Hedge Fund News: Michael Karsch, Paul Singer, Bill Ackman
Veteran stock picker Michael Karsch said he is planning to launch a hedge-fund firm this year.
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Hedge Fund News: Bill Ackman, Michael Elfers, Paul Mulvaney
Billionaire activist investor Bill Ackman considered investing in British retailer Tesco Plc (TSCO), which has announced a series of cost cuts to reverse a slide in profit.
When Bill Ackman Grows Older, He Wants To Be Like Carl Icahn
Bill Ackman respects Carl Icahn.
Hedge Fund News: Nelson Peltz, Jim Chanos & Warren Buffett
The Madison Square Garden Company surprised many on Monday when it announced — besides exploring a potential breakup of itself — that it was adding two financiers to its board...
Hedge Fund News: Thomas Steyer, Larry Robbins & Paul Tudor Jones
Just in time for the mid-term elections, billionaire philanthropist and retired hedge fund founder Tom Steyer has donated an extra $15 million of his own money in to his super...
Hedge Fund News: Carl Icahn, John Paulson & Steven Cohen
Stock-picking may run in the family. Within a long letter to Apple Inc.
Hedge Fund News: Louis Bacon, Nelson Peltz & Pershing Square
Declaring that his “bold actions were inspiring others to protect and steward their lands,” the Land Trust Alliance this week presented one of its highest and rarest honours...
Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl Inc (VRX): ValueAct Capital Raises Stake as Jeffrey Ubben is Appointed as Board Director
Jeffrey Ubben’s Valueact Capital Management disclosed today an increase in its exposure to Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl Inc (NYSE:VRX).
Hedge Fund News: Bill Ackman, David Einhorn & Aurelius Capital Management
When William Ackman took the stage at the AXA Equitable Auditorium in Midtown Manhattan on April 22, investors were still digesting the news that his firm, Pershing Square Capital...
Allergan (AGN): Valeant Pharmaceuticals (VRX), Ackman Plan To Request Shareholders Meeting
Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl Inc (NYSE:VRX) and Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Capital Management will today comply with one of Allergan, Inc.
Hedge Fund News: Jim Simons, Feroz Dewan & Soros Fund Management
Long Island hedge-fund investor James Simons and his wife have given $50 million to the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory to establish a center that uses quantitative tools to understand...
Hedge Fund Highlights: Steven Cohen, George Soros & Bill Ackman
Patricia Cohen, the ex-wife of SAC Capital Advisors LP founder Steven Cohen, has subpoenaed the U.S.
Hedge Fund Highlights: Warren Buffett, John Paulson & Bain Capital
Warren Buffett’s BNSF Railway Co. and Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.
Hedge Fund Highlights: Jeffrey Ubben, Paul Singer & Carl Icahn
Activist investor ValueAct Capital Management has long flown under the radar, working behind the scenes to turn companies around.
Hedge Fund News: Ray Dalio, Paul Singer & Ken Griffin
Ray Dalio, the enigmatic, transcendentally meditating leader of one, if not the, most successful hedge funds in the country, does not tend to brag or boast about, well, anything...
Hedge Fund News: Seth Klarman, George Soros & Pershing Square
Seth Klarman's $US27 billion hedge fund Baupost has become the latest US investor to pile onto the share register of aspiring US LNG terminal developer Liquefied Natural Gas Ltd...
Hedge Fund News: Wilbur Ross, Bill Ackman & George Soros
The US billionaire’s firm and Irish investment house Cardinal have signed a joint venture which aims to raise €400m for property investments.
Hedge Fund Highlights: Ralph Whitworth, David Einhorn & Carl Icahn
Relational Investors LLC , the activist fund co-founded by Ralph Whitworth and David Batchelder, nominated two directors at B/E Aerospace Inc (NASDAQ:BEAV) before the aviation...
Hedge Fund Highlights: David Einhorn, Tom Steyer & Dan Loeb
Hedge fund hot-shot David Einhorn offered former television host Regis Philbin a summer internship at Greenlight Capital last night on CNBC's "Fast Money." Einhorn made a surprise...
Hedge Fund News: Carl Icahn, Jim Simons & Brevan Howard
Good thing Carl Icahn and Bill Ackman made up. Otherwise this would have made for an awkward ceremony.
Hedge Fund News: Ken Griffin, David Einhorn & Bill Ackman
The asset management industry is playing US regulators against their international counterparts and stirring national sentiment on Capitol Hill in an attempt to head off new regulation...
Hedge Fund Highlights: David Tepper, Barry Rosenstein & Crispin Odey
Billionaire hedge fund manager David Tepper sounded a cautious message on Wednesday, telling a ballroom packed with other managers and investors that he was "nervous" about the...
Hedge Fund News: Edward Lampert, James Dinan & Nouriel Roubini
Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ:SHLD), the department-store chain struggling to rebound from three years of operating losses, is considering a sale of its Canadian stores.
Hedge Fund Highlights: Tom Steyer, Michael Platt & John Paulson
Billionaire Tom Steyer has rapidly become one of America's most visible environmental advocates, vowing to punish lawmakers who don't oppose climate change and pledging to spend...
Hedge Fund News: David Tepper, Larry Robbins & David Einhorn
Hedge fund mogul David Tepper had a case of deja vu when he ranked as the best paid hedge fund manager for the second year running by earning $3.5 billion in 2013 with a savvy...
Hedge Fund News: Bill Ackman, Daniel Loeb & Paul Singer
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...
Hedge Fund News: Paul Singer, Barry Rosenstein & Dan Loeb
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...
Hedge Fund News: Warren Buffett, John Paulson & Tom Steyer
Warren Buffett called The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO)'s controversial compensation plan excessive, but said he declined to vote against it.
Hedge Fund News: Bill Ackman, Crispin Odey & David Tepper
Canada’s largest pharmaceutical company and the U.S. activist investor who overhauled CP Rail have joined forces in a mega-deal to buy Allergan, Inc.
Hedge Fund News: Kyle Bass, Bill Ackman & Nouriel Roubini
Hedge fund manager Kyle Bass believes investors can still profit by lending to Argentina, Latin America's third-largest economy.
Hedge Fund News: Bill Ackman, Marc Faber & Nouriel Roubini
An investment analyst who played a leading role in Pershing Square Capital Management’s bet against Herbalife Ltd.
Hedge Fund Highlights: Warren Buffett, Carl Icahn & Paul Tudor Jones
Warren Buffett is proving to have as keen an eye for talent as he has for investment opportunity.
Government Announcements Place Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Between Funds’ Eyebrows
On November 15th, Pershing Square Capital Management filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission two new 13D forms.
Hedge Fund News: Warren Buffett, Steven Cohen, Carl Icahn’s Halloween Move
Steven Cohen’s company has agreed to pay, plead guilty to all criminal charges and close its investment advisory business in a deal reached with Manhattan U.S.
Hedge Fund News: Bill Ackman to Sell Some Canadian Pacific Stock, Carl Icahn & Boris Pilichowski
Financial advisers who gathered in New York to hear leaders of the asset management industry impart their best investment ideas for the year ahead were given a surprising tip ...
Hedge Fund News: Kyle Bass, Philanthropy, and Steven Cohen Getting Off Easy?
Expectations for outsize gains on the downtrodden shares of J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP) purchased by major hedge fund firms have deflated like a punctured balloon.
J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (JCP) Takes Another Hit: Will it Keep on Ticking?
Some companies are able to take hits, one after the next, and keep on ticking. Others, however, are not nearly as stable. Right now, many are beginning to wonder where J.C.
Hedge Fund Highlights: Carl Icahn, John Paulson, General Growth Properties Inc (GGP)
Prominent NYC hedge fund managers came up empty in the NYC Democratic mayoral primary, Absolute Return reported today. Dan Loeb (Third Point), Robert Ziff (Och-Ziff) and Peter...
Hedge Fund Highlights: Ken Griffin, Stanley Druckenmiller, Herbalife Ltd. (HLF)
Derivatives trading has improved dramatically, becoming safer and more efficient through post-crisis reforms that have shifted power from bank “dealers” to investors, according...
Herbalife Ltd. (HLF) Updates: New Advisor, Addition of Lobbyists & More
Nutritional products company Herbalife, battling allegations that it operates an illegal pyramid scheme, has a new and unexpected advocate: former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa...
Hedge Fund Highlights: Bill Ackman, SAC Capital Advisors, Barrick Gold Corporation (USA) (ABX)
William Ackman’s Pershing Square Capital Management is largely flat for the year after a bruising August in which the hedge fund lost 3.6 percent, said two investor sources ...
Hedge Fund Highlights: Michael Karsch, David Tepper, Whole Foods Market, Inc. (WFM)
Michael Karsch is returning client money in his $1.8 billion hedge-fund firm after 13 years, saying he wants to take time to contemplate the next stage of his career, according...
J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (JCP) Trends: Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Capital Management, Citigroup Inc. (C), Jim Cramer & More
Activist investor Bill Ackman is cutting his losses in J.C. Penney. The hedge fund manager sold his entire stake in the troubled retailer.
J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (JCP) Loses One of its Biggest Backers
Saying that J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP) is facing difficult times is an understatement.
Hedge Fund News: Carl Icahn, Sears Holdings Corporation (SHLD), Wells Fargo & Co (WFC)
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ:SHLD), Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE:WFC), Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C), Apple Inc.
J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (JCP) News Trends: Mike Ullman, Bill Ackman’s Letter, 2Q Results & More
J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP)’s second quarter of 2013 is one everyone would like to forget.
J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (JCP) News: Cash Burn, Ron Johnson & More
In the wake of an attempted transformation that failed to resonate with the department store’s traditional, price-sensitive shoppers, management is scrambling to cancel orders...
J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (JCP) Latest Reports: Back-to-School Ad Criticized, Bill Ackman Ready to Sell Stake, Ninth Quarter Sales & More
A new ad has many parents vowing to steer clear of J.C. Penney for their back-to-school shopping.
George Soros News: Economic Trends, American Politics & J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (JCP)
What I really deal with is venture capital without the returns,” Stewart Paperin tells the audience at INSEAD’s Entrepreneurial Forum in Fontainebleau recently.
Hedge Fund News: Daniel Loeb, J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (JCP), Herbalife Ltd. (HLF)
Investors in Third Point Reinsurance Ltd.’s initial public offering are betting on billionaire hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb.
