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DealBreaker (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
"New York City" day A few former employees are learning that it's a bad idea to poke a Tiger cub . That applies ten-fold to the leader of the pack, the inimitable Julian Robertson. The Tiger Management founder had a tough 2000. The then-68-year-old shuttered his legendary hedge fund because he didn't understand those newfangled gadgets that everyone on the Street was going...
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Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Yesterday Julian Robertson, the billionaire founder of the hedge fund Tiger Management, won a $27 million tax case after presenting meticulous records to the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance proving he had spent just 183 days in New York City in the year 2000, and therefore was not a full-time city resident obligated to pay the city's onerous taxes. To come to the decision,...
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tiger Management, Julian Robertson and Emil W. Henry, Jr. announced today the formation of Tiger Infrastructure Partners LP, an infrastructure private equity firm. The firm will focus on managing investments in North American and European middle-market infrastructure. The firm will be headed by Mr. Henry, previously global head of Lehman Brothers infrastructure...
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TaxProf Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Following up on Wednesday's post, ALJ Says Billionaire Spent Only 183 Days in NYC, So Not Subject to NYC Tax: Weekend Wall Street Journal editorial, 27 Million Reasons to Leave New York; Julian Robertson Wins One For Taxpayers: For every Sunbelt refugee who has tried to leave high tax bills...
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New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Picasso's family study, Mere aux enfants a l'orange , is one of five modern masterpieces American billionaire Julian Robertson has brought to New Zealand for a free sneak preview starting today of 15 modern masters he is gifting...
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Controlled Greed (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
... some of his personal money derived from selling his firm into hedge funds run by George Soros and Julian Robertson. However, "I'd argue if he were managing the company in the 1990s especially with the Internet bubble, we'd have found a way to be short in the fund. It's inaccurate to say Templeton never believed in shorting." About what he's doing now: One of Everett's long picks currently...
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market folly (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
... all counts but two were dismissed. Touradji of course is a 'Tiger Cub' as he previously worked for Julian Robertson at Tiger Management before launching his commodities hedge fund that is now ranked 16th in Barron's hedge fund rankings . Taken from our post on 'Tiger Cub' biographies , " Paul Touradji is the President and Chief Investment Officer of Touradji Capital Management...
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SI.com (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Julian Robertson, the Wall Street tycoon who developed two of the world's most celebrated golf courses, has successfully fought off a $27 million tax demand from New York City.
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WalletPop Blog (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Filed under: Tax Billionaire hedge fund manager Julian Robertson won a $27 million tax case after convincing a a judge that he wasn't a resident of New York City in the year 2000 -- and it all came down to four days. The way the law works is that anyone who spends more than half the year living in New York City is subject to the jurisdiction's taxes -- in 2000, the top tax rate was 3.78%,...
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FutureOfCapitalism.com (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
The TaxProf blog has coverage and links about the case of the hedge fund manager Julian Robertson, who had an apartment in Manhattan and a house on Long Island. He tried to structure his life so as to avoid spending more than 183 days a year in New York
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New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
A billionaire living in New Zealand has won a legal battle to avoid paying tens of millions of dollars in New York taxes.A New York state administrative law judge has decided that billionaire Julian Robertson did not spend enough...
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April15.com (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
A recent case involving a New York Billionaire illustrates the importance of keeping records to prove or disprove residency. The Billionaire in question, Julian Robertson, was able to prove his whereabouts 362 days out of a 366 day leap year. Although he was missing four critical days, because of record keeping was so meticulous, New York's Division of Tax Appeals ruled in his favor,...
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Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Billionaire Julian Robertson won a $27 million tax case after he successfully argued that he wasn't a New York City resident for the year 2000 and didn't owe city taxes.
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DealBreaker (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
... of how their compensation practices meet the guidelines, according to some of the attendees." Julian Robertson, Emil Henry Announce Formation of Infrastructure Private Equity Firm (Reuters) Henry explained, "There are many small and medium-sized infrastructure businesses that are outside the focus of larger infrastructure investors and strategic buyers. With the credit market...
