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  • Tuesday, 14 February, 2023
    Now you too can invest in the VC arm of the hedge fund that passed on Amazon

    Private markets still hot

  • Friday, 2 September, 2022
    Berkshire Hathaway Inc
    Quant funds snap up shares in Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway

    Renaissance Technologies, DE Shaw, Bridgewater and others buy stock worth more than $900mn in second quarter

    Warren Buffett speaks at event after a Berkshire Hathaway shareholder meeting
  • Thursday, 30 June, 2022
    DE Shaw ordered to pay record $52mn to former star money manager

    Finra panel finds hedge fund defamed senior partner who parted ways with the firm in 2018

    Dan Michalow,  a former star money manager at hedge fund DE Shaw
  • Wednesday, 15 June, 2022
    Pharmaceuticals sector
    Pharma bro David Shaw

    Hedgie turned medical researcher notches up a big win

  • Friday, 28 January, 2022
    Robin Wigglesworth
    The curious case of rising stocks in the night-time

    An ex-hedge fund analyst has a conspiratorial theory why equities do better after the market closes

    A night-time view of Wall Street and the New York Stock Exchange
  • Tuesday, 12 October, 2021
    Quant investing
    China becomes next big prize for quant funds

    Big-name groups attracted by improved access and ‘exploitable inefficiencies’

    A bull statue outside the Shenzhen Stock Exchange in Shenzhen, China
  • Sunday, 7 February, 2021
    Hedge funds
    Reddit-led market turmoil hits big quant hedge funds

    Short squeeze that sent price of GameStop rocketing has hurt some carefully placed bets

  • Monday, 14 December, 2020
    Insurance
    Extreme weather causes surge in solar power insurance costs

    Climate change blamed as claims rise in the wake of unusual hailstorms, wildfires and tornadoes

  • Thursday, 10 December, 2020
    Exxon Mobil Corp
    Exxon under pressure as Church of England joins investor campaign

    US oil group faces calls for change from activist shareholders including hedge fund DE Shaw

  • Monday, 6 July, 2020
    ExplainerCharts that Matter
    Hedge fund launches seize up in tough markets

    Just 84 funds got going in the first quarter, while 304 were liquidated

  • Monday, 30 March, 2020
    Hedge funds
    Big hedge funds raise money to capitalise on market turmoil

    DE Shaw, Baupost and TCI are reopening flagship funds to fresh investments

    Seth Klarman of Baupost
  • Tuesday, 24 March, 2020
    News in-depthQuant investing
    Glitchy coronavirus markets cause quant funds to misfire

    Renaissance, Two Sigma and DE Shaw suffer unusual setbacks

  • Tuesday, 24 March, 2020
    Hedge funds
    DE Shaw quant fund takes hit from markets gone haywire

    ‘Statistical arbitrage’ fund was the group’s original strategy when founded in 1988

    FTGraphic Blue matrix of binary code chain background Commuters walk across London Bridge at sunrise in London_Reuters
  • Friday, 10 January, 2020
    Due Diligence
    The hedge fund winners and losers of 2019 Premium content

    Welcome to Due Diligence, the FT’s daily deals briefing

  • Tuesday, 15 October, 2019
    DE Shaw calls for break-up of Emerson Electric

    Hedge fund pushes industrial group to cut spending by $1bn and improve governance

    FILE PHOTO: A worker assembles an industrial valve at Emerson Electric Co.’s factory in Marshalltown, Iowa, U.S., July 26, 2018. Picture taken on July 26, 2018. REUTERS/Timothy Aeppel - RC1E1D220100/File Photo
  • Wednesday, 25 September, 2019
    Due Diligence
    Hedge fund DE Shaw’s legal battle with a former money-spinner Premium content

    Welcome to Due Diligence, the FT’s daily deals briefing

  • Tuesday, 24 September, 2019
    News in-depthThe Big Read
    DE Shaw: hedge fund caught up in a talent war

    The legal battle with a former star manager shows the risks of open conflicts with one-time money-spinners

  • Thursday, 19 September, 2019
    DE Shaw imposes non-compete demands on staff

    Hedge fund loses handful of employees after issuing new contracts

    FILE - In this Aug. 23, 2019, file photo pedestrians pass the New York Stock Exchange in New York. The U.S. stock market opens at 9:30 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, Sept. 11. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)
  • Friday, 30 August, 2019
    Inside BusinessTom Braithwaite
    Drop non-competes and leave gardening to the experts

    Making it very hard to leave a company sends a worrying signal to potential recruits

    A Waymo autonomous vehicle (formerly the Google self-driving car project) is displayed at the Fiat Chrysler Automobiles booth during the 2019 CES in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. January 8, 2019. REUTERS/Steve Marcus - RC16CDF3D390
  • Wednesday, 5 June, 2019
    LexHedge funds
    DE Shaw: restricted access Premium content

    Companies want to protect their investment in talent

    Max Stone, Managing Director at D.E. Shaw & Co, a famous hedge fund that pioneered quantitative investing, dependent upon computers
  • Wednesday, 5 June, 2019
    DE Shaw staff get ultimatum over non-compete contracts

    Hedge fund demands employees sign restrictive agreements or face dismissal in September

    FILE PHOTO: A street sign is seen in front of the New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street in New York, February 10, 2009. REUTERS/Eric Thayer/File Photo
  • Friday, 19 April, 2019
    Hedge funds
    DE Shaw to revert to ‘3 and 30’ model as cost pressures bite

    ‘Barbelling’ sees clients move to either cheap, simple funds or pricey, high-octane ones

    An employee of the Korea Exchange Bank counts 100-dollar bills for foreign bonds redemption at the bank's headquarters in Seoul...An employee of the Korea Exchange Bank (KEB) counts 100-dollar bills for foreign bonds redemption at the bank's headquarters in Seoul October 9, 2008. South Korea's foreign exchange authorities were seen selling dollars to help the won <KRW=> cut losses on Thursday, traders said. The Bank of Korea earlier on Thursday announced a 25 basis point reduction in its base rate to 5.00 percent, joining a wave of central banks around the world in cutting key rates. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak (SOUTH KOREA)
  • Wednesday, 17 April, 2019
    News in-depthInvestments
    Hedge funds realise going long has its rewards  

    High-flying funds are finding the fastest growth coming from an unlikely part of their business

    FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2014, file photo, people pass a Wall Street subway stop, in New York's Financial District. The U.S. stock market opens at 9:30 a.m. EST on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
  • Tuesday, 26 March, 2019
    News in-depthThe Big Read
    DE Shaw: inside Manhattan’s ‘Silicon Valley’ hedge fund

    Secretive group mixes quant investing with common sense, but is fighting to keep its $50bn edge

  • Thursday, 7 March, 2019
    FT People: Fund Management
    Anne Dinning returns to hedge fund DE Shaw

    Pioneer of algorithmic trading rejoins quant’s executive committee

    Anne Dinning
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