Nordic Names Take Home European Awards (Hedge Nordic)
Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Three Nordic hedge funds have been distinguished at this year’s Hedge Funds Review European Performance Awards. Accendo Capital, CARN Long Short and Othania Etisk Formuevækst featured among the winners at this year’s edition the event organized by Hedge Funds Review. This year is the 20th anniversary of the Hedge Funds Review European Performance Awards, with the winners announced online last week rather than a usual awards dinner in London. The selection process of the winners at the Hedge Funds Review European Performance Awards relies on more than just numbers. Expert judging panels review the risk and return characteristics of each fund to select the winners in each award category, considering qualitative factors and drawing on the experience and knowledge of each judge. The awards seek to reward genuine performance, quality and skill.
Monday 6/29 Insider Buying Report: BSIG, EPZM (Nasdaq.com)
At Brightsphere Investment Group, a filing with the SEC revealed that on Wednesday, John Paulson purchased 647,263 shares of BSIG, for a cost of $9.79 each, for a total investment of $6.34M. Paulson was up about 26.6% on the buy at the high point of today’s trading session, with BSIG trading as high as $12.39 at last check today. Brightsphere Investment Group is trading up about 4.1% on the day Monday. And on Friday, Director David M. Mott bought $994,165 worth of Epizyme, buying 62,019 shares at a cost of $16.03 a piece. Epizyme is trading up about 10.3% on the day Monday.
The SVP, RE & Dev of Dave & Busters Entertainment (NASDAQ: PLAY) is Selling Shares (Analyst Ratings)
Yesterday, the SVP, RE & Dev of Dave & Busters Entertainment (PLAY), John Mulleady, sold shares of PLAY for $163.9K. In addition to John Mulleady, 3 other PLAY executives reported Sell trades in the last month. The company has a one-year high of $48.80 and a one-year low of $4.61. PLAY’s market cap is $656 million and the company has a P/E ratio of 41.70. Currently, Dave & Busters Entertainment has an average volume of 15.18M.
Notable Insider Buys: Continental Resources, Fox, Groupon And More (Benzinga)
Insiders continued to add shares despite overall market volatility and economic uncertainty. The following are some of the most noteworthy insider purchases reported in the past week. Continental Resources, Inc. (CLR) says its founder and executive chair Harold Hamm picked up more than 3.43 million shares of this Oklahoma City-based company for $15.29 to $17.48 each. That totaled over $57.11 million and brought his stake to almost 5.18 million shares. CEO Pablo Legorreta and other executives and directors at Royalty Pharma plc (RPRX) bought into the initial public offering. The more than 1.67 million shares were priced at $28 each, and that totaled around $46.82 million. A 10% owner also purchased 3 million shares.
