Billionaire Avenue Capital founder Marc Lasry says the decision to pay hundreds of millions to buy the Milwaukee Bucks 6 years ago was ‘the best investment I’ve ever made’

Billionaire Marc Lasry said he thought he was going to be a professional basketball player when he was a kid. While he played in college for one season at Clark University in Massachusetts, the founder of Avenue Capital ended up going to law school and then making billions of dollars as an investor. But he…

Hedge Fund Manager Leon Cooperman Calls Private Equity A Scam

Legendary hedge-fund manager Leon Cooperman wasn’t pulling any punches as he sat for an interview in front of about 100 members of the hedge fund industry. First he lambasted the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), calling it abusive and mean. Then someone asked what he thought of private equity. “I think private equity is a…

Billionaire Leon Cooperman Can’t Stop Talking About How Cheap These 5 Stocks Are

I listened to Leon Cooperman’s talk at an event hosted by the New York Alternative Investment Roundtable. There were a few members of the media present at the event and they decided that the most interesting part of Cooperman’s talk was his comments regarding the private equity industry. “I think it’s a scam personally” Cooperman…

Leon Cooperman Warns Private Equity Is Risky Bet Fueled by Low Interest Rates

Legendary hedge fund manager Leon Cooperman took a shot at the private equity industry, saying low interest rates that have fueled its returns won’t last. “I think it’s a scam personally,” Cooperman said Wednesday at an event hosted by the New York Alternative Investment Roundtable. Cooperman said declining rates are the main reason that leveraged…

Leon Cooperman Warns Private Equity Is a Risky Bet Fueled by Low Interest Rates

Legendary hedge fund manager Leon Cooperman took a shot at the private equity industry, saying low interest rates that have fueled its returns won’t last. “I think it’s a scam personally,” Cooperman said Wednesday at an event hosted by the New York Alternative Investment Roundtable. With interest rates likely to rise over the next few…

New York Alternative Investment Roundtable announces management committee and officer changes

Opalesque Industry Update – The New York Alternative Investment Roundtable is proud to announce that Alessandra (Ali) Tocco has been named the organization’s new president, as of September 1. As President, Tocco will continue to work with the current and outgoing president, Adam Weinstein, to transition all duties. The Roundtable is also proud to announce…

Women Making Inroads In Male-Dominated Alt Investments Industry

Loretta McCarthy became a founding member of the venture capital fund Golden Seeds in 2005 after working as chief marketing officer at Oppenheimer Funds for 10 years. “At the time, women were not participating in capital formation at all,” said McCarthy, who is a managing partner at Golden Seeds, which finances women-led businesses. Today, McCarthy…

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Frequent NYAIR Speaker Jim O’Sullivan Wins Eighth Straight Forecaster of the Year Contest

Economist Jim O’Sullivan of High Frequency Economics is very good at forecasting economic data, but he was also favored with a wee bit of luck as he narrowly won his eighth consecutive Forecaster of the Year contest in 2018. Joerg Angelé of Raiffeisen Bank International, who placed second in the annual contest, won the December…

New York Alternative Investment Roundtable announces partnership with BNY Mellon

Opalesque Industry Update – The New York Alternative Investment Roundtable is pleased to announce BNY Mellon as its newest sponsor. BNY Mellon’s Alternative Investment Services group provides a comprehensive range of support services for all aspects of the alternative investment industry, with specific offerings for private equity funds, hedge funds, fund of hedge funds, real…

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