Hedge fund tycoon Crispin Odey remains bullish about stock markets, despite the recent turmoil which left a severe dent in his returns last month... more
When I arrive for lunch with Crispin Odey at Corrigan's in Mayfair, he is running late and I'm shown to a prime table. The staff bustle around, checking I'm OK - nothing is too much for them. Finally, he arrives, and they go into overdrive... more
BSkyB shares jump to a nine-year high of 817.5p as top shareholder Crispin Odey demands at least 950p for Rupert Murdoch's News Corp to buy the pay-TV giant... more
Desmond Tutu, one of the world’s greatest champions of the Dispossessed, gave a powerful blessing to the Standard’s campaign to help the poorest in London... more
Hedge fund star Crispin Odey agrees to plunge another £19 million into rental car group Avis Europe, taking up his full 12.6% allocation of the firm’s £151 million rights issue... more
Could suitors soon be circling for Home Retail Group? That was the question on traders’ lips today, with both private-equity firms and trade buyers mooted as potential bidders... more
An American financier has had a massive £1.55billion payday after betting on the recovery of bailed-out banks Lloyds and Royal Bank of Scotland... more
Hedge fund boss Crispin Odey is to pay himself £30.4million after his firm cashed in betting on the near-collapse of the UK banking system last year... more
These are anxious, strained times for those who manage Britain's finances. It's not the current figures that are causing the worry but where they might be heading... more
Is it any wonder the railways are in a mess, given the turnover of Transport Secretaries? During the privatisation of the railways in the 1990s, the Tories managed to get through five Secretaries of State ... more
Crispin Odey, one of London's best-known hedge fund managers, lashed out at US and UK plans to introduce much tighter regulation for his industry... more
Organic food has lost some of its healthy lustre in the recession. After a boom in the past decade, consumers have suddenly stopped spending so freely on ethically sourced, high-quality ingredients ... more
John Ralfe, the pensions consultant, did a public service over the weekend when he blew the whistle on the Government’s plans for the Royal Mail pension fund
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Crispin Odey, the highly rated London hedge fund manager, believes that the recent rally in shares across the globe could herald the start of a new bull market... more
Crispin Odey, the London hedge-fund manager who made a fortune from shorting banks ahead of their takeover or nationalisation, looks to have made another one by buying into banks he believes will survive... more
Insurance: Legal & General’s plans to convince the stock market that its finances are sound were immediately undermined after it emerged that short-selling king Crispin Odey is targeting the company... more
Citigroup's Corporate Special Opportunities hedge fund is returning only three cents on the dollar to investors — underscoring the depths of the difficulties at the alternative investment unit once headed by the bank’s current chief executive, Vikram Pandit... more
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