Owl Creek Asset Management was founded in 2001 in New York by Jeffrey Altman, its current manager. Altman uses a combination of fundamental value and......
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March 5 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Lou Simpson, a former understudy of Warren Buffett, is the manager of SQ Advisors. Simpson has enjoyed great success running GEICO, returning an average......
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March 5 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
New York-based Serengeti Asset Management is managed by Jody Lanasa and Vivian Lau. The fund, which was founded in 2007, invests in distressed debt, structured......
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March 5 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Matthew Drapkin and Steven R. Becker, the managers of Becker Drapkin Management are optimistic about the prospects of Cascade Microtech, Inc. (NASDAQ......
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March 5 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Kevin Kotler’s Broadfin Capital, in its latest filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, has reported ownership of 9.09 million shares of......
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March 5 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Stephen Mandel’s Lone Pine Capital disclosed holding 3.7 million shares of SouFun Holdings Limited (NYSE:SFUN). The stake amounts to 6.4% of the company......
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March 4 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Mario Gabelli has raised his exposure to Lawson Products Inc. (NASDAQ:LAWS), a newly amended filing with the SEC showed. According to the filing, Gamco......
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March 4 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Aristeia Capital LLC is a New York based fund run by Robert Henry Lynch. Having previously worked as an analyst for Delaware Bay, Lynch decided to start......
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March 3 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Investing is extremely difficult if you are focusing on large-cap companies and their short-term performance. Even the smartest hedge fund managers can......
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March 3 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Bocage Capital, founded by Kurt Billick, was launched in 2010 and is based in San Francisco. It is a market neutral commodity fund, which uses a bottom......
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March 3 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Cash rich technology stocks have been targeted by hedge funds because these companies trade at a discount to their peers. Carl Icahn has been forcing......
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March 3 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Beating the market can be difficult when picking stocks on your own. One common source of alpha can be focusing on small cap stocks, which tend to outperform......
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March 3 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Glenn W. Welling founded California based Engaged Capital in February 2012. The fund focuses on small and mid cap stocks that are undervalued and possess......
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March 3 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Tensile Capital is an employee owned hedge fund sponsor based in San Francisco, California. It was founded in 2012 by Douglas Dossey and Arthur Young......
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March 3 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Beating the market can be difficult when picking stocks on your own. One common source of alpha can be focusing on small cap stocks, which tend to outperform......
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March 3 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
In 2012, Skytop Capital Management was founded by Dan Sobol and Lisa Hess. The New York-based emerging special situations and distressed fund has $238......
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March 3 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Jeffrey Ubben is bullish on Dresser-Rand Group Inc. (NYSE:DRC). In a recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, his fund, Valueact Capital......
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March 3 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
In a recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Mason Capital Management LLC, led by Kenneth Mario Garschina, has disclosed initiating......
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March 3 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Softer sales slam Sears with fourth-quarter loss (NYPost) Sears CEO Eddie Lampert admitted the retailer had a “tough-to-terrible” holiday season,......
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February 28 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Derek C. Schrier founded San Francisco based Indaba Capital Management in 2010. The fund is an event-driven and opportunistic value investor that......
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February 28 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Noam Gottesman’s GLG Partners LP has boosted its stake in Yongye International, Inc (NASDAQ:YONG) to 3.5 million shares from approximately 142,000......
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February 28 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Michael Zimmerman left Steven Cohen‘s SAC Capital Advisors in 2005 to found his own investment firm - Prentice Capital Management LP – in......
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February 28 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
