Omega Advisors’ Latest Moves

Omega Advisors is an NYC-based hedge fund that was launched back in 1991 by now renowned investor and billionaire, Leon Cooperman. The fund utilizes a long/short investment strategy and at the end of June 2018, it managed around $3.6 billion in assets. Last year, Leon Cooperman announced it is planning to close Omega Advisors’ doors to the outside investors making it a family business. Leon Cooperman cut his teeth at Goldman Sachs, where, over time, he reached a position of the general partner, chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs Asset Management. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts/Science from Hunter College and with Master of Business Administration from Columbia Business School. In this article, we are going to observe, the fund’s first quarter portfolio changes.

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At the end of the first quarter of 2019, Omega Advisors portfolio was valued $1.64 billion,  and it counted 55 long positions. Among the new additions were Twin River Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:TRWH), Centene Corporation (NYSE:CNC), Adobe Inc. (NASDAQ:ADBE), and Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:PARR). There were stakes Omega Advisors decided to raise during the quarter, among which were Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL), First Data Corporation (NYSE:FDC), Cigna Corporation (NYSE:CI), and Chimera Investment Corporation (NYSE:CIM).

On the other side of the spectrum – stocks the fund lowered in Q1, counted CVS Health Corporation (NYSE:CVS), Loral Space & Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:LORL), PennyMac Financial Services, Inc. (NYSE:PFSI), and UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH).

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