August 14, 2012—Today's a big day for another filing that we tend to pay less attention to here at footnoted: the 13F. That's because there's a lot of other very competent sites including our friends at both Market Folly and Whale Wisdom ...

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October 30, 2010—Even though we're in the midst of filings season, we're taking a break from our usual trawl through the filings to talk about -- ok, plug -- an event next Wednesday in Chicago that benefits a good cause: Invest for ...

August 19, 2010—Though we don't normally do a lot with proxy fights here at footnoted -- the last one we can recall really caring about was the dust-up between Target (TGT) and Pershing Square's Bill Ackman last year -- this revised proxy ...

August 12, 2010—Just over two years ago, in May, 2008, Knight Capital Group, Inc. (KCG) acquired Libertas Holdings, LLC, described in this 8-K as —a leading boutique institutional fixed income brokerage firm. In addition to acquiring a firm, Knight brought in Libertas— founder ...

October 19, 2009—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. ...

July 16, 2009—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 ...

July 10, 2009—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, ...

May 27, 2009—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 ...

December 10, 2008—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 ...