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Fed’s Kashkari, in first speech, suggests radical Wall St. overhaul

February 16, 2016 by · Leave a Comment 

By Lindsay Dunsmuir and Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Reserve's newest policymaker and a former point man for the government's bailout of the financial industry on Tuesday called on lawmakers to take radical action to rein in banks and protect taxpayers. In his first speech as head of…

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Apollo Global’s ADT deal shows appetite for M&As still strong

February 16, 2016 by · Leave a Comment 

(Reuters) – Private equity firm Apollo Global Management LLC will buy ADT Corp in the biggest leveraged buyout so far this year to create a business with nearly a third of North America's electronic security products market.

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Hedge funds place bets on Morgan Stanley; some exit Valeant

February 16, 2016 by · Leave a Comment 

NEW YORK/BOSTON (Reuters) – Top U.S. hedge fund management firms, including Dan Loeb's Third Point LLC, took new positions in Morgan Stanley during the fourth quarter, ahead of the bank's cost-cutting measures and bond-management reshuffling.

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Loeb says Third Point raised short bets to avoid losses

February 13, 2016 by · Leave a Comment 

Billionaire investor Daniel Loeb has told clients his firm has taken more defensive bets in the face of tumbling markets by dramatically increasing its short positions, which helped Third Point avoid “calamitous” losses last year. The fund manager also said the firm cut stakes in companies that were exposed to China and commodity prices, which have fallen sharply. Loeb, whose $17.5 billion hedge fund has delivered an average return of 16.2 percent a year over the last two decades, did not mince words in his assessment of tumbling markets

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