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  • Wednesday, 20 April, 2022
    Due Diligence
    Meet Blackstone, your new roommate Premium content

    Plus, Robinhood plans to step into the UK crypto scene and US law firms get into a new kind of promotion

  • Thursday, 17 February, 2022
    LexHedge funds
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    Caxton’s $11bn macro fund is raising its fees and breaching industry standards

  • Thursday, 3 February, 2022
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    Ken Griffin’s Citadel posts 5% gain during January’s market slump

    Upbeat start to 2022 comes during a strong run for multi-strategy hedge funds

  • Tuesday, 25 January, 2022
    The Big Read
    Citadel Securities: how the Wall Street outsider became ‘the Amazon of financial markets’

    Involved in more than 25 per cent of all US stock trades, and tipped to float, the company is the focus of SEC scrutiny

  • Monday, 17 January, 2022
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    A revolving door at the ‘Manchester United of hedge funds’ Premium content

    Plus, Ken Griffin’s crypto play, Terry Smith on mayonnaise, and UK fund outflows

  • Friday, 14 January, 2022
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    Ken Griffin, financial prodigy turned industry giant

    Citadel Securities deal is latest in string of successes for controversial hedge funder

  • Wednesday, 12 January, 2022
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    And Ken Griffin hedges his bets

  • Wednesday, 12 January, 2022
    Due Diligence
    Meme stocks -> crypto -> IPO: Citadel Securities’ new playbook Premium content

    Plus, Google steps up its Brussels lobbying and companies embark on a borrowing binge

  • Tuesday, 11 January, 2022
    Hedge funds
    Ken Griffin’s Citadel Securities sells $1.2bn stake to Sequoia and Paradigm

    Deal values trading firm at $22bn and paves way for initial public offering

  • Saturday, 18 December, 2021
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    Some Wall Street firms relax efforts to get staff back into offices as infections rise

  • Friday, 19 November, 2021
    Griffin buys copy of US constitution after bidding war with crypto traders

    Citadel founder pays $43.2m for document and will display it in Walmart heir’s museum

  • Monday, 4 October, 2021
    Retail trading
    Citadel Securities founder ‘quite fine’ with ending payment for order flow

    Kenneth Griffin says a ban on the controversial practice would cut costs for the market maker

  • Friday, 1 October, 2021
    Retail trading
    Citadel Securities uses social media to battle online trolls

    US group seeks to swat away ‘conspiracy theories’ regarding restricted trading in meme stocks

  • Wednesday, 9 June, 2021
    US financial regulation
    Gensler says SEC to review payment for order flow

    Broker Robinhood defends market structure as regulator’s comments send shares in trading group Virtu tumbling

  • Wednesday, 7 April, 2021
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    How Ken Griffin rebuilt Citadel’s ramparts

    The Chicago-based hedge fund manager has rebounded from the brink of collapse during the last financial crisis

  • Thursday, 1 April, 2021
    Heath Tarbert
    Ex-CFTC chair joins Citadel Securities 27 days after leaving regulator

    Heath Tarbert appointed chief legal officer at Ken Griffin’s market making firm

  • Sunday, 28 March, 2021
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    Citadel’s Griffin warns of inflation risk to markets enjoying retail trading boom

    Stimulus could jolt inflationary pressures back to life, top hedge fund manager warns

  • Thursday, 18 February, 2021
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    Robinhood chief apologises over GameStop affair

    Vlad Tenev admits a liquidity crisis led to trading curbs that outraged users

  • Thursday, 18 February, 2021
    Due Diligence
    The GameStop circus heads to Capitol Hill Premium content

    Featuring some hedge fund bosses, a fintech billionaire and a Roaring Kitty

  • Wednesday, 3 February, 2021
    Retail trading
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    Value of the extra trading is expected to be widely shared by market makers

  • Tuesday, 2 February, 2021
    Due Diligence
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    The trading platform’s regulatory woes spurred a flurry of venture capital deals

  • Thursday, 28 January, 2021
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    Melvin Capital, which tends to run a fairly aggressive short book, had bet that GameStop shares would fall

  • Monday, 25 January, 2021
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    Point72 and Ken Griffin’s Citadel invest $2.75bn with Melvin Capital

  • Friday, 18 December, 2020
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  • Thursday, 17 September, 2020
    Due Diligence
    Hedge funds: Mayfair’s champagne drought Premium content

    Managers across the Atlantic have been making higher returns, and assets tend to follow returns

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