From Miami Herald BY NICHOLAS NEHAMAS The buyer who shattered local real estate records by buying a $60 million Miami Beach penthouse late last month is South Florida-born hedge fund billionaire Kenneth Griffin, according to a report in The New York Times. The Times reported that “people familiar with the deal” said Griffin, the founder and CEO of Chicago-based hedge fund Citadel, bought the eight-bedroom penthouse...Read More
Congratulations Chris Leavitt!! Two condos at a yet-to-be-built tower along the Intracoastal Waterway in West Palm Beach are under contract for nearly $15 million each, which would set a price record if they close. The penthouse units are on the 25th floor of the Bristol Palm Beach condo project, says Chris Leavitt, director of sales for the ritzy condo and an...Read More
From NY Times The foreigners visiting Havana used to be Canadians and Europeans on cheap beach package tours and left-leaning Americans on dutiful rounds of organic farms and neighborhood health clinics. Ten months after the U.S. and Cuba declared the end of a half-century of official hostility, the mood in Havana has changed. The city is filled with celebrities coming to party and hedge-fund managers...Read More
Source: Wall Street Journal CHRISTIAN BERTHELSEN Updated Oct. 12, 2015 8:03 p.m. ET 0 COMMENTS Andrew Hall’s faith in an oil-market rebound isn’t shaken, but it isn’t paying off, either. The main fund at Mr. Hall’s Astenbeck Capital Management LLC lost 7% in September, according to investor documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal, leaving it down 20% for 2015 as of Oct. 1 and...Read More
