From the archives

Blog Archive

• ■  2012
  • ■  December
    • From the Archives: William Browder’s War
  • ■  October
    • From the Archive: The Value of Seth Klarman
    • From the Archives: Revisiting SAC’s Inner Sanctum
  • ■  August
    • Looking back on a Shumway departure and Paulson’s messed up month
    • Looking back on SAC’s multistrat reopening and an executive departure from Claren Road
    • Looking back on Highbridge’s quant expansion and an HBK spinout
    • Looking back on Campbell reopening and King Street’s cash
    • Looking back on Goldman’s whopping hedge fund launch
  • ■  July
    • Looking back on changes at Kingdon and FrontPoint’s call on the credit market fall
    • Looking back on Steve Cohen’s match with Marilyn and a Brazilian boom
    • Looking back on Maverick-Ziff new fund
    • Top 11 of 2012
    • Looking back on macro maestro Moore and Perella’s stratospheric Xerion
  • ■  June
    • Looking back on Paulson’s Sino-Forest pummeling and Deutsche Bank’s prime brokerage spree
    • Looking back on Elliott’s post-Paul Singer plans and Bill Ackman’s billion-dollar IPO
    • Looking back on Steve Eisman’s departure from FrontPoint
    • Looking back on Canyon’s capital and former Moore research chief’s new fund
  • ■  May
    • Looking back on upward slopes at Carlson’s Double Black Diamond and a Galleon spinoff shuttering
    • Looking back on Oaktree’s historic offering and the rising sun at AM Investment Partners
    • Looking back on rocketing assets at Loeb’s Third Point and Dow Kim’s failure to launch
    • Looking back on Platinum Partners’ distinctive deals and David Rocker’s legal offensive
    • Looking back on ESL’s ‘crazy’ Sears gamble, Cohen’s meager Mets slice
  • ■  April
    • Looking back on a Caxton credit hire and Tudor’s Obama boosting
    • Looking back on Lippmann’s congressional cameo and a Citi shakeup
    • Looking back on a BlueMountain launch and hedge funds’ $2 trillion milestone
    • Looking back on Paulson’s Rich List reign and Greenlight’s kiosk killing
  • ■  March
    • Looking back on Stark’s slowing slide and Giuliani’s fruitless fundraising
    • Looking back on Tudor’s flat panel play and a Bank of America credit spinout
    • Looking back on QIM's strategic shift and Conquest Capital’s wakeup call
    • Looking back on Barnegat’s bravura and the ill-fated brilliance of Bear Stearns’ credit funds
  • ■  February
    • Looking back on Ray Dalio’s radical truth and Peloton’s prostration
    • Looking back on Camulos’ closure and Ron Insana’s unremarkable hedge fund stint
    • Looking back on the leveling of Level Global and emerging market woes at Eton Park
    • Looking back on Soros’ and Tepper’s charitable chops
  • ■  January
    • Looking back on ‘massive amounts of opportunity’ for Marc Lasry
    • Looking back on a major donation from QFS founder Grossman and a BlackRock prediction
    • Looking back on billions more for Bridgewater
    • Looking back on lucrative times
• ■  2011
  • ■  December
    • Top 10 hedge fund trends and events of 2011
    • Looking back on Copia’s cautious comeback
    • AR editors pick their favorite 10 stories of 2011
    • AR’s top 10 hedge fund quotes from 2011
    • Top 10 most read stories in 2011
    • Looking back on a strong streak for Seminole and Jamie Dinan’s dream
  • ■  November
    • Looking back on Hutchin Hill’s growth and D-Day at Diamondback
    • Looking back on pathetic performance for hedge funds
    • Looking back on Paulson’s award-winning streak and Shumway's sayonara
    • Looking back on the Fortress IPO and a Manhattan land grab
    • Looking back on Perry’s positive period and hedge funds’ Democratic flirtations
  • ■  October
    • Looking back on Buffett’s hedge fund pick and a Manhattan madam’s industry experience
    • Looking back on Balestra’s doomsday view and the launch of Taylor Woods
    • Looking back at an Obama backlash and Bill Ackman’s early days at Pershing Square
    • Looking back on Harbinger’s LightSquared gamble and questions about Paulson
  • ■  September
    • Looking back on Tea Party power and the MFA's lobbying team
    • Looking back on Coatue’s asset boom and Obama's Scaramucci beat down
    • Looking back on D.E. Shaw’s redemption requests and Oliver Stone’s silver screen hedge fund
    • Looking back on Icahn's Lions Gate roar and Tudor's out-of-Africa experience
  • ■  August
    • Looking back on Steve Cohen’s GOP strategy session and the SEC’s Pequot probe
    • Looking back on Pellegrini’s pull out and Metzger’s move to academia
    • Looking back on Druckenmiller’s departure and Pirate’s peak
    • Looking back at FrontPoint’s rise and Shumway and Glenview’s summer losses
    • Looking back on Paul Singer’s witch hunt and the implosion of MotherRock
  • ■  July
    • Looking back on Obama’s hedge fund detractors and the drawn-out SEC registration battle
    • Looking back on Greece’s musical debt problem and AR’s winning Funds to Watch
    • Looking back on Magnetar’s marketing and Paulson’s ski pad
    • Looking back at Scottwood’s slip and Ray Dalio’s decision to give away all his money
    • Taking stock and taking heed
  • ■  June
    • Looking back at Ackman’s muni obsession and Arpad Busson’s charitable chops
    • Looking back at Congress’ $10bn tax and Soros’ French fight
    • Looking back at the BP oil spill and Tepper’s Hamptons starter home
    • Looking back at Third Point’s surge and Stenham Gold’s record rise
  • ■  May
    • Looking back at Steve Cohen’s Biovail case and Harry Wilson’s run for office
    • A deep dive on Chanos’ wind shorts, Hart’s China bubble thesis and Falcone’s wireless play
    • Looking back at Ira Sohn’s Elvis moment and Druckenmiller’s political play
    • Looking back at York’s pre-sale promotion and New Orleans’ post-Katrina pension troubles
    • Looking back at Barnegat’s bumper gains and Brevan Howard’s equities debut
    • Looking back at Falcone’s communications gamble and Druckenmiller’s anti-institutionalism
  • ■  April
    • Looking back at Clarium’s descent and Loeb’s carbon cash
    • Looking back at a Goldman grilling and a Paulson legal scare
    • Looking back at Carlson's recovery and Wije's Sri Lankan charity
    • Looking back at Tepper’s then­-record $4 billion haul and the beginning of a Hermitage tragedy
  • ■  March
    • Looking back at Philippe Jabre’s redemption and Jeff Vinik’s skate into hockey
    • Looking back at the SAC “shark tank” and Eddie Lampert throwing Bob Vila overboard
    • Looking back at Blackstone’s dominance and four Farallon departures
    • Looking back at big gains for future losers Pequot and Galleon
    • Ray Dalio's radical truth
    • Looking back at Hutchin Hill’s rise and the early days of Alfred Winslow Jones
  • ■  February
    • Looking back at Ford Foundation’s hedge fund team shakeup and Tommy Taylor’s accidental death
    • Looking back at FrontPoint before the probe and Credit Suisse’s funds of funds merger
    • Money Ain't a Thang? AR revisits Jay-Z’s lawsuit against Highland and Jack Abramoff’s defrauding of Citadel
    • Looking back at Richard Perry's recovery and John W. Henry's strikeout
  • ■  January
    • Looking back at Tepper’s bullish bets and the death of Goldman’s GEO fund
    • Déjà vu for Loeb and Biggs
    • Looking back at $5,000 gold and SEC charges for Nadel and Samberg
• ■  2010
  • ■  December
    • Looking back at former SAC trader Ping Jiang and Banyon’s failed Scott Rothstein investment
    • Looking back at Millennium’s big redemptions and investor demand for junky subprime investments
  • ■  November
    • Looking back at Sandell's concentration and D.E. Shaw's best years
    • Looking back at the largest launch in hedge fund history
    • Looking back at Falcone’s fall to earth and von Mueffling’s dead health care fund
    • Looking back at Duquesne’s gains and Och-Ziff’s losses
  • ■  October
    • Looking back at Galleon’s demise and Sophis’ piratical parentage
    • Looking back on Old Lane, dinner with Soros, and SAC secrecy
    • Looking back at Bridgewater’s continued dominance and gold’s astounding rise
    • Looking back at Paulson’s golden days and Loeb’s poison pen
  • ■  September
    • Looking back at fraudsters Sam Israel and Scott Sacane
    • Looking back at Man Investments, Magnetar, and former Greenlight and Ivory vets
    • Looking back at Platinum Grove, Rocker and Tykhe
• ■  2009
  • ■  December
    • Embattled Citadel: Then and Now
  • ■  October
    • Accused of insider trading, Raj Rajaratnam has tangled with SEC before