Steven Baughman and Divisar Capital’s First Activist Target: Telenav Inc. (TNAV)
Steven Baughman’s Divisar Capital filed its first 13D filing yesterday. This isn’t a brand new position though. Divisar owns 8.6% of Telenav...
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Is This The Right Time To Follow Alex Roepers Into Huntsman Corporation (HUN)?
Atlantic Investment Management is an activist hedge fund, founded by its current CIO and portfolio manager, Alexander J. Roepers back in 1988. Prior to...
Richard Mashaal’s Senvest Management Targeting Northstar Realty Europe Corp. (NRE)
Richard Mashaal is known as a shrewd value investor though he got burned in 2015 and 2016 by his unfortunate bets on NorthStar Asset Management, NorthStar...
Will Standard Industries Acquire GCP Applied Technologies Inc.?
We noticed that 40 North Management has been buying shares of GCP Applied Technologies Inc. (NYSE:GCP) since it filed a 13D 1.5 years ago. GCP shares...
Shire PLC (ADR) (SHPG) in the Spotlight as Activist Fund Sachem Pushes For More Divestment
Although M&A is a frequent occurrence in the biotech sector, major M&A is normally less common for large cap stocks. In the case of Shire PLC...
Cove Street Capital Giving Up On Westell Technologies Inc (WSTL)?
Jeff Bronchick’s Cove Street Capital spent more than $2 per share of Westell Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:WSTL) and launched an activist campaign....
Danish Hedge Fund Manager Claus Moller Dumping Forrester Research Inc. (NASDAQ:FORR)
Danish hedge fund manager and founder of P2 Capital Claus Moller sold about 300K shares of Forrester Research Inc. (NASDAQ:FORR) through February 27th...
13D Filing: North Tide Capital and Tivity Health Inc. (NASDAQ:TVTY)
North Tide Capital, having more than doubled its original investment in Tivity Health Inc. (NASDAQ:TVTY) over the last 3.5 years, just sold nearly half...
Hedge Fund Mangrove Partners Done With RPX Corp (RPXC)?
If you read mainstream media, you probably know that hedge funds turned into vehicles that transfer wealth from investors to hedge fund managers. The...
140 Biggest and Most Famous Activist Hedge Funds
Some of the names we are going to show on this top 140 biggest and most famous activist hedge funds list are the investors that keep certain executives...
Newcastle Investment Corp (NCT): Former Third Point PM Bradley Radoff Dumping Shares
Former Third Point portfolio manager Bradley Louis Radoff disclosed in an amended 13D filing that BLR Partners dumped 753K shares of Newcastle Investment...
Capital Senior Living Corp (CSU): Value Investor Arbiter Partners Backing Up The Truck
We don’t and can’t pay attention to every single hedge fund filing. There are just too many of them. However, we pay extra attention when...
Pier 1 Imports Inc (PIR): Hedge Fund Alden Global Capital Doubled Its Money In 100 Days
Financial media loves to publish stories about hedge funds’ failures. We are sick and tired of reading about Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl Inc (NYSE...
Activist Renews Pressure On LRAD
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Jim Roumell Goes Activist on Rosetta Stone Too
When you go to our site’s Rosetta Stone page you will see that Osmium Partners, Nierenberg Investment Management, and Roumell Asset Management were...
Marcato Capital Management Pushing Sothebys (BID) To Reveal Third Point’s Brief
Mick McGuire’s Marcato Capital Management filed an amended 13D regarding Sothebys (BID) with the SEC this morning. There aren’t any significant...
Here is How JANA Partners Returned 6.7% in February
JANA Partners is known for its activist campaigns. We like to track activist hedge funds because they don’t have to wait for a catalyst to realize...
Hedge Fund Highlights: Paul Singer, David Tepper & Sandell Asset Management
Piggybacking on Billionaire Singer Boosts Debt: Argentina Credit (Bloomberg) Speculators in Argentina’s defaulted debt are looking to ride billionaire...
Elliott Management Nominates Directors to Juniper Networks (JNPR)’s Board
Elliott Associates, led by Paul Singer, revealed in its latest filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that it has inked an agreement...
Starboard Sends Another Letter To Shareholders of Darden Restaurants Inc. (DRI)
Jeffrey Smith and his fund Starboard Value, in its latest filing, revealed an open letter sent to the shareholders of Darden Restaurants Inc. (NYSE:DRI...
10 Activist Hedge Funds to Keep An Eye On
While hedge funds subscribe to many different investment philosophies, this space can be boiled down to two types of managers: the activists and the passivists...
Hedge Fund Week in Review: Activist Action
Here are the eleven most important moves made in the hedge fund world this week. Bill Ackman reduced his Herbalife short significantly, replacing it...
Jana Partners Is the Best Activist Hedge Fund To Imitate
Jana Partners is an activist hedge fund. This means that it take positions in its investments that are large enough to afford the firm a voice in the...
SEC Should Shorten the 13F Reporting Period, Not 13D
Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz, a law firm that usually represents companies against hostile takeovers, is circulating a petition to shorten the 13D...
Barington Capital’s James Mitarotonda: Letter to Ameron International
Barington Capital’s James Mitarotonda sent a letter to Ameron International’s (AMN) board to oust CEO James Marlen. “It appears to...
