Grassley the inquisitor
Sen. Chuck Grassley wants to know what the Securities and Exchange Commission did with complaints it received about potential improper trading by Steve Cohen’s SAC Capital. But Grassley’s request that...
View ArticleMF Global a month later and still a mystery
By Matthew Goldstein It’s been about a month since MF Global began spiraling towards bankruptcy and still there’s no clarity about what happened to the missing customer money that was supposed to be...
View ArticleMF Global: gross negligence or intent
By Matthew Goldstein There was plenty of theatrics Thursday when Jon Corzine returned to his old stomping ground–Capitol Hill–to offer an apology and a mild defense for the events that led to the...
View ArticleStevie Cohen Unplugged
By Jennifer Ablan Steven A. Cohen, one of the world’s most successful and secretive billionaire hedge fund managers, shared some of his thinking on insider trading, something his worst critics have...
View ArticleSteven Cohen in his own words
By Matthew Goldstein and Jennifer Ablan The thing about deposition excerpts—even lengthy ones—is that some of the tantalizing material gets left on the cutting room floor. And that’s certainly the case...
View ArticleGordon Gekko’s Perfect Hedge
By Matthew Goldstein and Jennifer Ablan It’s not every day a public service announcement, much less one for the FBI, makes national headlines. Then again, it’s not every day that Michael Douglas...
View ArticleWhy Steven Cohen won’t turn SAC into a family office
By Matthew Goldstein Every time the insider trading investigation thrusts Stevie Cohen back into the spotlight, there’s always speculation about whether the billionaire trader will simply give back...
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K1 performance chart shows steady gains
By Joel Dimmock We hear German hedge fund K1 and its boss Helmut Kiener have attracted the attention of prosecutors, so it’s worth dipping into the hedge fund performance numbers to see what all the...
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Jim Chanos, bad news bear, urges market prudence
By Jennifer Ablan Prominent short-seller Jim Chanos is probably one of the last true “bad news bears” you will find on Wall Street these days, save for Jim Grant and Nouriel Roubini. Almost everywhere...
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