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      Private Markets Investment Outlook Q2 2025: Opportunities Amid Uncertainty
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The fall of FrontPoint
An insider trading debacle has brought the firm to its knees, but its highly touted model showed flaws from the start.
Lawrence Delevingne August 31, 2011
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       Portfolio manager Joseph "Chip" SkowronIllustration by Andrea Ventura When Phil Duff, Gil Caffray and Paul Ghaffari launched FrontPoint Partners in November 2000, they hoped to create

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