Epstein Secrets

a trader in 1977. He left the company four years later, but he has for many years maintained close personal and professional relationships with both Alan Greenberg, former Chairman of the Board, and Jimmy Cayne, former long-time CEO and Epstein's mentor. Epstein invested millions of both his own money and his c

omplaint in a separate action in the United States District Court for the District of the Virgin Islands, Epstein alleges repeatedly that "Cayne and Greenberg" — not Spector— were his primary points of contact at Bear Steams.2 When Spector did speak with Epstein, the conversations generally were cursory a

row more against its assets. These assertions are inaccurate. The High Grade Fund traded with multiple counterparties, and Bear -11- EFTA00314500 Steams was just one of its many counterparties. Because it had plenty of other counterparties with which to trade, the decision to halt principal trades te

got a job teaching physics and math at Dalton. the elite Manhattan pri- vate school. While there he began tutoring the son of Bear Steams chairman Ace Greenberg and was friendly with a daugh- ter of Greenberg's. Soon he went to Bear Stearns. where. under the mentorship of both Greenberg and current Bear Ste

elite Manhattan pri- vate school. While there he began tutoring the son of Bear Steams chairman Ace Greenberg and was friendly with a daugh- ter of Greenberg's. Soon he went to Bear Stearns. where. under the mentorship of both Greenberg and current Bear Steams C.E.O. James Cayne, he did well enough to

litter in the questioning comes this achange: Q: Have you had any type of business deal- ings with Ms. Cayne? A: There's no relationship with near Steams. Q: Pardon? A: Other than Bear Steams. no. Q: Have you been a partiripam in any type of business venture with Mr. Cayne? A: No. Qt Do you have

gh he dabbles in commodities and real estate as well. Those who know him say he is an impulsive, quick-to-change-his-mind trader, still governed by Ace Greenberg's trader's maxim: If the stock is down 10 percent, sell it. He has been on the short side of the Brazilian real, and those close to him say bets there

You should be working on Wall Street -- why don't you give my friend Ace Greenberg a call." Epstein was in many respects the perfect candidate for Greenberg's consideration. Greenberg, a senior partner at Bear Stearns at the time and a legendary trader in his own right, has long made it clear that it's

opted to prop up that entity wan St 6 billion :n loans (see BlisinessWeeli con, 6122/07. 'Bear Sfita.the. Rescue—c.r.stQtti The four-year-ole, Sc';; Steams tiqh.oradd structured Credit strateoier. Leverage fund was down about 10% as o4 the end of April Bear Stearns ha:, suspended investor redemptions in