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India Hedge Funds Are World’s Best Performer on ‘Modi, the Hero’
August 27th, 2014
Hedge funds investing in India have become the world’s best performers this year on expectations that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will revive Asia’s third-largest economy. India-focused hedge funds, with a sixth of the $16.5 billion in assets of those ...
Scottish independence: Firms question “Yes” vote business case
August 27th, 2014
More than 130 businesses have signed a letter saying the business case for Scottish independence “has not been made”. Scotland will go to the polls in the referendum on 18 September, with voters being asked the “Yes/No” question: “Should ...
Essar Energy GC considers panel shakeup following delisting
August 27th, 2014
FTSE 250 company Essar Energy’s legal team is being restructured following its controversial de-listing and general counsel Sheena Singla is considering an informal panel shake-up as a result. India’s Essar Capital, controlled by billionaire brothers Shashikant and Ravikant Ruia, ...
Brevan’s Ex-Star Trader Contesting Non-Compete Restriction
August 27th, 2014
Chris Rokos Claims 5-Year Hedge Fund Restriction is “Contrary to the Public Interest” Former Brevan Howard Asset Management LLP star trader Chris Rokos, who is contesting a noncompete restriction with the hedge fund, twice made more than $1 billion ...
Detroit, hold-out creditors must go to bankruptcy mediation: judge
August 27th, 2014
Detroit and its major hold-out creditors were ordered on Tuesday into mediation, just a week before a key federal court hearing is to start in the city’s historic bankruptcy case. The move followed a Monday hearing before U.S. Bankruptcy ...
BLME Holdings report net profit before tax of GBP 5.1 million for H1 2014
August 27th, 2014
BLME Holdings plc today announced its half year financial results to 30th June 2014. BLME reported an operating profit before tax for the group of GBP 5.1 million. The Group increased its operating profit before impairment charges by 177 ...
Keeping Corporate Lawyers Silent Can Shelter Wrongdoing
August 27th, 2014
Have you heard of Maritza I. Munich? The answer is almost certainly no, yet she is a central figure in Walmart’s unfolding bribery scandal. Ms. Munich was a Walmart lawyer who advocated an aggressive response to investigating the scandal ...
Kleiner to invest in Snapchat at near-$10 billion valuation
August 27th, 2014
Venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byer has agreed to invest in fast-growing messaging startup Snapchat at a valuation close to $10 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing people with knowledge of the matter. The ...
AT&T merges wireless and business units led by de la Vega
August 27th, 2014
AT&T Inc is merging its wireless and business divisions into a single unit led by Ralph de la Vega, former chief executive of the company’s wireless segment, a spokesman for AT&T said on Tuesday. The announcement comes as cable ...
U.S. loses bid to dismiss ex-AIG CEO’s $25 billion lawsuit over bailout
August 27th, 2014
A federal judge has rejected the United States’ bid to dismiss a more than $25 billion lawsuit filed by Maurice “Hank” Greenberg, the former chief executive of American International Group Inc, over the insurer’s government bailout, clearing the way ...
