Sightings…

Point72 Asset Management has hired Jonathan Conway for its London office. He had been at Credit Suisse as a fixed [Read More]
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Student activists pushing Harvard, Yale and others to redeem from Baupost

Student activists, community and union groups are pushing universities to redeem from Baupost Group which holds more than $925 million [Read More]
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Crypto corner: Stripe withdraws support for Bitcoin…more forks expected

  San Francisco-based Stripe, a payment processor for businesses in 25 countries, announced it will no long process bitcoin transactions [Read More]
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White Oak Equity Partners takes minority interest in Blueshift Asset Management

  White Oak Equity Partners, a private equity firm that buys minority stakes in alternative asset managers with assets less [Read More]
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Sightings…

Bill Ackman has laid off 18% of Pershing Square staff, bringing headcount down to 46. According to Reuters, most of [Read More]
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