Seth Klarman’s Baupost Group piled into some of the most popular blank-check deals this year, seeking to capitalize on a burgeoning market.
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November 16 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Bill Ackman predicts 2021 will be a rewarding year for the equity market and urged investors to "go long", but the Wall Street legend and Pershing Square founder worries that ...
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November 13 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Hong Kong-based hedge fund LIM Advisors is focusing more on buying high-yield and distressed bonds and loans in the Asia-Pacific region after the pandemic roiled markets earlier...
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October 27 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Activist investor Jeff Smith pitched two new stocks at a conference on Thursday, sending shares jumping in early trading.
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October 8 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
HONG KONG - Venture capitalist Neil Shen’s Sequoia Capital China is setting up a hedge-fund business to leverage its record of choosing winners in Chinese technology.
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September 10 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Glenview Capital Management made new bets on reopening stocks and national testing labs during last quarter, according to securities filings.
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August 20 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
(Reuters) - Starboard Value LP said on Tuesday it plans to raise $300 million through a blank-check acquisition vehicle, becoming the latest major hedge fund to jump on this year...
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August 18 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
John Thaler, who shut down his long-short equity hedge fund in 2015, is making a return to the hedge fund scene with an offering focused on telecommunications, media, and technology...
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August 14 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
One of the newest hedge funds in Rio de Janeiro is run by a trio of die-hard surfers who know how to bounce back after a wipeout.
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June 16 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
AQR Capital Management (AQR) has launched the AQR Diversifying Strategies Fund, which is designed to be a single solution to gain exposure to liquid alternatives with attractive...
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June 8 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
(Reuters) - Hedge fund Starboard Value LP is close to having eight directors elected to the board of GCP Applied Technologies Inc (GCP.N) at the chemical company’s annual meeting...
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May 27 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Billionaire hedge fund manager Ray Dalio has said that while the coronavirus outbreak is devastating, it may also be a turning point in history - one that could pave the way for...
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April 22 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Future rises in the cost of natural gas following the recent oil price crash may squeeze utility companies’ profits, with US names potentially proving a lucrative short bet ...
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April 16 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
LONDON, April 15 (Reuters) - Activist hedge fund Amber Capital on Tuesday urged fellow investors to support proposals to replace the majority of Lagardere’s supervisory board...
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April 15 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
By March 12, when the S&P 500 Index was already down 15% and lockdowns in response to the COVID-19 pandemic were starting to become normalized, new activist stakes slowed to a...
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April 5 - Activism, Hedge Funds, News
Founder of hedge fund Kynikos Associates and well-known short seller Jim Chanos said on Thursday that he is still betting against Tesla, even after the electric automaker’s ...
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April 2 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Former Democratic presidential hopeful Tom Steyer isn’t too happy with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) temporary rollback of environmental laws amid the coronavirus...
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March 31 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Investor Ray Dalio told CNBC on Thursday the coronavirus outbreak will cost U.S.
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March 19 - 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
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
Brevan Howard Asset Management is again backing Adam Fisher, a global-macro manager whose capital-raising efforts appear to be rapidly gaining momentum.
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December 11 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
BOSTON (Reuters) - Elliott Management, Paul Singer’s $35 billion hedge fund, kept up its blistering pace of pushing for corporate changes during the third quarter, outspending...
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October 11 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
T. Boone Pickens, the wildcatter “Oracle of Oil,” hedge fund founder and philanthropist who rewrote the playbook for corporate raiders, has died. He was 91.
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September 11 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Pershing Square bucks a down market with August gains.
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September 4 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Star fund manager Michael Platt has been named the City’s richest hedgie for the fifth year in a row, after his wealth surged by £700 million.
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May 10 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Shares of Cerner are up 20% this year but the medical records company can still rise much further as it is still cheap, activist investor Jeff Smith said Tuesday.
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April 16 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
AQR Capital Management (AQR) has established an office in Frankfurt, Germany.
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April 12 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Shares of health care technology provider Cerner (CERN) jumped Tuesday after the company said it had reached an agreement with activist hedge fund Starboard Value LP to appoint...
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April 9 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
BOSTON (Reuters) - Activist hedge fund Starboard Value LP said on Friday it will no longer urge shareholders to oppose Bristol-Myers Squibb Co’s plans to buy Celgene Corp, even...
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March 29 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
A Texas judge Tuesday dismissed a bondholder lawsuit against Neiman Marcus Group over the company’s transfer of its MyTheresa e-commerce business beyond the reach of bondholders...
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March 19 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
In April last year, Starboard Value’s Jeff Smith discussed in a CNBC interview his opinions on the changes that Newell Brands (NASDAQ:NWL) was going through during April 2018...
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March 19 - Hedge Funds, News
Warren Buffett is possibly the financial world's most vocal critic of hedge funds.
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March 12 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
For a company owner, a clean sale is usually preferable to the rigmarole of going public.
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March 11 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
BOSTON (Reuters) - Citadel, one of the world’s biggest hedge funds, on Thursday told investors and employees it plans to shut down its Aptigon Capital equities unit and that...
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March 7 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
BlueMountain Capital Management LLC, the hedge fund that wants to replace the board of directors at bankrupt California utility PG&E Corp., said Friday that its 13 nominees include...
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March 1 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
After seeing a "significant risk" of a recession only a month ago, the manager of the world's largest hedge fund has lowered his odds of an economic downturn, now that the Federal...
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February 28 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Bank of America Merrill Lynch's top equity derivatives boss in the Americas is leaving after less than two years, and he's headed for the hedge fund LMR Partners.
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February 22 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Billionaire investor Steve Cohen’s Point72 Ventures has invested in a U.S.
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February 20 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Baker Bros. Advisors LP, a hedge fund known for making big biotechnology bets, looks to have relinquished its stake in Sage Therapeutics Inc.
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February 14 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Sears Holdings Corp. Chairman Eddie Lampert won the support of the U.S.
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February 7 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Allergan shares rose Tuesday after renowned hedge fund manager David Tepper increased his pressure on the drugmaker, calling for the company to jump-start the business with new...
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February 5 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Embattled pizza chain Papa John's has struck a deal with activist hedge fund Starboard Value in what it hopes may bring an end to a rocky few months that included a public battle...
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February 4 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Seth Klarman, a hedge fund billionaire some call the next Warren Buffett, wrote a sobering letter warning his investors of the economic impact of global tension, rising debt and...
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January 22 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Jeffrey Vinik, who just announced the revival of his hedge fund after a stellar career of stock picking, doesn’t see any opportunity in cannabis stocks.
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January 10 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Activist investor Starboard Value LP has taken a stake in Dollar Tree Inc. and is pushing the retailer to sell its Family Dollar business and tweak its pricing model.
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January 7 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Jeffrey Smith's Starboard Value is one of the most followed and well respected activist hedge funds out there, consistently spurring positive operational changes at companies ...
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December 20 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
Starboard Value initiated a 9.8% activist stake in Magellan Health (MGLN). The details of the filing can be seen below.
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December 14 - Hedge Funds
Last month activist hedge fund Starboard Value disclosed a 5.8% stake in Symantec Corp (NASDAQ:SYMC). It paid around $20 per share for 36 million shares of the company.
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September 18 - Hedge Funds, News
(Reuters) - Hedge fund Starboard Value LP has nominated five directors to Symantec’s (SYMC.O) board after taking a 5.8 percent stake in the cybersecurity firm, it said on Thursday...
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August 16 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading