#HedgePapers No. 10 – The Double Standard of Success Academy

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Hedge Fund Hypocrisy: The Double Standard of Success Academy Success Academy – the charter-school chain and political launching pad for anticipated mayoral candidate Eva Moskowitz — is a favored charity for many hedge fund managers.           But beneath their rhetoric about fighting poverty and supporting academic achievement is a real double standard.... pdf button

#Hedgepapers No.9: Hedge Funds & The Fast Food Economy

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Hedge Funds and the Fast Food Economy: How Supersized Profits Are Made From Franchising Introduction and Key Findings This is the first report of its kind to show how an elite set of hedge funds are responsible for driving the supersized profits and franchising in the low-wage fast food economy A group of activist investors are behind the big expansions in franchising at fast-food companies that have netted hundreds of millions in profits for hedge funds.... pdf button

Mansion Paper #1: Paul Tudor Jones

Paul Tudor Jones, self-described income inequality crusader, purchases $71.2 million mansion Hedge fund billionaire Paul Tudor Jones, who  waxed apologetic about income inequality at his recent TED Talk, has just snapped up another waterfront mansion, this time on Palm Beach Florida’s “Billionaires’ Row.”   It’s an important investment for Tudor Jones, who only owns two other waterfront mansions....

#HedgePapers No.1: Leonard Litwin

100-year-old Leonard Litwin, owner of Glenwood Management, is one of the most well-known residential developers in New York, not only for his opulent Manhattan high-rises, but for his recently reported connections to Sheldon Silver and Governor Andrew Cuomo, both whom have been financial recipients of Glenwood’s in exchange for seemingly favorable tax and government treatment.[1]...