kristen shaughnessy
@kshaughnessy2
Independent Journalist,Former NY1 Anchor/Reporter, TEDx Speaker, Top 50 Irish America Power Women, Women in Tech Global Conf. Spkr
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Hired in July, out by November
“After its worst month since March 2020, Walleye Capital is restructuring its internal equity long/short business as the $17 billion hedge fund reviews costs and performance.
The move includes the departure of the unit's head and a substantial share of portfolio managers…” Hired in July, out by November
“After its worst month since March 2020, Walleye Capital is restructuring its internal equity long/short business as the $17 billion hedge fund reviews costs and performance.
The move includes the departure of the unit's head and a substantial share of portfolio managers, while the firm says it still plans to trade stocks and back external managers…”
@TradersUnion_TU
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Surprise, surprise - the race to fund AI data centers first is now backfiring on the big banks
“Six months ago, banks were racing each other to underwrite data center loans tied to Oracle, Meta and the rest of the AI buildout.
Now some of the same banks are trying to get that debt off their books.
JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, SMBC and MUFG have been exploring significant risk transfers, according to a report from the Financial Times.
These are deals that let a bank keep a loan on paper while shifting its riskiest slice to outside investors.
The banks are doing this because they are bumping up against internal limits on how much AI-linked exposure any one lender can hold….”
- @Startup_Fortune
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How long will Billionaire Mark Walter (Guggenheim CEO, Dodgers owner) be a billionaire?
He used insurance companies he controls to loan billions to his other businesses, and allegedly didn’t properly disclose the conflicts to regulators.
@NickNemo17 has been all over this story and says Mark Walter may be forced to sell the Dodgers too
August 2026
Prosecutors are looking at four middleman companies that helped route billions in loans from Mark Walter’s insurance companies back to other businesses he controls (including parts of his Guggenheim empire and sports holdings like the Dodgers)
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