August 21, 2008 – Hedge fund investor SkyBridge Capital, which has about $1.8 billion under management in aggregate, is betting on global macro hedge fund Outpost Investment Group by investing as a limited partner.
Few topics these days generate as robust a debate as the state of our healthcare system. Indeed, one of the best indictors of the importance of healthcare in this country can be seen and heard on a daily basis, as the presumptive US Presidential nominees spar over various issues impacting the industry. So, what better time to gather a host of industry experts and discuss one of the most important issues facing our country?
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By May 2007, faultlines in the subprime market were becoming apparent. New Century had filed for bankruptcy and other mortgage lenders had been tripped up by problem loansbut the Fed chief, Ben Bernanke, told a banking conference in Chicago the financial markets are better than regulators at allocating credit. Days after the first meeting of New Century creditors, Bernanke said there was little chance problems in a subset of the multi-trillion dollar mortgage market would spill over into the broader financial system or the broader economy. What a difference a year makes.
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