In Awful Year for Hedge Funds, Scaramucci’s SkyBridge Made Money (Bloomberg) As disastrous as Anthony Scaramucci’s brief turn as White House communications......
(read more)January 4 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Energy-Focused Hedge Fund Brenham Capital to Close (The Wall Street Journal) Dallas-based hedge fund Brenham Capital is closing, a casualty of what founder......
(read more)November 30 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Alps Electric Shares Jump After Elliott Backs Deal Sweetener (Reuters) TOKYO (Reuters) – Alps Electric Co (6770.T) stock jumped 8 percent on Monday......
(read more)November 26 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Carl Icahn Gets a Win Against Dell (Bloomberg) Dell Technologies Inc. has one class of publicly listed stock outstanding, a tracking stock (referred to......
(read more)November 16 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Dan Loeb’s Hedge Fund Trims Number of Nominees to Campbell Soup Board (CNBC) Daniel Loeb‘s hedge fund, Third Point, has trimmed the number......
(read more)November 9 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Laffont Sees Tough 2019 as Tech Stocks Faced `Brutal’ October (Bloomberg) Coatue Management founder Philippe Laffont is battening down the hatches......
(read more)October 30 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Warren Buffett’s Firm Invests Millions in Fintech (The Wall Street Journal) Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is hopping on the fintech bandwagon......
(read more)October 29 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Billionaire Ray Dalio: Don’t Take on Debt Until You’ve Asked Yourself This Question (CNBC) Many young people are deep in debt: Millennials......
(read more)October 23 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Activist Hedge Fund Manager Loeb Goes After Campbell Soup with Critical Video – ‘Mmm, Mmm, Bad’ (CNBC) Daniel Loeb‘s Third Point......
(read more)October 18 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Lampert Won’t Give Sears Another Lifeline (The Wall Street Journal) Edward Lampert, the hedge-fund manager who controls Sears Holdings Corp., has repeatedly......
(read more)October 11 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Crispin Odey’s Comeback Gets a Boost After Hedge Fund Surges (Bloomberg) Crispin Odey, whose bearish bets led to his hedge fund suffering three successive......
(read more)October 4 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Activist Shareholder Third Point Thinks Campbell is Worth 58% More Than its Current Value (CNBC) Activist investor Daniel Loeb‘s hedge fund Third......
(read more)October 1 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Tepper Says Tax Cuts were Too Steep and Likely Borrowed Economic Growth from the Future (CNBC) Appaloosa Management‘s David Tepper said tax cuts......
(read more)September 13 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Sir Michael Hintze: Response to Global Financial Crisis Elevated Populism (AFR.com) Sir Michael Hintze is hyper-aware of how the policy response to the......
(read more)September 12 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Tiger Global Boosts Fiat Chrysler Stake to $1 Billion Holding (Bloomberg) Chase Coleman’s Tiger Global Management has invested more than $1 billion......
(read more)September 10 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Third Point Nominates Slate to Challenge Campbell Board (CNBC) Activist investor Daniel Loeb‘s hedge fund Third Point announced its intention Friday......
(read more)September 7 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
U.S. Hedge Fund Seeks Board Shake-Up at Toshiba (The Wall Street Journal) TOKYO—New York-based hedge fund King Street Capital Management LP has proposed......
(read more)August 31 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Nestle Counts on Better Second Half to Keep Third Point at Bay (Reuters) ZURICH (Reuters) – Nestle (NESN.S) Chief Executive Mark Schneider said......
(read more)July 26 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Buffett Says Too few from Wall Street Are Giving Their Fortunes Away, Hopes More Follow Cooperman’s Lead (CNBC) Warren Buffett praised Leon Cooperman......
(read more)July 25 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Leon Cooperman is Converting His Hedge Fund Into a Family Office: ‘I Don’t Want to Spend the Rest of My Life Chasing the S&P 500’ (CNBC......
(read more)July 23 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Steven Cohen is Said to Lose Bid to Open Point72 Hedge Fund to British Investors (CNBC) Steven Cohen is having a tough time getting U.K. financial regulators......
(read more)July 6 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Sorrell Wins Support From Hedge Fund Owner Odey in Comeback Plan (Bloomberg) Martin Sorrell has won financial backing from Crispin Odey, an influential......
(read more)July 2 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
US Fundraising for Special Purpose Acquisition Vehicles Hits Record this Year (AFR.com) Special purpose acquisition vehicles (spacs) are hitting the US......
(read more)June 14 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Eisman of ‘The Big Short’ Fame Recommends Shorting Deutsche Bank (Bloomberg) Steve Eisman, the Neuberger Berman Group money manager who famously predicted......
(read more)May 14 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Icahn Says He Has a Large Position in Rubbermaid Maker Newell, Calls Stock ‘Undervalued’ (CNBC) Billionaire Carl Icahn said he has a large......
(read more)March 2 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Och-Ziff Capital Names Robert Shafir as CEO (Reuters) (Reuters) – Och-Ziff Capital Management on Tuesday named Robert Shafir as its new chief executive......
(read more)January 30 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Bill Ackman Is Moving His Office To Hell’s Kitchen (CNBC) It’s official: Hedge fund titan Bill Ackman is moving Pershing Square Capital to......
(read more)November 2 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Kynikos Associates Founder Chanos: We’re Still Short Caterpillar (CNBC) Famed short-seller Jim Chanos said that the fundamental story for Caterpillar......
(read more)October 19 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Watch Leon Cooperman’s Biggest Positions Get Hit (CNBC) The vultures were circling Leon Cooperman‘s biggest positions after the SEC announced......
(read more)September 21 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Yum! Brands Inc. (NYSE:YUM) is one of the largest restaurant companies in the world, with more than 41,000 restaurants around the globe. The company,......
(read more)September 18 - Hedge Funds, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
Allergan plc (NYSE:AGN), formerly known as Actavis, is a pharmaceutical company formed and shaped by at least five major M&A deals since 2012. This......
(read more)September 12 - Hedge Funds, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
Dan Loeb, the founder of Third Point, is a pioneer activist investor, whose flagship fund performed impressively in 2010, returning 41.7%. Keith Meister......
(read more)August 26 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Warren Buffett, Daniel Loeb, and T. Boone Pickens have all invested in Phillips 66 (NYSE:PSX). The company trades at a price-to-earnings multiple of just......
(read more)August 14 - Dividend Stocks, Hedge Funds, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
King Ken: Recovered Citadel Chief Takes The Hedge Fund Throne (CNBC) In April, a hedge fund firm in Chicago snagged arguably the most sought after economic......
(read more)May 15 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Buffett Feels Hedge Fund Managers’ Chill After Warmth in Omaha (Bloomberg) Warren Buffett had plenty of admirers Saturday at the annual meeting of his......
(read more)May 7 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Ariad Pharma CEO ‘Retires’ in Settlement With Activist Hedge Fund (The Street) Ariad Pharmaceuticals founder and CEO Harvey Berger is exiting......
(read more)April 29 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Billionaire Paulson’s Merger Hedge Fund Said to Gain 10% in 2015 (Bloomberg) Billionaire John Paulson’s merger strategy has gained 10 percent this......
(read more)April 9 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Tiger Global Falls 2.9 pct in March, Down 5.3 pct in Q1 (Reuters) Investment firm Tiger Global Management, one of the hedge fund industry’s most......
(read more)April 8 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Billionaire Investor Ray Dalio Says These 5 Habits Made Him Successful (BusinessInsider) Ray Dalio has been called “Wall Street’s Oddest Duck” for......
(read more)November 13 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Billionaire Steve Cohen pays $100 million for art sculpture (PageSix) Billionaie hedge fund manager Steve Cohen is the secret buyer of the Alberto Giacometti......
(read more)November 11 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Retired Hedge Fund Manager Tom Steyer Donates $71 Million For Green Focus At Midterms (HedgeCo) Just in time for the mid-term elections, billionaire philanthropist......
(read more)October 27 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Dem Mega-Donor Maxes Out to ‘Independent’ Kansas Senate Hopeful (FreeBeacon) Greg Orman is still being coy about his partisan allegiances, but more......
(read more)October 23 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Sandell Debuts New Activist Fund with $100mn in Assets (InstitutionalInvestorsAlpha) Thomas Sandell‘s New York-based firm Sandell Asset Management......
(read more)September 29 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Daniel Loeb’s Third Point Raised $2.5 Billion in Two Weeks (WSJ) New York hedge-fund manager Daniel Loeb has raised a $2.5 billion war chest to......
(read more)September 11 - Hedge Funds - Comments
SEC’s civil case against SAC’s Cohen may get delayed again (NYPost) Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara has asked the Securities and Exchange Commission......
(read more)August 27 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Louis Bacon and Peter Nygard Move Bahamas Feud to New York (NYTimes) The hedge fund billionaire Louis M. Bacon has filed a lawsuit against the Canadian......
(read more)August 14 - Hedge Funds - Comments
It wouldn’t be wrong to say that when Daniel Loeb buys a stake in a company, he is actually ‘pointing a gun’ towards the company’......
(read more)August 12 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
James Dinan’s York Fared Well in the First Half (InstitutionalInvestorsAlpha) James Dinan‘s New York-based hedge fund firm, York Capital Management......
(read more)August 8 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Investors Pull $1 Billion from Eric Mindich’s Eton Park (InstitutionalInvestorsAlpha) Investors have pulled more than $1 billion from Eric Mindich&#......
(read more)July 18 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Loeb’s Third Point flagship fund gains 6 pct in first half (Reuters) Billionaire investor Daniel Loeb‘s main hedge fund returned 6 percent......
(read more)July 2 - Hedge Funds - Comments
