Sprott to Acquire Tocqueville Gold Strategies (Hedge Week) Sprott Asset Management (SAM) is to acquire Tocqueville Asset Management’s gold strategy......
(read more)August 9 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Chatham, Cooperman offer to buy American Media (TheDeal) One of American Media Inc.’s largest second-lien noteholders and hedge fund investor Leon......
(read more)July 10 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Warren Buffett’s BNSF and Canadian Pacific Railway gets U.S. deadline to solve grain backlog (Financial Post) Warren Buffett’s BNSF Railway Co. and......
(read more)June 26 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Billionaire investor Wilbur Ross in new Irish property deal with Cardinal Capital (Independent) The US billionaire’s firm and Irish investment house......
(read more)June 11 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Carl Icahn and Ackman’s Bourbon Man Named to Hall of Fame Together (WSJ) Good thing Carl Icahn and Bill Ackman made up. Otherwise this would have made......
(read more)May 20 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Berkshire’s Combs, Weschler to Reap Gains With DirecTV (Bloomberg) Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A) is one of the biggest......
(read more)May 14 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Botox Maker Allergan Formally Rejects $47 Billion Take-Over Bid From Valeant And Bill Ackman (JewishBusinessNews) Three weeks ago Quebec based pharmaceuticals......
(read more)May 12 - Hedge Funds - Comments
UPDATE 1-Mondelez adds activist investor Nelson Peltz to board (Reuters) Mondelez International Inc (NASDAQ:MDLZ), which makes Cadbury chocolate, Oreo......
(read more)January 21 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Hedge fund are gaining ground for the third month consecutively. The Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index advanced by 1.37% during November, outperforming the......
(read more)December 9 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Sears may separate Lands’ End, Auto Center businesses (Reuters) Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ:SHLD) is considering separating its Lands’......
(read more)October 29 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Billionaires Like Icahn, McLendon Sniff Out Value In Energy (Forbes) Sometimes the most attractive energy assets aren’t found in the ground but listed......
(read more)October 17 - Hedge Funds - Comments
3 Billionaire Interviews Every Investor Needs to See (Insider Monkey) Billionaire interviews: In today’s financial blogosphere, it’s not uncommon......
(read more)October 16 - Hedge Funds - Comments
What do hedge funds invest in? Earlier this week, we took a look at a report sent to Insider Monkey by Eurekahedge, which discussed hedge fund returns......
(read more)October 11 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Hedge funds gained value in September, according to yet another index that tracks the activity of hedge funds. The Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index went up......
(read more)October 8 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Hedge funds back Geithner as Fed chief (CNBC) Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner shouldn’t be ruled out as a candidate for the next Federal......
(read more)September 26 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Editor’s Note: Related tickers: Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO), Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL), Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (......
(read more)July 11 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Editor’s Note: Related tickers: JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM), Hess Corp. (NYSE:HES), Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE:GS), BlackRock, Inc. (......
(read more)May 7 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Editor’s Note: Related Tickers: BMC Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:BMC), Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.B), The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG......
(read more)May 6 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Editor’s Note: Related tickers: Resource Capital Corp. (NYSE:RSO), Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL), BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE:BLK), Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO......
(read more)April 16 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Third Point Nominee Gains Seat on Yahoo Board (HedgeFund) Hedge fund manager Dan Loeb has gained control of another seat on the board of internet company......
(read more)December 14 - Hedge Funds - Comments
What Will Happen to Wall Street if Romney Wins in November? (Minyanville) During the first presidential debate, a Yahoo Finance poll found that 80% of......
(read more)October 9 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Dan Loeb Has New Position in Greek Government Debt, Up 3.4% in August (ValueWalk) We have just obtained Dan Loeb’s Third Point hedge fund stat sheet......
(read more)October 3 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Bridgewater Associates buys Brazil and U.S. mining company (Nasdaq) Ray Dalio of Bridgewater Associates became the most successful hedge fund manager......
(read more)September 3 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Carl Icahn Isn’t Giving Up the Oshkosh Fight (WSJ) Carl Icahn is pushing a split at truck maker Oshkosh Corp., urging it to spin a unit he’s called......
(read more)August 10 - Hedge Funds - Comments
TrimTabs and BarclayHedge report hedge funds redeem $4.9bn in June 2012 (Opalesque) BarclayHedge and TrimTabs Investment Research reported today that......
(read more)August 9 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Hedge fund manager: patient and confident enough to do nothing (CSMonitor) My post yesterday contrasting Seth Klarman with many of his more well-known......
(read more)July 24 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Passport To Wind Down Materials Hedge Fund After 31% Loss (Bloomberg) Passport Capital LLC, the $3.4 billion hedge fund founded by John Burbank, plans......
(read more)July 11 - Hedge Funds - Comments
FSA fines hedge fund boss £3 mln (Reuters) The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has banned Alberto Micalizzi, whose hedge fund racked up hundreds of......
(read more)May 30 - Hedge Funds - Comments
The latest estimations of Celent and Eurekahedge indicate that 43% of European hedge funds’ headquarters are located in the UK, 9% in Switzerland and......
(read more)August 16 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Goldman’s Blankfein On Rajaratnam Trial Witness list (FinAlternatives) One of the biggest names on Wall Street is set to testify against Raj Rajaratnam......
(read more)March 5 - News - Comments
