Toscafund Asset Management, Martin Hughes’ long-running equity-focused hedge fund, has appointed Aberdeen Asset Management co-founder Martin Gilbert as chairman.
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April 20 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Daniel Loeb’s Third Point LLC has built a stake in Centene Corp.
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May 24 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
One of billionaire Marc Lasry's biggest market fears came true in November when the Democrats regained controlled of the House of Representatives, winning 235 of the 435 seats...
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December 19 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because ...
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October 19 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Top executives of hedge fund Platinum Partners were arrested Monday morning and charged with defrauding investors in one of the biggest such cases since Bernard L.
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December 19 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Founded in 2005 by Nelson Peltz, Peter May and Ed Garden, Trian Partners manages more than $13 billion worth of assets and is one of the most famous activist investment firms...
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August 15 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Most hedge funds don’t make as much money as they did in the 1990's and the first half of the previous decade, where alpha in excess of 10% was the norm.
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June 10 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
The top-tier executives of all publicly-traded companies have access to information an analyst or investor could only dream of, which partially explains why corporate insiders...
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June 8 - Insider Trading, News - Comments
Hedge funds are alternative investment vehicles available only to high-net-worth individuals, so most retail investors cannot afford the luxury of investing in a hedge fund.
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April 12 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Founded in November 2005, Nelson Peltz's Trian Partners is focused on finding undervalued and underperforming companies that could be given an effective makeover by the fund's...
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April 4 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
The volume of both insider buying and insider selling declined last week compared to the volume registered in the prior week.
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January 27 - Insider Trading, News - Comments
GAMCO Investors, a fund run by billionaire Mario Gabelli, is one of more than 700 funds that we track at Insider Monkey.
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May 7 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Last Monday, Nelson Peltz, manager of Trian Partners, sent a letter to Mr. Joseph A.
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December 2 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
While piggybacking, which means picking a stock merely following a hedge fund manager's move, is considered risky, CNBC's Mad Money host, Jim Cramer is recommending the strategy...
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July 15 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Trian Fund Management LLC, led by Nelson Peltz, focuses on insurance companies, pension funds and university endowments.
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February 20 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Dividend investors would be wise to focus not just on a stock's current yield, but also on the long-term growth potential of its dividends.
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September 16 - News - Comments
In today’s marketplace, there are dozens of metrics shareholders can use to analyze stocks. A duo of the most useful are hedge fund and insider trading interest.
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September 11 - News - Comments
To many of your peers, hedge funds are seen as bloated, old investment vehicles of a period lost to current times.
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September 11 - News - Comments
In the financial world, there are many indicators shareholders can use to watch their holdings. A duo of the most under-the-radar are hedge fund and insider trading interest.
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September 6 - News - Comments
In the eyes of many of your peers, hedge funds are viewed as overrated, old financial vehicles of a period lost to current times.
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September 3 - News - Comments
To many traders, hedge funds are perceived as bloated, old financial vehicles of an era lost to time.
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September 3 - News - Comments
In the financial world, there are tons of methods market participants can use to watch publicly traded companies.
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August 28 - News - Comments
Now, according to many traders, hedge funds are viewed as useless, old financial vehicles of a forgotten age.
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August 28 - News - Comments
As the financial markets rebound, asset manager Legg Mason, Inc. (NYSE:LM) would appear a strong candidate for a rebounding stock.
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July 10 - News - Comments
Asset management is a very lucrative business. Most revenues are generated based on the value of Assets Under Management ("AUM").
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July 5 - News - Comments
Since the recession hit the U.S. economy, rising unemployment has been a serious problem, and interest rates have remained incredibly low.
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July 3 - News - Comments
Last week, the Bank of Japan’s decision to maintain its monetary easing policy wasn't taken at face value by the markets.
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June 17 - News - Comments
Mutual funds have dominated the investment landscape among individual investors for generations, offering access to professional money management of diversified portfolios of ...
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June 4 - News - Comments
To most shareholders, hedge funds are viewed as underperforming, outdated investment vehicles of years past.
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June 3 - News - Comments
Is Legg Mason, Inc. (NYSE:LM) an exceptional investment today? Investors who are in the know are in a bearish mood.
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May 30 - News - Comments
Invesco Ltd. (NYSE:IVZ) is up 25% year to date, and 10% over the past week alone.
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May 13 - News - Comments
Mason Hawkins founded Tennessee-based Southeastern Asset Management in 1975.
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March 19 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Mario Gabelli, a value investor who is founder, chairman, and CEO of Gamco Investors Inc. (NYSE:GBL) , recently spoke on CNBC during a Feb.
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February 23 - News - Comments
In a recent interview with CNBC, Mario Gabelli, a successful investment manager, has talked about two stocks that would double in the near future.
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February 22 - News - Comments
After years of outflows from equity funds should investors finally invest in the asset managers as the money starts flowing back? One key to the equation is that most of the money...
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February 13 - News - Comments
Bill Hwang was once a star at Tiger Management, the gilded hedge fund empire run by the billionaire investor Julian Robertson.
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December 13 - Hedge Funds - Comments
