Arpad Busson, a hedge fund
Times Online- Arpad Busson was 10 minutes late. As the 44-year-old financier (who is also actress Uma Thurman’s boyfriend) hobbled through the door of his Mayfair boardroom, it became apparent why....
View ArticleWhat is it like working for a hedge fund?
BBC News- Hedge funds tend to be based well away from London’s financial hotspots such as the City and Canary Wharf, in districts such as Mayfair. But his employer, Lionhart Investments, is based next...
View ArticleDid Mayfair hedge funds play fair by short-selling HBOS shares?
Times Online – Why did HBOS need to be rescued by Lloyds TSB? Where should the finger of blame point? For many, the answer is clear – Mayfair. The streets of London W1 house some of the world’s biggest...
View ArticleUK shorting ban could help rival hedge fund centres
Reuters UK – Britain’s temporary ban on short-selling financial stocks is irksome for London’s hedge funds and is another factor which could help undermine the city’s pre-eminent position in Europe as...
View ArticleWest End office space rental falls
Choregus (London) – It seems that West End Office Space in not impervious from the effects of the global economic slow down. Whilst many had observed the West End continuing to perform despite the...
View ArticleLondon Hedge Fund Alley Rents Drop for First Time Since 2005
Bloomberg – Office rents in Mayfair and St. James’s, the London districts with Europe’s biggest concentration of hedge funds, are falling for the first time since 2005 as the alternative investment...
View ArticleElle Macpherson cuts £2 million from price of her Notting Hill home
This is London – She bought the property close to the top of the market following the break-up of her relationship with hedge-fund multi-millionaire and philanthropist Arpad "Arki" Busson, the father...
View ArticleThurman Helps Hedge-Fund Manager’s Daughter Raise Money in N.Y.
Bloomberg – At 17, Eugenie Iseman says she’s too young to attend college, but is old enough to enlist Uma Thurman to help the poor in Liberia. It doesn’t hurt that she has the backing of her father and...
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