Billionaire TD Ameritrade founder Joe Ricketts and his son, Todd, are following the activist-investor method of political giving favored by billionaire energy executives Charles and David Koch.
Wealthfront Inc., an online financial advisory firm, is in talks to raise about $30 million in a round of financing led by Index Ventures, according to sources.
Less than two years after taking the New Jersey Nets over the Hudson River and into Brooklyn, billionaire owner Mikhail Prokhorov is planning a longer move: to Russia.
Feeble returns on the safest investments such as bank deposits and fixed-income securities represent a “financial repression” transferring money from savers to borrowers, says Bill Gross.
Sheikh Faisal bin Qassim Al Thani has amassed a $2.2 billion fortune that includes a collection of luxury hotels and commercial real estate in six countries.
Coroners in London are preparing to investigate two apparent suicides as unexpected deaths by finance workers around the world have raised concerns about mental health and stress levels in the...
The U.K.’s largest hedge funds are getting even bigger, with 20 firms controlling 82 percent of the assets under management, the country’s markets regulator said.
