The Westons are flush with billions to deploy
Wittington has a new President, Cornell Wright, who will get to deploy billions this year.
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Moguls
33 postsPolar Asset Management and Paul Sabourin, the alpha dog of Canadian hedge funds
Believe it or not, Polar is now almost as big as Wealthsimple. But much more profitable.
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Steve Scotchmer - Mark Leonard's muse and the best private investor you have never heard of
One way of finding potential good managers is to look at the biggest winners in
the stock market and finding
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Hedge fund manager Shawn Kimel donates $21m to Mount Sinai Hospital
Arbitrageur Shawn Kimel, founder of hedge fund K2 and his partner Kate Schatzky
have gifted $21m to Sinai Health, aka
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GameStop: Two Montrealers among biggest winners: Richard Mashaal of Senvest and Ryan Cohen
My sister publication, The Wall Street Journal, has reported on a $700m gain on
GameStop, now fully realized, by a
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Bill Ackman and Tim McElvaine back Andrew Wilkinson
A lunch with Bill Ackman paid off for Andrew Wilkinson, a mogul in his own right.
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Anthony Melman and a parable on SPACs
Onex biggie Tony Melman and the Acasta SPAC misadventure.
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Jay Hennick: from pool boy to billionaire
An under-the-radar billionaire who started from the bottom.
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Albert Friedberg, billionaire Original Gangster of Macro
Albert Friedberg, old-school macro trader.
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