedge fund CEO gives $3bn to Carnegie Mellon University in historic donation
Carnegie Mellon University will receive an unprecedented $3bn donation from the billionaire investor Ken Griffin, making it the largest single donation in the history of US education. Griffin, 57, is the founder and CEO of Citadel, described as the…
Brightline Offers 4.75% Equity Stake to Lure Hedge Fund Holdouts
Brightline agreed to give creditors that own its corporate debt at least a 4.75% equity stake in its reorganized business, as well as other incentives, as part of a deal to get the holdouts to back its Chapter 11 restructuring plan. The bankrupt…
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…
Who is Ken Griffin? Hedge fund CEO donating $3B to bring Carnegie Mellon to Miami
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…
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…
Billionaire Ken Griffin's latest Miami push: $2 billion for a top-tier school to open a South Florida campus
Successful cities and top-tier universities often exist symbiotically. Stanford has fueled the rise of Silicon Valley. Harvard and MIT have made Boston a top-notch research city. A pipeline of public-policy wonks from Georgetown and George…
Marshall Wace Says Citadel Has 'Burdensome' Demand in Shatz Case
Marshall Wace, a UK hedge fund firm, said that Citadel was demanding too much information as part of an ongoing legal battle over the British company's recruitment of a former Citadel portfolio manager as its global credit head. The UK firm said in…
Bank of England Warns Gilt Market Faces Growing Spillover Risks
The Bank of England warned that elevated hedge fund leverage in gilts, alongside exposure to artificial intelligence assets and corporate debt, raise the risk of stress spilling across markets. That leaves markets more vulnerable to strains that…
Prediction: A Stock Market Crash Is Coming. Here's the 1 Growth Stock I'd Buy Anyway.
The S&P 500 index currently trades at 26.3 times earnings. That's well above its long-term average of roughly 16 times earnings. Does that mean a market crash is coming? Not necessarily. Rising corporate profit margins have pushed market…
SEC Proposes Amendments to Expand Responsible Retailization of Private Markets
The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted to propose rule amendments that would facilitate capital formation in the public and private markets by expanding retail investor choice and promoting innovation in regulated fund structures while…
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