Elliott Management Corp. had built a position in Allergan Plc and was pushing to split the company before AbbVie Inc.
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June 26 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
His Point72 Asset Management, which attracted $5 billion in outside money last year in a comeback for the hedge fund investor, is seeking to raise an additional $1 billion by ...
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May 1 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
(Reuters) - Two major shareholder advisory firms urged investors to vote against billionaire investor David Tepper’s hedge fund demand that Allergan Plc immediately split the...
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April 15 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
(Reuters) - Activist investor Appaloosa LP responded to proposed concessions from the board of Allergan Plc by saying it had done everything “except what needs to be done” ...
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March 25 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
BOSTON (Reuters) - Citadel, one of the world’s biggest hedge funds, on Thursday told investors and employees it plans to shut down its Aptigon Capital equities unit and that...
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March 7 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Paul Tudor Jones sat with Mick Mulvaney, the acting White House chief of staff, on Saturday night in Palm Beach.
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February 19 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Allergan shares rose Tuesday after renowned hedge fund manager David Tepper increased his pressure on the drugmaker, calling for the company to jump-start the business with new...
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February 5 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
It's often a good idea to look back at a hedge fund's performance, not just from the point of view of its returns, but also to take a deeper look at some recommendations the hedge...
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July 2 - Hedge Funds, News
LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. hedge fund Hudson Bay Capital is opening an office in Britain to expand its European trading book, two sources told Reuters on Tuesday.
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June 5 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
What happened: In response to reporting a good start to the first year, shares of Skyworks Solutions (NASDAQ:SWKS), a manufacturer of specialty analog semiconductor chips, rose...
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February 6 - Market Movers, News
The top 10 largest pharmaceutical companies by revenue in 2017 are leading companies that have a large geographical presence, loyal customer base and technologically advanced ...
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November 23 - News
Despite the recent years of poor performance, hedge funds are still great at picking stocks, as they always have been.
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July 3 - Hedge Funds, News, Tech
The hedge fund industry may be mired in performance woes and closures, but you wouldn't know it from the immense earnings that the top hedge fund managers pulled down in 2016; ...
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March 28 - Hedge Funds, News
Allergan plc Ordinary Shares (NYSE:AGN) has announced that an application to have new clinical data for Vraylar evaluated has been accepted by the Food and Drug Administration...
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March 13 - News, Stock Analysis
Allergan Plc (NYSE:AGN) has launched a new initiative aimed at fighting preventable blindness in the United States.
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February 8 - News, Stock Analysis
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 awake at night and at their...
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February 2 - Hedge Funds, News
Allergan Plc (NYSE:AGN) is trading higher in the market early into the New Year, after clinching FDA approval for its breast implant treatment, Natrelle Inspira.
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January 4 - News, Stock Analysis
What are the best healthcare stocks to invest in? Baupost Group was founded in 1982 by Harvard Professor William Poorvu and partners Howard Stevenson, Jordan Baruch and Isaac ...
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December 15 - Hedge Funds, News
The year 2016 has not been good for hedge funds, which are currently being criticized over their general underperformance.
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December 15 - Hedge Funds, News, Tech
According to a prominent financial newspaper, about eight in 10 hedge funds have underperformed so far this year.
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December 14 - Hedge Funds, News, Tech
Much has been said about hedge fund underperformance this year, but believing in that general assessment can mislead people into overlooking outstanding performances by certain...
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December 13 - Hedge Funds, News
There is little doubt that tracking insider trading activity should represent a major part of the stock selection and analysis process of most investors.
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November 22 - Insider Trading, News
GameStop Corp. (NYSE:GME): released Q3 numbers early. It expects to report Q3 revenues of $2.0 billion which is lower than the consensus which was projecting $2.08 billion.
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November 2 - Earnings Report, News, Stock Analysis
One of our many regular quarterly features at Insider Monkey is to present a series of articles detailing groups of stocks which saw large increases or decreases in the hedge ...
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August 24 - Hedge Funds, News
Billionaire Carl Icahn of Icahn Capital L.P.
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August 16 - Hedge Funds, News
Hedge fund billionaire David Tepper, who may already have signaled in a recent filing that he is less bullish on markets, is now "on guard" in his approach to trading, according...
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August 15 - Hedge Funds
Appaloosa Management LP is a Florida-based employee-owned hedge fund firm co-founded by well-known billionaire David Tepper in 1993. Mr.
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August 15 - Hedge Funds, News, Tech
Third Point LLC, an investment management firm founded in 1995 by billionaire Daniel S. Loeb, primarily focuses on event-driven, value-oriented investing. Mr.
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July 28 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
Healthcare stocks, along with food and drink-related securities, are usually recommended as defensive holdings for recessions and bear markets, as individuals have to eat, drink...
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July 5 - Hedge Funds, News
Jacob Gottlieb’s multi-billion-dollar hedge fund Visium Asset Management LP has been making headlines earlier today, as federal authorities filed criminal and civil securities...
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June 16 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
Billionaire Dan Loeb founded New York-based Third Point LLC, an asset management firm with $17 billion assets under management, in 1995.
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May 18 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
The deadline for submitting 13F filings for the first quarter of 2016 was May 16, which means retail investors can now have a look at the equity portfolios of every major hedge...
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May 17 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
Billionaire Daniel S. Loeb founded activist hedge fund Third Point LLC in 1995.
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April 24 - Dividend Stocks, Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
Zach Schreiber founded PointState Capital in 2010 together with Sean Cullinan and five former Duquesne Capital portfolio managers.
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April 21 - Hedge Funds, News
Billionaire John Paulson, famed for making a whopping $15 billion by betting against subprime mortgages in 2007, founded hedge fund firm Paulson & Co.
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April 6 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
Kyle Bass of Hayman Capital, widely known for betting against subprime mortgages and earning hundreds of millions of dollars from that bet, is making another bold prediction, ...
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February 22 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, Macroeconomic Predictions, News
Billionaire Paul Singer is one of the most revered hedge fund managers on Wall Street and makes the list of the top-20 most successful hedge fund managers in history, with Mr.
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February 19 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
Billionaire John Griffin, one of the most closely-watched hedge fund managers, founded his equity long/short fund Blue Ridge Capital LLC in 1996. Mr.
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February 18 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
Billionaire Dan Loeb founded value-oriented hedge fund Third Point LLC in 1995 with only $3.4 million in capital, and since then, has become one of the most closely-watched hedge...
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February 16 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
Arthur B. Cohen and Joseph Healey's HealthCor Management has nearly $2.6 billion worth of regulatory assets under its management.
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December 8 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
The third quarter of 2015 was one of the worst periods that stocks from the healthcare sector have seen in the recent times.
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December 3 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
Discovery Capital Management is a Connecticut-based long/short equity hedge fund founded by billionaire 'Tiger Cub' Rob Citrone in 1999. Prior to founding Discovery, Mr.
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December 1 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
Catapult Capital Management is a New York-based long/short equity hedge fund subsidiary of Millennium Management, an alternative asset management firm founded by billionaire Israel...
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November 30 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
Blue Ridge Capital is a renowned New York-based hedge fund founded by 'Tiger Cub' John Griffin in 1996. Prior to founding Blue Ridge, Mr.
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November 29 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
The latest round of 13F filings has given us a glimpse into the minds of the world's best and most successful investors.
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November 27 - Hedge Funds, News
Founded in 1992, Richard Chilton's Chilton Investment Company has over $7 billion worth of regulatory assets under its management.
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November 27 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
York Capital Management is a New York-based long/short equity hedge fund founded by billionaire James Dinan. Mr.
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November 24 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
OZ Management is one of the most famous and largest long/short equity hedge funds based out of New York.
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November 23 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
It's a merger Monday for Allergan plc (NYSE:AGN), Diebold Inc. (NYSE:DBD) and Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE), while Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.
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November 23 - Market Movers, News
