Alternative investment manager FS Investments (FS) has closed its previously announced acquisition of Chiron Investment Management (Chiron).
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March 4 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Andreas Halvorsen’s Viking Global Investors made money in its main hedge fund last month, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.
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March 3 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
March 2 (Reuters) - Firefly Value Partners said on Monday it has nominated two candidates to Gulfport Energy Corp’s board, months after the hedge fund asked for a seat and criticized...
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March 2 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
LONDON (Reuters) - Elliott Management Corp is pressing SoftBank Group Corp (9434.T) for details of nearly-$10 billion of investment securities on its balance sheet, as part of...
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February 28 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Disgruntled investors, including hedge fund Aurelius Capital Management, have ignited a fresh legal battle over Nine West Holdings Inc.
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February 27 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
The bank’s hedge fund unit has recruited a former investor at Point72 for an absolute return strategy that will consider climate change.
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February 26 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Ken Griffin’s Citadel Securities, already a giant in trading U.S. stock options, has a plan to gobble up even more market share in this key derivatives business.
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February 25 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Buffett’s big idea for better M&A advice: Berkshire Hathaway hasn’t done a big deal in years, as Warren Buffett explains in his latest annual letter to shareholders.
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February 24 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
LONDON, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Hedge fund firm DG Partners has hired Richard Blake, previously head of business for trader Greg Coffey’s Kirkoswald Asset Management, to lead a new...
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February 21 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
AMSTERDAM, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Elliott Investment Management, U.S.
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February 20 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
By pulling its money from Element Capital, fund-of-funds operator Evanston Capital removed the largest position in its portfolio - and a significant contributor to its returns...
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February 19 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Philip Falcone is in the crosshairs of an activist investor who wants to remove him -- along with the rest of the board -- from HC2 Holdings Inc.
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February 18 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
As WWE’s stock begins to stabilize amid a steady decline that burned several investors, who once upon a time saw its share price skyrocket to $100, top investor Stephen Mandel...
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February 17 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Global Hedge Fund Software Market report gives a thorough analysis of this dynamic focus of this market with a secondary search.
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February 14 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
A luxury yacht owned by hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb damaged a pristine reef atoll in Belize near the famous Great Blue Hole, a popular diving site.
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February 13 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
LONDON (Reuters Breakingviews) - Masayoshi Son and Paul Singer see the world differently.
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February 12 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Hedge fund billionaire Ken Griffin expects direct listings to grow even more popular in 2020, but noted that not all firms are meant for the unconventional approach to public ...
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February 11 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Feb 10 (Reuters) - Billionaire hedge fund manager Steve A.
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February 10 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Baupost Group, which was targeted by student divestment campaigns over its investments in Puerto Rico bonds, exited its position in the bankrupt territory’s debt in first quarter...
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February 7 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
The potential sale of the New York Mets to Steve Cohen, a billionaire hedge fund manager, is all but dead, Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred said Thursday.
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February 6 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Activist shop Engaged Capital is raising money for a special-purpose vehicle that would aid its quest to take over a publicly traded nutrition and weight-loss company.
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February 5 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Sound Point Capital Management, an alternative asset management firm with approximately USD21 billion of assets under management, has appointed Francis McCullough as Global Head...
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February 4 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Billionaire hedge fund manager David Tepper, who was bullish on the market just a few weeks ago, said the coronavirus outbreak has changed the environment around stocks.
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February 3 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Jamie Dinan, the founder of $17.6 billion York Capital and a co-owner of the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks, told attendees of Context Summits in Miami that Japan, a post-Brexit United...
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January 31 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Ray Dalio says he doesn’t know much when it comes to pandemics.
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January 30 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Elm Ridge Management is clinging to life, with Duke University now its only major investor.
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January 29 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Pierre Andurand, one of the oil market’s last remaining hedge fund managers, posted his second consecutive annual loss with a 7.1% decline in 2019, according to people familiar...
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January 28 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
BOSTON (Reuters) - Oil drilling firm Valaris PLC reached a settlement with Luminus Management and said on Monday that it has appointed one of the hedge fund’s partners to its...
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January 27 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Tiger Global Management has closed on a $3.75 billion private-equity fund, the latest sign of investors’ continued interest in private technology companies despite worries about...
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January 24 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Legendary investor Bill Miller’s hedge fund jumped 120% last year -- and he says it’s because he didn’t stray from his top names.
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January 23 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
The assets of Steve Cohen’s Point72 Asset Management could soon surpass those of predecessor SAC Capital. Point72 was running $16.1 billion this month.
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January 22 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Billionaire investor Paul Tudor Jones said the stock market today is reminiscent of the latter stages of the bull market in 1999 that saw a giant surge that ultimately ended with...
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January 21 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Chris Hohn’s hedge fund firm, TCI Fund Management, made more money in financial markets than any of the world’s most successful hedge fund firms in 2019, marking his ascendancy...
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January 20 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Hedge fund manager Stanley Druckenmiller said Friday he agrees with fellow billionaire investor David Tepper’s optimism on the market and said he, too, is still “riding the...
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January 17 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
During a White House ceremony Wednesday to sign a first-round trade pact with China, President Donald Trump thanked a long list of elected leaders and called out the names of ...
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January 16 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investor Jeffrey Ubben, already betting there is money to be made from coaxing corporations into being better citizens, gained an ally on Tuesday when BlackRock...
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January 15 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Many of the biggest activist hedge funds saw blockbuster returns last year as concentrated wagers on companies from fast-food restaurants to real estate paid off.
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January 14 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Tom Steyer, a California businessman, jumped into the 2020 race with little political track record beyond supporting campaigns on climate change, youth activism and the impeachment...
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January 13 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
PointState Capital, the macro hedge fund started by former traders for billionaire Stan Druckenmiller, is blocking investors who ask to pull their money out from getting their...
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January 10 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
BOSTON, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Two years ago, investor William Ackman, who pushes corporations to perform better, took his own advice and laid out a plan for a comeback after years...
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January 9 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Chase Coleman’s Tiger Global Management returned 33% last year, beating the broader stock market even after slashing its valuation of beleaguered e-cigarette company Juul Labs...
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January 8 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Crispin Odey’s main hedge fund slumped to a fourth annual loss in the last five years as his bearish bets misfired amid the longest-running equities bull market in history.
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January 7 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Bill Ackman's hedge fund is on track to land massive returns after three years of negative net performance.
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January 6 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Hedge fund Marshall Wace is betting on Danske Bank (DANSKE.CO) shares falling after taking a short position in the Danish lender of 0.5% of issued shares...
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January 3 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
The legendary investor Warren Buffett thinks that companies shouldn't assign their investors' cash to social causes and should instead focus on what would most benefit the shareholders...
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January 2 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
It was a difficult year for the hedge fund sector, as the industry is poised to end the year with more closures than launches for the fifth straight year, according to Bloomberg...
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January 1 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Point72, Renaissance Technologies, and Millennium are Trying to Make Quant Strategies Work in Bond Markets.
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December 31 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
The pain kept coming for hedge funds in 2019: if they weren’t being killed off, they were bleeding cash or wringing out dismal returns.
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December 30 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
CEDAR RAPIDS - California businessman Tom Steyer says he plans to spend at least $100 million on his campaign for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.
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December 27 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
I revisited some of the annual letters Warren Buffett wrote when he was a fund manager some 50 years ago. Buffett's teachings then are still relevant today.
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December 26 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
