Hedge Fund and Insider Trading News: Howard Marks, Michael Platt, Aristides Capital, Advent Capital Management, Zions Bancorporation (ZION), TransDigm Group Incorporated (TDG), and More

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Notable Insider Buys: Bausch, TransDigm And More (Benzinga)
Here are some of the most noteworthy insider purchases reported in the past week. TransDigm: A TransDigm Group Incorporated (TDG) director indirectly added almost 372,000 shares of this aircraft component maker to his stake. At per-share prices ranging from $309.87 to $354.34, that totaled more than $125.18 million. Note that another director purchased 2,000 shares in the previous week. The company posted better than expected fiscal second-quarter earnings earlier this month. The stock ended last week’s trading at $325 per share, still within the director’s purchase price range. The share price is only up 3% or so since its year-to-date low in March. Bausch Health: Bausch Health Companies Inc (BHC) saw a director indirectly purchase nearly 5 million shares of this specialty pharmaceutical company last week at between $15.85 and $17.50 a share. That cost that director more than $83.25 million and raised his stake to almost 25.85 million shares.

Monday 5/18 Insider Buying Report: ZION, VCTR (Nasdaq.com)
On Wednesday, Zions Bancorporation’s Chairman, Harris H. Simmons, made a $1.06M buy of ZION, purchasing 40,000 shares at a cost of $26.43 a piece. So far Simmons is in the green, up about 13.2% on their purchase based on today’s trading high of $29.92. Zions Bancorporation is trading up about 10.6% on the day Monday. This purchase marks the first one filed by Simmons in the past year. And at Victory Capital Holdings, there was insider buying on Thursday, by Director James B. Hawkes who purchased 40,000 shares at a cost of $13.84 each, for a total investment of $553,600. Before this latest buy, Hawkes made one other buy in the past twelve months, purchasing $89,284 shares for a cost of $15.69 each. Victory Capital Holdings is trading up about 7.7% on the day Monday. So far Hawkes is in the green, up about 9.5% on their buy based on today’s trading high of $15.16.

The COB of Stock Yards Bancorp (NASDAQ: SYBT) is Selling Shares (Analyst Ratings)
Today, the COB of Stock Yards Bancorp (SYBT), David Heintzman, sold shares of SYBT for $144.5K. In addition to David Heintzman, 6 other SYBT executives reported Sell trades in the last month. Based on Stock Yards Bancorp’s latest earnings report for the quarter ending March 31, the company posted quarterly revenue of $44.33 million and quarterly net profit of $13.23 million.

Insider Trading: May 18, 2020 (BIV.com)
Insider Thomas Garagan, officer. Company: B2Gold Corp. (TSX:BTO). Shares owned: 1,586,924. Trade date: May 11. Trade total: $7,400,000. Trade: Sale of 1,000,000 shares at a price of $7.40 per share. Insider Roger Richer, officer. Company: B2Gold Corp. (TSX:BTO). Shares owned: 350,000. Trade date: May 11. Trade total: $7,400,000. Trade: Sale of 1,000,000 shares at a price of $7.40 per share.

Cable One Inc (CABO) COB, President and CEO Julia M. Laulis Sold $1.4 million of Shares (Guru Focus)
COB, President and CEO of Cable One Inc., Julia M. Laulis, sold 769 shares of CABO on 05/15/2020 at an average price of $1805 a share. The total sale was $1.4 million. Cable One Inc mainly provides broadband, voice, and video services. It derives revenue from the provision of broadband, voice, and video services to residential and business customers.

Former Kestrel Capital CEO Andre DeSimone Sues CMA Over KenolKobil Insider Trading Implication (Kahawatungu.com)
Former Kestrel Capital CEO Andre DeSimone has moved to the Capital Markets Tribunal to sue the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) for implicating him in the KenolKobil insider trading scandal. DeSimone was accused of leaking price-sensitive material relating to the takeover of KenolKobil by Rubis Energie to Aly-Khan Satchu and Kunal Bid, both stockbroking agents. Desimone resigned in April last year, bringing to a halt his 24-year reign in the company after he was mentioned in the scandal.







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