Dan Loeb, the manager of Third Point is one of the pioneers in activist investing.
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May 23 - Hedge Funds, News
Tiger Global Management LLC, the $14 billion investment firm run by Chase Coleman, increased its stakes in industrial companies last quarter and reduced holdings of technology...
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May 19 - Hedge Funds
Embattled hedge fund titan Steven A. Cohen is freaking out that his Manhattan apartment, on the market at a bank-busting $98 million, just isn't selling.
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May 12 - Hedge Funds
Uber-billionaire Warren Buffett hosted the annual shareholders meeting for Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.B) in Omaha last weekend.
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May 9 - Hedge Funds
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...
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May 5 - Hedge Funds
Activist investor William Ackman's Pershing Square Capital Management roared ahead in April with the help of a proposed acquisition, leaving his flagship fund up roughly 19 percent...
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May 2 - Hedge Funds
Assets under management have hit a record high at Schroders and the firm has hedge funds in its sights, recently raising funds for veteran investor John Paulson.
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May 1 - Hedge Funds
Elliott Management Corp., the $24.1 billion hedge-fund firm run by Paul Singer, said recession is a possibility in the developed world, while the deflation that keeps central...
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April 30 - Hedge Funds
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...
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April 28 - Hedge Funds
Warren Buffett called The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO)'s controversial compensation plan excessive, but said he declined to vote against it.
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April 25 - Hedge Funds
By analyzing the 13F filings of Third Point, managed by Dan Loeb, we estimate that his large-cap stock picks (those with market caps between above $20 billion) returned, on average...
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April 7 - Hedge Funds, News
Globally the entire world thinks the governments have their back in asset markets.
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April 4 - Hedge Funds
Richard Handler’s Leucadia National Corp. (NYSE:LUK) more than doubled its bet on Philip Falcone’s Harbinger Group Inc. after the value of an earlier investment jumped.
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March 19 - Hedge Funds
Dan Loeb’s Third Point, has raised its stake in Sothebys (NYSE:BID), as revealed in a new filing with the Security and Exchange Commission.
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March 14 - Hedge Funds, News
Dmitry Balyasny is one hedge fund owner who isn’t afraid of hiring traders from SAC Capital Advisors as long as they were far away from the “messiness” that engulfed the...
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February 27 - Hedge Funds
Dan Loeb and his fund Third Point have slightly upped their activist position in Sothebys (NYSE:BID) and proposed several candidates, including Mr.
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February 27 - Hedge Funds, News
In the current round of 13F filings, hedge funds and other institutional investors are disclosing their equity portfolios as held at the end of the last year.
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February 18 - Hedge Funds, News
Why aren’t there more women running hedge funds? The money’s good, and the lifestyle would seem to lend itself better to balancing family demands than more traditional Wall...
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February 12 - Hedge Funds
Hedge funds held up better than stocks in January, falling an average of 0.1 percent as global equities slumped amid a selloff in emerging-market currencies and signs of weakness...
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February 7 - Hedge Funds
The stock market’s decline this year is healthy and the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index probably will end 2014 higher, Leon Cooperman, chairman of hedge fund Omega Advisors Inc...
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February 5 - Hedge Funds
While Bill Ackman’s short bet against Herbalife Ltd.
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February 4 - Hedge Funds
Billionaire hedge fund investor Daniel Loeb will be losing Rhode Island as a client after the state's pension fund found his Third Point LLC too risky for its taste and decided...
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February 3 - Hedge Funds
The billionaire investor Steven A.
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January 30 - Hedge Funds
In this article we look into four companies that are in Warren Buffett's portfolio and have witnessed insider purchases over the past three months.
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January 29 - Hedge Funds
David Tepper's Appaloosa Management is one of the top performing large hedge funds on Wall Street, but he likely took a beating on Friday, according to John Hempton, an Australian...
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January 28 - Hedge Funds
Warren Buffett is proving to have as keen an eye for talent as he has for investment opportunity.
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January 22 - Hedge Funds
Daniel Loeb's hedge fund Third Point has revealed in a statement taking a large stake in The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW).
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January 21 - Hedge Funds, News
Mondelez International Inc (NASDAQ:MDLZ), which makes Cadbury chocolate, Oreo cookies and Trident gum, said it added activist investor Nelson Peltz to its board.
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January 21 - Hedge Funds
American Hustle and Captain Phillips helped lead Sony Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:SNE)’s movie division to 21 Academy Award nominations today, tying Warner Bros.
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January 17 - Hedge Funds
Hedge-fund manager Paul Singer turned in another steady year of performance in 2013, according to a monthly investor update. Mr.
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January 8 - Hedge Funds
Daniel Loeb, the activist investor and hedge fund manager, led rivals in 2013 as his flagship fund gained 25.2%, Reuters reported.
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January 3 - Hedge Funds
Hedge Fund manager John Paulson is one of the biggest beneficiaries of a great rotation from bonds to stocks at the firm led by Anthony "the Mooch" Scaramucci.
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January 2 - Hedge Funds
Greece’s Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund is courting U.S.
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December 18 - Hedge Funds
Dan Loeb's Third Point, revealed, in a new form 4, buying a total of 190,100 shares of Enphase Energy Inc (NASDAQ:ENPH).
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November 25 - Hedge Funds, News
It has been about 100 hours since William Ackman revealed his Pershing Square hedge fund’s nearly 10% stake in both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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November 19 - Hedge Funds
Dan Loeb, the manager of Third Point, is a notorious personality in the hedge fund universe, so his words typically have a major effect on the markets.
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November 12 - Hedge Funds, News
Ray Dalio, who runs hedge fund behemoth Bridgewater Associates, is speaking at the DealBook Conference in midtown Manhattan right now.
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November 12 - Hedge Funds, News
Hedgie Dan Loeb’s long winning streak continued in October — although a 20 percent drop in his high-profile activist target Sony Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:SNE) nearly wiped...
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November 6 - Hedge Funds, News
There is a lot of undue criticism of Dan Loeb these days.
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November 4 - Hedge Funds, News
Hedge-fund manager David Einhorn is taking a more conservative approach to his investment portfolio even as wagers that stocks would fall caused his results to trail the Standard...
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November 1 - Hedge Funds, News
One of America's richest businessmen has denied claims that he was detained following a car accident in Cuba after 'hitting a local kid with his car'. Daniel S.
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October 30 - Hedge Funds
George Soros, the billionaire investor, philanthropist and backer of liberal causes, has signed on to be a co-chair of the national finance council for Ready for Hillary, the ...
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October 25 - Hedge Funds
Hedge fund investor Daniel Loeb has acquired a stake in Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK) and said he sees good prospects for the company after the planned sale of its handset...
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October 23 - Hedge Funds
Third Point 2013 Q3 investor letter: Dan Loeb and Third Point's third quarter letter is out, and here it is in all its glory (you can download it by clicking the link below).
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October 22 - Hedge Funds, News
Billionaire Mason Hawkins: There are more than 40 hedge fund billionaires in action today.
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October 15 - Hedge Funds
You won't be surprised to find that there aren't that many hedge fund billionaires, out of the more than 8,000 funds in existence.
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October 14 - Hedge Funds, Lists
Outerwall, Pandora, Achillion, hedge funds: It’s no secret that at Insider Monkey, we track hedge funds (discover why here).
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October 11 - Hedge Funds, News
Two funds linked to US billionaire hedge fund owner Paul Singer have dropped their objection to the former Anglo Irish Bank’s application for bankruptcy protection in the United...
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October 11 - Hedge Funds, News
2013 hedge fund returns: Many financial journalists commit the travesty of reporting improper return figures every quarter.
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October 8 - Hedge Funds, News