Few-strings-attached loans at record levels
Aleaimage | E+ | Getty Images Bank lending to companies with few restrictions has surged back since the financial crisis virtually killed the practice. The record issuance of so-called covenant-lite...
View ArticleAlibaba draws interest from Tepper, Loeb, Cooperman
Hedge funds appear to be salivating over Alibaba. The Chinese e-commerce company’s initial public offering is set for Sept. 19 and is already drawing significant attention from the so-called smart...
View ArticleHedge fund prize offers $1 million to cure…aging?
Jacob Wackerhausen | Getty Images A hedge fund manager is the latest to embark on one of the most ancient of human quests: immortality. Joon Yun, president of $1 billion health care-focused Palo Alto...
View ArticlePensions stick with hedge funds despite CalPERS exodus
Getty ImagesThe California Public Employees’ Retirement System building in Sacramento, Calif. A high-profile hedge fund exodus from a huge pension manager does not appear likely to spark a major...
View ArticleTired of high fund fees? Here’s some hope ahead
Ken James | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThe offices of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (Calpers) are shown in Sacramento, Calif. Investors looking to follow the strategies of hedge fund...
View ArticleUgly October: ‘Hedge’ funds fail to protect
Getty ImagesA trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Hedge funds designed to protect against falling and volatile markets have made a strong pitch to investors: Trust us with your...
View ArticleJilted hedge funds even more in love with Japan
David Grogan | CNBCMichael Novogratz If hedge funds and Japan dated, it might be called an on-again, off-again relationship. Investors famously shorted Japanese government bonds, or JGBs, a few years...
View ArticleDalio, Cohn, Summers: The US is fine…for now
Patrick Bucci | CNBCRay Dalio speaks with CNBC at the 2014 WEF in Davos, Switzerland. Prominent economic thinkers in Davos believe the U.S. economy is strong, but its ability to deal with the next...
View ArticleWall Street to companies: Spend that cash!
Rob Friedman | Getty Images Wall Street has a clear message for CEOs: start spending all that cash. Nearly three-quarters of financial industry professionals think companies have “too much cash” or...
View ArticleNew hedge funds net most cash since 2004
Getty ImagesDavid Siegel, co-founder of Two Sigma. Hungry for returns, investors are giving more new hedge funds a test drive. Funds based in the Americas that launched in 2014 pulled in $34.1...
View ArticleCommon Core political fight heats up
Richard Ellis | Getty ImagesFormer Florida Governor Jeb Bush. Ted Cruz made no mistake in highlighting his opposition to a set of educational standards known as Common Core in his first presidential...
View ArticlePrivate equity deal making cools
Getty ImagesKraft and Heinz products are shown in Chicago, March 25, 2015. Private equity investments have finally slowed, but it’s not necessarily permanent. Despite high profile, multibillion dollar...
View ArticleActivist investor says this bank stock to surge
Adam Jeffery | CNBCCliff Robbins, founder Blue Harbor Group. Activist investor Clifton Robbins thinks buying stock in Investors Bancorp is a near-sure way to make money. “This is one of the best risk...
View ArticleBillionaire investors reveal their best idea
Major private equity fund managers, including several billionaires, gave their best investment idea at the Milken Institute Global Conference. Speaking in Los Angeles on Monday, each revealed what...
View ArticleIcahn nets $3.4 billion on Apple
David Grogan | CNBC Carl Icahn’s big bet on Apple is now one of the greatest trades of all time. Icahn has made about $3.4 billion on the technology company since he first tweeted about the position...
View ArticleWhy the Chinese currency took the spotlight
Jason Lee | Reuters A customer holds a 100 Yuan note at a market in Beijing. China’s market turmoil since the start of the new year has put the spotlight on a not-much-noticed quirk of trading the...
View ArticleSkip college? Pros and cons of the alternatives
Going to college is something most parents want for their children to gain the education they need to make it in the world. But that’s not the only way. In part because of the overwhelming amounts of...
View ArticleREI, LL Bean are the latest retailers to take steps against guns
REI and L.L. Bean are the latest retailers to come out with a stance in the ongoing gun debate, joining Kroger, Walmart and Dick’s Sporting Goods following the Florida high school massacre. Late...
View ArticleJC Penney’s stock tumbles on revenue miss for the holiday quarter
J.C. Penney on Friday reported revenue and same-store sales for the holiday quarter that fell short of analysts’ expectations. The company saw less promotional activity during the quarter as it shrunk...
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