The #OregonGrape #evergreen thrives year-round, offering shelter food, and vibrant seasonal changes, creating a natural #habitat and beautiful garden #hedge for #wildlife #poetry #poetry26 #napowrimo #napowrimo26 #clmooc #haiku

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All Content from Business Insider | Would recording every meeting make the world a better place? This hedge fund cofounder thinks so by Henry Chandonnet

Coatue Management cofounder Thomas Laffont argued for recording work meetings so that "you know what the problem is."Paul Morigi/Getty Images for The Hill & Valley Forum

Coatue Management's Thomas Laffont likes the idea of recording and analyzing meetings to flag worrying behavior.The hedge fund leader told TBPN that recording meetings would lead to a "better world," though it would likely hurt morale.Ray Dalio's Bridgewater famously tried recording meetings in the past in an effort to boost transparency.In the era of Zoom calls and hybrid work, white-collar workers are used to being on camera. Whether their employer should analyze the footage is another question.

Thomas Laffont, cofounder of the hedge fund giant Coatue Management, made his case for the idea on TBPN this week: "I believe that meetings should be recorded."

Should meetings be recorded? Take our surveyRead the original article on Business Insider

Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/coatue-management-thomas-laffont-recording-work-meetings-idea-2026-4

#finance #hedge-fund #meetings #recordings #strategy

yahoo news | Bill Ackman Eyes New Fund to Bet Against Market Complacency - EconoTimes

Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Capital Management is in early talks to spin off a new standalone fund that would focus on “asymmetric” trades—high‑reward bets that exploit market complacency. The strategy mirrors the firm’s celebrated pandemic‑era move, when Ackman placed $27 million in credit derivatives that later yielded about $2.6 billion as corporate bond markets collapsed.

The proposed vehicle would keep most of its capital in short‑term U.S. Treasury instruments, preserving dry‑powder for large‑scale credit and macro wagers. It comes as Pershing Square’s flagship Amsterdam‑listed fund has already lost more than 16 % of its value through March 2025, prompting Ackman to double down on opportunistic, high‑conviction investing rather than retreat.

If launched, the fund would offer investors exposure to a hedge‑fund style approach that thrives on volatility and mispricing, albeit with significant risk. In a climate of ongoing global economic uncertainty and unpredictable market swings, contrarian macro strategies like this could regain relevance and attract those seeking high‑risk, high‑potential returns.

Read more: https://econotimes.com/Bill-Ackman-Eyes-New-Fund-to-Bet-Against-Market-Complacency-1738534

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Image of the Day at https://rustonhouse.org.uk is a blurry one taken of a #Stoat seen from our bedroom window back in October 2013.

However, today's announcement can be seen on the What's New page
https://rustonhouse.org.uk/whatsnew.php
where it reports I've just uploaded 13 new pages containing the stories behind some 70 images captured between January and May 2016.

They show our #treehouse, #daffodils, #Canada #geese fighting for possession of our #lake, a newly planted #dogrose #hedge, newly hatched #goslings, that then go missing, the #dinghy we gave away and a visiting family of #swans.

Yes I'm 10 years out of date on the site recording what we saw around at our old #home and there's a lot more still to come.

All Content from Business Insider | This hedge fund launched with billions, then cruised under the radar. It has quietly doubled in size. by Alex Morrell

TOPSHOT - The Artemis II crewed lunar mission lifts off from Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on April 1, 2026. Four astronauts blasted off aboard a massive NASA rocket April 1 on a long-anticipated journey around the Moon, the first crewed lunar flyby in more than 50 years. With an intense roar that reverberated far beyond the launchpad, the enormous orange-and-white rocket carried three Americans and one Canadian away from Florida's Kennedy Space Center at approximately 6:35 pm local time, according to an AFP journalist onsite. "We're going to the Moon!" yelled a spectator. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP via Getty Images)Jim WATSON / AFP via Getty Images

Freestone Grove has quietly expanded, doubling its head count since its 2024 launch.Freestone Grove has surpassed Jain Global in AUM, now managing over $6 billion in assets.Freestone returned 11% in its debut year, 8.5% in 2025, and is down 3% through March this year.2024 was a marquee year for hedge fund startups, producing a hefty crop of pedigreed funds, including two of the largest launches ever: Jain Global and Taula Capital, both of which started with $5 billion or more in investor commitments.

The third-largest of that year, Freestone Grove, has cruised under the radar — even as it has doubled in size.

'The anti-pod' hedge fundThe multimanager challengeRead the original article on Business Insider

Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/freestone-grove-assets-performance-growth-multimanager-hedge-fund-2026-4

#finance #hedge-fund-launches #hedge-funds #investing