Hedge Fund News: Joel Greenblatt, Jeffrey Vinik & Pershing Square
Every year, when Joel Greenblatt (Trades, Portfolio) kicks off his value and special-situation investing class at Columbia Business School, he makes his students a guarantee.
Posts Tagged ‘Bill Ackman’
Sothebys (BID): Richard McGuire’s Marcato Capital Management Increases Exposure by 41%
A few days ago, Richard Mcguire’s Marcato Capital Management disclosed - in a filing with the SEC - a 41% increase in its stake in Sothebys (NYSE:BID), a $2.9 billion market...
Herbalife Ltd. (HLF)’ Options Activity: Is Bill Ackman Behind it?
Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF)'s options are seeing an increase in activity and the buzz on the street is that activist hedge fund manager Bill Ackman is behind it.
Actavis plc (ACT), Time Warner Inc (TWX), Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (USA) (CP): Billionaire Daniel Och’s Top Picks
Daniel S. Och’s OZ Management is among the investment management firms required to disclose their long equity positions once per quarter.
Allergan (AGN): Valeant Pharmaceuticals (VRX), Ackman Plan To Request Shareholders Meeting
Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl Inc (NYSE:VRX) and Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Capital Management will today comply with one of Allergan, Inc.
American Airlines Group Inc (AAL), Allergan, Inc.(AGN), Ally Financial Inc (ALLY): Billionaire Jamie Dinan’s Top Stocks
Having lost all his savings on Black Monday in 1987, James Dinan made a remarkable comeback, setting up his hedge fund, York Capital Management, in 1991 with $3.6 million and...
Hedge Fund News: George Soros, John Paulson & Brevan Howard
It seems legendary hedge fund billionaire George Soros might be souring in his view on the market outlook for U.S.
Allergan, Inc. (AGN)’s Top Shareholders Sold The Stock Amid Takeover Talks
Allergan, Inc. (NYSE:AGN)'s stock saw a massive upside in April when it was revealed that Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl Inc (NYSE:VRX) was trying to buy the company with the...
Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl Inc (VRX), Pershing Square Took no Steps Towards Tender Offer before Buying Allergan, Inc. (AGN) Stock: Bill Ackman
Speaking to CNBC’s Scott Wapner over the phone yesterday, investor and hedge fund manager Bill Ackman denied the allegations set forth against him and Valeant Pharmaceuticals...
Hedge Fund News: Louis Bacon, Chase Coleman & Third Point
The hedge fund billionaire Louis M.
Hedge Fund News: George Soros, Paul Singer & Bill Ackman
Billionaire investor George Soros’ family office, Soros Fund Management, has jumped on the divest Israel band wagon.
Allergan Inc. (AGN), Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (APC), DISH Network Corp (DISH): Thomas A. Giovine Loves These Stocks
As the 13F season continues, let’s take a look at Giovine Capital’s recently disclosed long equity positions for the second quarter of 2014.
Hedge Fund News: James Dinan, Dan Loeb & Citadel Investment Group
James Dinan's New York-based hedge fund firm, York Capital Management, got off to a strong start this year, making it perhaps the best-performing multistrategy firm in the first...
Hedge Fund News: Daniel Och, Thomas Steyer & Avenue Capital
Billionaire hedge fund manager Dan Och has not been impressing Wall Street with fantastic returns in recent years, but he has been excelling at another key aspect of the hedge...
Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl Inc (VRX), Bill Ackman on Radars Over Allergan, Inc. (AGN) Insider Trading Scandal
Billionaire investor and hedge fund Manager Bill Ackman of Pershing Square has been in the news recently for all the wrong reasons. Allergan, Inc.
Hedge Fund News: David Einhorn, Ray Dalio & Starboard Value LP
Hedge-fund manager David Einhorn is struggling to find value amid a five-year stock market rally.
Hedge Fund News: Carl Icahn, Bill Ackman & Marcato Capital Management
Carl Icahn makes more money between sips on his outsized Martinis than most mortals make in a lifetime.
Hedge Fund News: Frank Brosens, Bill Ackman & George Soros
New York-based multistrategy hedge fund firm Taconic Capital Advisors is raising money for a new hedge fund, a longer lock-up vehicle that will invest in illiquid situations in...
Hedge Fund News: Whitney Tilson, Robert Atchinson & T Boone Pickens
Hedge fund manager Whitney Tilson, who runs Kase Capital, says he has "more confidence" in his Herbalife position following Bill Ackman's latest presentation.
Hedge Fund News: Bill Ackman, Joel Greenblatt & Highfields Capital Management
Famed investor Bill Ackman has been in a long-running battle against Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF), a maker of health shakes.
Hedge Fund News: Warren Buffett, Thomas Steyer & Larry Robbins
Warren Buffett broke his own record by donating $2.8 billion dollars to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and family charities through selling stock.
Hedge Fund News: Stanley Druckenmiller, John Paulson & Starboard Value LP
The Fed is out of step with Wall Street, say some of the country’s wealthiest investors.
Hedge Fund Highlights: Ken Griffin, Paul Tudor Jones & Bill Ackman
Citadel Investment Group founder Kenneth Griffin yesterday urged Congress not to ban high-frequency trading, but to focus on regulations that would improve market stability.
Hedge Fund News: Jim Simons, Feroz Dewan & Soros Fund Management
Long Island hedge-fund investor James Simons and his wife have given $50 million to the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory to establish a center that uses quantitative tools to understand...
Allergan Inc. (AGN), Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd (CP): Pershing Square Up 25%
While most hedge funds continue to lag the market, having returned an average of only 2% through May, about half of what S&P 500 (INDEXSP:.INX) returned, a few of them have managed...
Hedge Fund Highlights: Bill Ackman, Michael Hintze & Starboard Value
Pershing Square Capital Management LP, the hedge-fund firm run by Bill Ackman, posted a 25 percent gain in its main fund for the first six months of the year, according to a ...
Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Settles Litigation With Allergan Inc. (AGN)
Pershing Square, managed by Bill Ackman, revealed in a new filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that it has settled a lawsuit with Allergan Inc. (NYSE:AGN).
Hedge Fund Highlights: Warren Buffett, John Paulson & Bain Capital
Warren Buffett’s BNSF Railway Co. and Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.
Hedge Fund News: Seth Klarman, Andrew Hall & Bill Ackman
Not bad for a single trade: Baupost Group appears to have made nearly $1 billion on just one of its stock picks.
Hedge Fund Highlights: Carl Icahn, Paul Singer & Philip Falcone
Questions about how to apply securities law to activist investors could complicate any potential insider trading case against billionaire Carl Icahn, pro-golfer Phil Mickelson...
Hedge Fund News: Marc Lasry, Seth Klarman & Jonathan Savitz
The Milwaukee Bucks' new owners were in town Thursday taking a tour of Brew City. Marc Lasry and Wes Edens started their day at Cranky Al's in Wauwatosa.
Hedge Fund News: Daniel Loeb, Bill Ackman & Tiger Global Management
Third Point LLC, a hedge fund controlled by activist investor Daniel Loeb, has bought more than 1 million shares of the common stock of Roper Industries, Inc. (NYSE:ROP).
Rima Senvest Management Bets on Stocks with Impressive Returns
Richard Mashaal's Rima Senvest Management is a part of Senvest Partners LP hedge fund.
Hedge Fund News: Carl Icahn, Jim Simons & Brevan Howard
Good thing Carl Icahn and Bill Ackman made up. Otherwise this would have made for an awkward ceremony.
Hedge Fund News: Ken Griffin, David Einhorn & Bill Ackman
The asset management industry is playing US regulators against their international counterparts and stirring national sentiment on Capitol Hill in an attempt to head off new regulation...
Hedge Fund News: George Soros, Warren Buffett & Jim Rogers
Secretary of State John Kerry is set to introduce billionaire investor George Soros at a State Department forum Tuesday, the Washington Free Beacon reported.
Hedge Fund News: Bill Ackman, Steven Heinz & Sac Capital Advisors
Three weeks ago Quebec based pharmaceuticals company Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl Inc (NYSE:VRX) made a US$47 billion hostile takeover bid, in cash and stock, to acquire Irvine...
Hedge Fund News: Warren Buffett, Bill Ackman & Carl Icahn
Uber-billionaire Warren Buffett hosted the annual shareholders meeting for Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.B) in Omaha last weekend.
Hedge Fund News: David Tepper, Larry Robbins & David Einhorn
Hedge fund mogul David Tepper had a case of deja vu when he ranked as the best paid hedge fund manager for the second year running by earning $3.5 billion in 2013 with a savvy...
Hedge Fund News: David Einhorn, Barry Rosenstein & George Soros
David Einhorn, the billionaire hedge fund manager whose stock picks are closely watched on Wall Street, is not a big fan of so-called copycat traders who simply latch onto his...
Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Sells 3.2 Mln Shares of Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (USA) (CP)
As a newly amended filing with the SEC showed, Bill Ackman has reduced his exposure to Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (USA) (NYSE:CP), currently holding around 13.94 million...
Hedge Fund News: Daniel Och, Murray Stahl & George Soros
Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC (NYSE:OZM) fell the most in three weeks after the Wall Street Journal reported that the hedge-fund firm run by Daniel Och helped finance...
Pershing Square Forms Joint Entity with Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (VRX) to Acquire Allergan, Inc. (AGN)
Bill Ackman's Pershing Square has added Allergan, Inc. (NYSE:AGN) to its equity portfolio.
Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Further Cuts Position In BEAM Inc (BEAM)
Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square, in an amended filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, has disclosed reducing its position in BEAM Inc (NYSE:BEAM).
Hedge Fund News: Jim Chanos, Edward Lampert & Dan Loeb
Globally the entire world thinks the governments have their back in asset markets.
Hedge Fund News: Jeffrey Ubben, George Soros & Marc Faber
Nearly one year ago, Jeffrey Ubben showed up at a New York investment conference with news: His San Francisco-based ValueAct Capital Management hedge fund had taken a $2 billion...
Hedge Fund News: Ray Dalio, George Soros & Carl Icahn
Bridgewater Associates -- founded by Ray Dalio, who famously predicted the global financial crisis in 2007 -- is a $150 billion hedge fund with a wide spectrum of institutional...
Hedge Fund News: Steven Cohen, Crispin Odey & Bill Ackman
SAC Capital Advisors is turning to data analytics employed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Central Intelligence Agency to keep an eye on its employees.
