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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 Kids, which benefits seven different groups that focus exclusively on providing services and programs to [...]
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 statement filed late yesterday by Ron Burkle’s Yucaipa Co. over Barnes & Noble (BKS) caught [...]
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 and CEO, Gary Katcher, as a new member of its management team. At the [...]
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 [...]
