Farallon Capital Management, LLC

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Farallon Capital Management, LLC is a global investment firm founded in 1986 by Thomas Steyer[1], currently headquartered in San Francisco, California[2] and incorporated in Delaware. According to the company's website, "Farallon seeks to achieve superior risk-adjusted returns through a process of fundamental, bottom-up analysis. Farallon invests globally, focusing on developed and emerging markets alike. We make investments in public and private debt and equity securities, and direct investments in private companies and real estate."[3] Farallon manages $21.5 billion in assets.[4]

Ties to Pete Peterson's "Fix the Debt"

The Campaign to Fix the Debt is the latest incarnation of a decades-long effort by former Nixon man turned Wall Street billionaire Pete Peterson to slash earned benefit programs such as Social Security and Medicare under the guise of fixing the nation's "debt problem."

This article is part of the Center for Media and Democracy's investigation of Pete Peterson's Campaign to "Fix the Debt." Please visit our main SourceWatch page on Fix the Debt.

About Fix the Debt
The Campaign to Fix the Debt is the latest incarnation of a decades-long effort by former Nixon man turned Wall Street billionaire Pete Peterson to slash earned benefit programs such as Social Security and Medicare under the guise of fixing the nation's "debt problem." Through a special report and new interactive wiki resource, the Center for Media and Democracy -- in partnership with the Nation magazine -- exposes the funding, the leaders, the partner groups, and the phony state "chapters" of this astroturf supergroup. Learn more at PetersonPyramid.org and in the Nation magazine.


Personnel

Management Team[5]

Contact

Farallon Capital Management, LLC
One Maritime Plaza, Suite 2100
San Francisco, CA 94111

Phone: (415) 421-2132
Web: www.faralloncapital.com


Resources & Articles

Featured SourceWatch Articles on Fix the Debt

References

  1. "California's hedge fund king", Adam Lashinsky, Fortune, September 22, 2008
  2. "About Us", Farallon Capital Management, LLC, accessed February 11, 2013
  3. "Core Strategies", Farallon Capital Management, LLC, accessed February 11, 2013.
  4. "The 2011 Hedge Fund 100 Ranking", Institutional Investor, Inc., May 12, 2011.
  5. "Management Team", Interaction Associates, accessed February 11, 2013.
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