Latest blow up / wind down

Market carnages lately and casualties (both rumoured and confirmed):

Situational Awareness

Walleye

Engineers Gate

Lone Pine

Share some insight if you work for the ones above - or have any sharable details. 

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Can confirm samlyn's restructured last week. their c suite bought forest hills and other live venues. Doing a roll up. I think they may make more $ on that venture LT than the HF vehicle last 5 years. maybe ss using it today to exacerbate.

baly let go most of their tech guys today

a few whispers of hudson bay being finished from a desk too but can't confirm

 

risk controls don't matter when 200bn+ of capital is very levered, especially across multiple shops and in the same names

 

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