September 2008 - Posts

• Market Drop Pressures Hedge Fund Managers - Wealth Bulletin

  Market Drop Pressures Hedge Fund Managers Wealth Bulletin, UK - 4 hours ago ... who have been among the industry's biggest stars, such as Kenneth Griffin's Citadel Investment Group and Dinakar Singh's TPG-Axon Capital Management. ... Posted Tuesday, September 30, 2008 3:12 AM

• Hedge Funds Are Bracing for Investors to Cash Out - New York Times

  Hedge Funds Are Bracing for Investors to Cash Out New York Times, United States - 6 hours ago Famous traders like Steven A. Cohen, who runs SAC Capital Advisors, are losing money, and even Kenneth C. Griffin, the head of Citadel Investment Group, ... Posted Sunday, September 28, 2008 5:20 PM

• The Nation Those Other Guys on the Street - New York Times

  The Nation Those Other Guys on the Street New York Times, United States - 5 hours ago The players include firms like Mr. Paulson’s Paulson & Company, and the Citadel Investment Group, founded by Kenneth C. Griffin, who went from trading bonds ... Posted Saturday, September 27, 2008 11:21 PM

• Those Other Guys on the Street - New York Times

  Those Other Guys on the Street New York Times, United States - 32 minutes ago The players include firms like Mr. Paulson’s Paulson & Company, and the Citadel Investment Group, founded by Kenneth C. Griffin, who went from trading bonds ... Posted Saturday, September 27, 2008 9:45 PM

• Hedge Fund Boosts Stake in EW Scripps - Barron's

  Hedge Fund Boosts Stake in EW Scripps Barron's - 6 hours ago By ALEXANDER EULE NEWSPAPER COMPANIES MIGHT NOT be a trendy pick on Wall Street these days, but Citadel Investment Group is bucking the trend -- at least ... Posted Saturday, September 27, 2008 10:02 AM

• Business Is Still Business - Dealing With Technology (subscription)

  Business Is Still Business Dealing With Technology (subscription), UK - 2 hours ago The all-day event kicked off with a keynote presentation by Citadel Investment Group's head of electronic trading Benjamin Blander (see story, page 5), ... Posted Friday, September 26, 2008 6:33 PM

• Achieving Best Execution: The Quick and the Dead - Dealing With Technology (subscription)

  Achieving Best Execution: The Quick and the Dead Dealing With Technology (subscription), UK - 2 hours ago ... last week, Benjamin Blander, head of electronic equity trading for Citadel Investment Group's high-frequency trading group presented the keynote address ... Posted Friday, September 26, 2008 6:33 PM

• The $700 Billion Question: Which Firm Will Manage the Bailout Money? - Wall Street Journal Blogs

  The $700 Billion Question: Which Firm Will Manage the Bailout Money? Wall Street Journal Blogs, NY - 4 hours ago ... equity stake in E*Trade Financial Group as part of a $2.55 billion investment in the online brokerage house led by hedge fund Citadel Investment Group. ... Posted Friday, September 26, 2008 4:23 PM

• Hedge-Fund Star Stumbles - Wall Street Journal

  Hedge-Fund Star Stumbles Wall Street Journal - 1 hour ago The largest fund run by Kenneth Griffin's Citadel Investment Group, with about $13 billion in assets, is down about 15.5% so far this year through last week ... Posted Friday, September 26, 2008 12:02 AM

• Citadel, TPG-Axon Stumble Toward Worst Year in Hedge-Fund Swoon - Bloomberg

  Citadel, TPG-Axon Stumble Toward Worst Year in Hedge-Fund Swoon Bloomberg - 4 hours ago Those include Ken Griffin's Citadel Investment Group LLC, a Chicago-based firm that oversees $20 billion; Steven Cohen's SAC Capital Advisors LLC of ... Posted Thursday, September 25, 2008 8:58 PM

• Short Selling Disclosure - Market Wire (press release)

  Short Selling Disclosure Market Wire (press release) - 2 hours ago Full name of person(s) holding the disclosable Citadel Investment Group (Europe) Limited on short position behalf of Citadel Equity Fund Ltd 2. ... Posted Thursday, September 25, 2008 10:33 AM

• After the Dust Settles - On Wall Street

  After the Dust Settles On Wall Street, NY - 4 hours ago Just last week, Chicago-based hedge fund Citadel Investment Group revealed it had made two senior hires, both from Merrill Lynch. ... Posted Wednesday, September 24, 2008 7:36 AM

• Hedge funds grab the spotlight on Wall St. - HedgeCo.net

  Hedge funds grab the spotlight on Wall St. HedgeCo.net, FL - 17 hours ago ... Cerberus Capital Management, Citadel Investment Group, SAC Capital Partners and the other biggest hedge funds and private equity shops in the world. ... Posted Wednesday, September 24, 2008 6:47 AM

• Hedge funds grab the spotlight on Wall St - Politico

  Hedge funds grab the spotlight on Wall St Politico, DC - 48 minutes ago ... Cerberus Capital Management, Citadel Investment Group, SAC Capital Partners and the other biggest hedge funds and private equity shops in the world. ... Posted Wednesday, September 24, 2008 4:55 AM

• Chicago firms positioned to profit from upheaval - Chicago Tribune

  Chicago firms positioned to profit from upheaval Chicago Tribune, United States - 2 hours ago In recent months, Citadel Investment Group has been developing a consulting practice to help banks and institutional investors manage risks in loan and ... Posted Wednesday, September 24, 2008 3:01 AM

• Citadel resolves spat with JP Morgan - HedgeCo.net

  Citadel resolves spat with JP Morgan HedgeCo.net, FL - 11 hours ago JP Morgan Chase & Co and Citadel Investment Group resumed trading with each other on Friday, one day after the bank had cut off the hedge fund over a hiring ... Posted Tuesday, September 23, 2008 5:25 AM

• Greed goes underground on Wall Street - Middle East North Africa Financial Network

  Greed goes underground on Wall Street Middle East North Africa Financial Network, Jordan - 2 hours ago Earlier this year, Citadel Investment Group reportedly had a loan agreement with Fortress Investment Group Inc. FIG. As the recent spate of hedge fund ... Posted Tuesday, September 23, 2008 2:40 AM

• Harvard's endowment offers teaching moment - Hartford Courant

  Harvard's endowment offers teaching moment Hartford Courant, United States - 23 hours ago ... $975 million investment in hedge fund Sowood Capital Management when that stumbling fund's portfolio was sold to hedge fund Citadel Investment Group. ... Posted Monday, September 22, 2008 5:42 PM

• Harvard's endowment offers teaching moment - Newsday

  Harvard's endowment offers teaching moment Newsday, NY - 4 hours ago ... $975 million investment in hedge fund Sowood Capital Management when that stumbling fund's portfolio was sold to hedge fund Citadel Investment Group. ... Posted Monday, September 22, 2008 5:42 PM

• Year-Long Decline in Ciena (CIEN) Creates Buying Opportunity -Barron's - StreetInsider.com (subscription)

  Year-Long Decline in Ciena (CIEN) Creates Buying Opportunity -Barron's StreetInsider.com (subscription), MI - 4 hours ago The Barron's article also highlights Ken Griffin's large investment in Ciena: his fund, Citadel Investment Group, accumulated a 5% stake in the company over ... Posted Monday, September 22, 2008 11:31 AM

• CHICAGO: A Cover Story - Markets Media (press release)

  CHICAGO: A Cover Story Markets Media (press release), NY - 6 hours ago Trading heavyweights CME Group and Chicago Board Options Exchange share the spotlight and a Chicago headquarters with Citadel Investment Group, ... Posted Monday, September 22, 2008 9:57 AM

• Citadel resolves spat with JP Morgan - Reuters UK

  Citadel resolves spat with JP Morgan Reuters UK, UK - 4 hours ago N: Quote, Profile, Research) and Citadel Investment Group resumed trading with each other on Friday, one day after the bank had cut off the hedge fund over ... Posted Monday, September 22, 2008 4:56 AM

• Citadel, JPMorgan Patch Things Up - FINalternatives

  Citadel, JPMorgan Patch Things Up FINalternatives, NY - 32 minutes ago The trading tiff between JPMorgan Chase and Citadel Investment Group is over almost as quickly as it started. JPMorgan cut off counterparty trading with the ... Posted Monday, September 22, 2008 2:51 AM

• Insight for Job Seekers as Layoffs Plague Wall Street - A.E. Feldman

  Insight for Job Seekers as Layoffs Plague Wall Street A.E. Feldman, NY - 2 hours ago Citadel Investment Group has hired two ex-Merrill Lynch executives to lead its efforts at capital development in Europe, the Middle East and Northern Africa ... Posted Monday, September 22, 2008 1:10 AM

• Lack of confidence raises doubts on broker-dealers - Financial News

  Lack of confidence raises doubts on broker-dealers Financial News, UK - 3 hours ago ... a New York-listed private equity and alternatives firm, and Chicago-based alternatives firm Citadel Investment Group, are leading that charge. ... Posted Monday, September 22, 2008 12:13 AM

• Bits, Bytes and a Bargain - Barron's

  Bits, Bytes and a Bargain Barron's - 3 hours ago ONE SAVVY INVESTOR WHO found Ciena attractive at notably higher prices: Citadel Investment Group, the Chicago hedge-fund firm founded by Ken Griffin. ... Posted Monday, September 22, 2008 12:02 AM

• Harvard fund provides teaching moment - Chicago Tribune

  Harvard fund provides teaching moment Chicago Tribune, United States - 5 hours ago ... $975 million investment in hedge fund Sowood Capital Management when that stumbling fund's portfolio was sold to hedge fund Citadel Investment Group. ... Posted Sunday, September 21, 2008 3:00 AM

• Richard Bath: Cristal palace of the hedge fund 'spivs' loses just ... - Scotland on Sunday

  Richard Bath: Cristal palace of the hedge fund 'spivs' loses just ... Scotland on Sunday, UK - 12 hours ago Kenneth Griffin, head of Citadel Investment Group, made £655m in 2006, as did Steven Cohen of SAC Capital. The average salary for the 20 highest paid ... Posted Saturday, September 20, 2008 7:27 PM

• Richard Bath: Cristal palace of the hedge fund 'spivs' loses just ... - Scotsman

  Richard Bath: Cristal palace of the hedge fund 'spivs' loses just ... Scotsman, United Kingdom - 53 minutes ago Kenneth Griffin, head of Citadel Investment Group, made £655m in 2006, as did Steven Cohen of SAC Capital. The average salary for the 20 highest paid ... Posted Saturday, September 20, 2008 7:06 PM

• Harvard Offers Good Blueprint - Hartford Courant

  Harvard Offers Good Blueprint Hartford Courant, United States - 4 hours ago ... $975 million investment in hedge fund Sowood Capital Management when that stumbling fund's portfolio was sold to hedge fund Citadel Investment Group. ... Posted Saturday, September 20, 2008 3:44 PM

• Citadel resolves trading spat with JP Morgan-source - Reuters

  Citadel resolves trading spat with JP Morgan-source Reuters - 2 hours ago N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) and Citadel Investment Group resumed trading with each other on Friday, one day after the bank had cut off the ... Posted Friday, September 19, 2008 11:06 PM

• Bank Watch: Rumor wrap-up - The Daily Deal (subscription)

  Bank Watch: Rumor wrap-up The Daily Deal (subscription), NY - 45 minutes ago Additionally, JP Morgan apparently stopped trading with Citadel Investment Group LLC because the hedge fund has been snatching the bank's talent since March ... Posted Friday, September 19, 2008 6:36 PM

• SEC changes course - Pensions & Investments

  SEC changes course Pensions & Investments, IL - 1 hour ago ... avoiding a move that threatened to choke trading at the Chicago Board Options Exchange and hurt business at Citadel Investment Group’s market-making arm ... Posted Friday, September 19, 2008 5:52 PM

• Short-selling ban hobbles CBOE, Citadel - Crain's Chicago Business

  Short-selling ban hobbles CBOE, Citadel Crain's Chicago Business, IL - 4 hours ago ... short-selling some stocks may choke trading at the Chicago Board Options Exchange and hurt business at Citadel Investment Group LLC’s market-making arm. ... Posted Friday, September 19, 2008 2:46 PM

• JPMorgan resume trading with Citadel - Chicago Tribune

  JPMorgan resume trading with Citadel Chicago Tribune, United States - 5 hours ago By Joshua Boak | Tribune staff reporter JP Morgan Chase resumed trading with the Chicago hedge fund Citadel Investment Group on Friday after resolving a ... Posted Friday, September 19, 2008 1:34 PM

• JP Morgan Halts Trading With Citadel - Markets Media (press release)

  JP Morgan Halts Trading With Citadel Markets Media (press release), NY - 1 hour ago By Riley McDermid, Staff Writer JP Morgan Chase & Co. has suspended counterparty trading with Citadel Investment Group LLC after repeatedly warning the ... Posted Friday, September 19, 2008 11:17 AM

• Citadel’s Hiring Spree Sparks Feud With JPMorgan - New York Times Blogs

  Citadel’s Hiring Spree Sparks Feud With JPMorgan New York Times Blogs, NY - 4 hours ago A cold war appears to have broken out between JPMorgan Chase and Citadel Investment Group, as the giant Chicago hedge fund poaches trading staff from the ... Posted Friday, September 19, 2008 8:23 AM

• Citadel Solutions Named "Best of the New Generation of Hedge Fund ... - Earthtimes (press release)

  Citadel Solutions Named "Best of the New Generation of Hedge Fund ... Earthtimes (press release), UK - 17 hours ago ... an affiliate of Citadel Investment Group LLC, has been named “Best of the New Generation of Hedge Fund Administrators” by The Hedge Fund Journal. ... Posted Friday, September 19, 2008 8:05 AM

• Citadel Solutions Named “Best of the New Generation of Hedge Fund ... - Business Wire (press release)

  Citadel Solutions Named “Best of the New Generation of Hedge Fund ... Business Wire (press release), CA - 5 hours ago ... an affiliate of Citadel Investment Group LLC, has been named “Best of the New Generation of Hedge Fund Administrators” by The Hedge Fund Journal. ... Posted Friday, September 19, 2008 8:02 AM

• Hiring fuels JPMorgan, Citadel rift - Chicago Tribune

  Hiring fuels JPMorgan, Citadel rift Chicago Tribune, United States - 3 hours ago ... the country flowed through Citadel Investment Group's market-making division, as well as almost 9 percent of total stock exchange volume, sources said. ... Posted Friday, September 19, 2008 3:01 AM

• Hedgemedia's AltInvestment Global News Round-Up: Investors stuck ... - HedgeWeek

  Hedgemedia's AltInvestment Global News Round-Up: Investors stuck ... HedgeWeek, UK - 5 hours ago Citadel Investment Group has brought Tobias Gehrke and Anita Nassar on board from Merrill Lynch. Both executives have worked with sovereign wealth funds and ... Posted Friday, September 19, 2008 1:10 AM

• JPMorgan halts trades with Citadel - Chicago Daily Herald

  JPMorgan halts trades with Citadel Chicago Daily Herald, IL - 1 hour ago JPMorgan Chase & Co. told Citadel Investment Group Inc. it will no longer do trades with the Chicago-based hedge fund unless it stops hiring personnel from ... Posted Thursday, September 18, 2008 4:44 PM

• JP Morgan Bans Trading with Citadel - Advanced Trading

  JP Morgan Bans Trading with Citadel Advanced Trading, NY - 1 hour ago ... of this week's massive turmoil on Wall Street, JP Morgan decided it had had enough with senior executives exiting to join Citadel Investment Group. ... Posted Thursday, September 18, 2008 4:43 PM

• Goofus Goes to Wall Street - Conde Nast Portfolio

  Goofus Goes to Wall Street Conde Nast Portfolio, NY - 1 hour ago The bank has suspended trading with Citadel Investment Group, the giant Chicago-based hedge fund company, the Wall Street Journal and DealBreaker report. ... Posted Thursday, September 18, 2008 4:04 PM

• JPMorgan stops trading with Cidatel over hiring - guardian.co.uk

  JPMorgan stops trading with Cidatel over hiring guardian.co.uk, UK - 3 hours ago BOSTON, Sept 18 (Reuters) - JP Morgan Chase & Co stopped trading with Citadel Investment Group on Thursday after a simmering dispute over hiring executives ... Posted Thursday, September 18, 2008 2:37 PM

• JP Morgan halts trading with Citadel amid dispute - Chicago Tribune

  JP Morgan halts trading with Citadel amid dispute Chicago Tribune, United States - 4 hours ago By Joshua Boak | Tribune staff reporter In retaliation for the Citadel Investment Group hiring its employees, investment bank JP Morgan Chase halted all ... Posted Thursday, September 18, 2008 1:45 PM

• JPMorgan stops trading with Cidatel over hiring - Forbes

  JPMorgan stops trading with Cidatel over hiring Forbes, NY - 4 hours ago BOSTON, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Citadel Investment Group said on Thursday that JPMorgan Chase had stopped trading with it because the hedge fund firm has hired ... Posted Thursday, September 18, 2008 1:42 PM

• JP Morgan stops trading with Citadel amid hiring dispute - Financial News

  JP Morgan stops trading with Citadel amid hiring dispute Financial News, UK - 4 hours ago JP Morgan on Thursday cut off trading with Chicago-based hedge fund Citadel Investment Group as part of an ongoing hiring dispute, according to people ... Posted Thursday, September 18, 2008 1:21 PM

• JP Morgan stops trading with Citadel on hiring feud:report - MarketWatch

  JP Morgan stops trading with Citadel on hiring feud:report MarketWatch - 4 hours ago By Sue Chang , , ) on Thursday stopped trading with hedge fund Citadel Investment Group in an ongoing hiring dispute, the Wall Street Journal reported in ... Posted Thursday, September 18, 2008 1:12 PM

• People moves - Hedge Funds Review Magazine