FrontPoint Partners

On Wednesday's edition of The Strategy Session, hosts Gary Kaminsky and David Faber brought on special guest Steve Eisman of FrontPoint Partners. Eisman is most well known for betting against sub-prime mortgages in the recent housing crisis. Eisman was brought on the show to shed some light on a...

CNBC's Herb Greenberg is reporting that hedge fund manager Steve Eisman has recently established a short position in Strayer Education (NASDAQ: STRA). On May 24th, Eisman revealed that he was shorting private education stocks in a presentation entitled "Sub-prime Goes To College." Strayer (STRA),...

A number of private education stocks are rising on unusual volume today after the sector was crushed on Monday when the Department of Education released a report showing that nearly two-thirds of the schools' students did not repay federal loans. Among the names that have been particularly active...

Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) plans to spin off FrontPoint Partners, the Greenwich, Connecticut hedge fund it bought in 2006, according to people familiar with the situation. Morgan Stanley has been weighing the future of its stakes in several funds following the passage of the financial reform bill,...