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We’re spending part of the next two days at the (warning: mute your computers before clicking) Value Investing Congress at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square listening to a bunch of mostly value-oriented managers talk about the secrets to their success. Among those slated to speak today are David Einhorn, Joel Greenblatt and Julian Robertson. [...]
Yesterday afternoon, we listened in on the Senate Banking Committee’s hearing on additional regulation for hedge funds and other forms of private investment, like venture capital. Which seems like a fairly important topic, given some of the grand-standing we’ve seen in the not-too-distant past from various elected officials. Yet, when the live feed pulled away [...]
Is summer giving all the folks who normally slave to make SEC filings as boring as possible an opportunity to loosen up? The evidence may be anecdotal, but it’s growing. Exhibit A was this dead frogs disclosure from two weeks ago. Now, via fund of funds Ascendant Capital Partners, which filed this offering statement [...]
We take a break from our usual troll through the filings because last night, I had a chance to hear legendary hedge fund investor Michael Steinhardt speak at a Brandeis event at the Harmonie Club. Though Steinhardt has been retired from the industry for nearly 15 years now, and said he spends most of his [...]
Earlier this week, Barrington Capital and Newcastle Partners sent this letter to Dillard’s (DDS) asking to inspect the company’s records and books, including board minutes, corporate jet records and records related to transactions with various members of the Dillard family. The letter was virtually identical to this one sent back in March.
While the story was [...]
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