#insider-trading

#insider-trading

So maybe you aren't on a first-name basis with anyone at Morgan Stanley's block-trading desk.Maybe you haven't been invited into the WhatsApp chats where all the good dirt on deals get bandied about.Still, maybe you'd like to do a bit of insider-trading on some sweet, sweet material non-public shit out of the House of Gorman.

The chance that the Ottawa Senators and forward Alex DeBrincat go their separate ways this offseason looks like it's increasing in certainty by the day.DeBrincat's restricted free agent status and the sheer confusion surrounding the team's ownership situation are the largest contributing factors.The two sides seem like they'll be heading in the direction of a mutually beneficial trade and that was buoyed by a Wednesday report from Pierre LeBrun during TSN's Insider Trading.

The New York Islanders had a moderately good trip out west.I hesitate to call three losses "successful," but they did squeeze a loser point out of two of those losses and came home sitting at .500 on the trip, which is what I asked of them.Sure, the trip isn't over, but they're home now.And now, .500

Japan's videogame world was rocked recently by news that Yuji Naka, one of the creators of the iconic Sonic the Hedgehog series, was arrested on allegations of insider trading.The potential downfall of a storied 1990s name might have more symbolic meaning: Just as shocking for some in the industry will have been a commentary in China's People's Daily the same week, calling on the country to strengthen its strategic planning in the videogame sector.

Evolution Capital Management says the matter of portfolio manager Robert Gagliardi's tenure at the firm is fairly straightforward.He joined the hedge fund last April and did well enough in his 11 months at the firm to earn a nearly $6 million bonus.Now, short stints with employers isn't unusual for Gagliardi: Back in 2015, he spent all of two months and two days with Cheyne Capital.

As we discussed back in January, it's good to have friends who know things.In particular, it's good to have friends who know material non-public things about publicly-traded companies thanks to their board member cousins and parents when you're running a hedge fund, like Kris Bortnovsky does.At least, it's good until the Feds figure the whole thing out and that friend fingers you, as Bortnovsky's, David Schottenstein, did.

Happy Friday!I have Leafs news.First up, an aside in this article ...
says this:

There's also been talk the Vancouver Canucks are willing to move defenceman Tyler Myers and the Leafs have been among the teams kicking tires there.No, no, no, no, no and also, no.Go kick tires on a new dadmobile, Kyle, but not Tyler Myers.

SAN JOSE - It wasn't a surprise to Sharks players to hear a report that general manager Mike Grier is willing to listen to trade offers for the vast majority of players on the team."I've played for 14 years and I knew I could get traded at any point at any time in any year," forward Nick Bonino said.