Veteran stock picker Michael Karsch said he is planning to launch a hedge-fund firm this year.
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January 29 - Hedge Funds
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.
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January 14 - Hedge Funds
Bill Ackman respects Carl Icahn.
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January 14 - Hedge Funds, Market Movers, News
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...
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October 28 - Hedge Funds
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...
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October 27 - Hedge Funds
Stock-picking may run in the family. Within a long letter to Apple Inc.
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October 9 - Hedge Funds
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...
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September 30 - Hedge Funds
Jeffrey Ubben’s Valueact Capital Management disclosed today an increase in its exposure to Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl Inc (NYSE:VRX).
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September 25 - Hedge Funds, News
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...
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August 22 - Hedge Funds
Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl Inc (NYSE:VRX) and Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Capital Management will today comply with one of Allergan, Inc.
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August 22 - Hedge Funds, News
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...
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July 7 - Hedge Funds
Patricia Cohen, the ex-wife of SAC Capital Advisors LP founder Steven Cohen, has subpoenaed the U.S.
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July 2 - Hedge Funds
Warren Buffett’s BNSF Railway Co. and Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.
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June 26 - Hedge Funds
Activist investor ValueAct Capital Management has long flown under the radar, working behind the scenes to turn companies around.
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June 25 - Hedge Funds
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...
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June 16 - Hedge Funds
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...
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June 13 - Hedge Funds
The US billionaire’s firm and Irish investment house Cardinal have signed a joint venture which aims to raise €400m for property investments.
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June 11 - Hedge Funds
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...
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June 6 - Hedge Funds
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...
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May 29 - Hedge Funds
Good thing Carl Icahn and Bill Ackman made up. Otherwise this would have made for an awkward ceremony.
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May 20 - Hedge Funds
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...
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May 19 - Hedge Funds
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...
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May 15 - Hedge Funds
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.
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May 14 - Hedge Funds
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...
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May 13 - Hedge Funds
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...
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May 6 - 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
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
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
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.
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April 22 - Hedge Funds
Hedge fund manager Kyle Bass believes investors can still profit by lending to Argentina, Latin America's third-largest economy.
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February 4 - Hedge Funds
An investment analyst who played a leading role in Pershing Square Capital Management’s bet against Herbalife Ltd.
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January 29 - 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
On November 15th, Pershing Square Capital Management filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission two new 13D forms.
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November 18 - Hedge Funds, News
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.
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November 4 - Hedge Funds
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 ...
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October 24 - Hedge Funds
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.
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October 18 - Hedge Funds
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.
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September 16 - News
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...
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September 14 - Hedge Funds
Derivatives trading has improved dramatically, becoming safer and more efficient through post-crisis reforms that have shifted power from bank “dealers” to investors, according...
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September 12 - Hedge Funds
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...
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September 6 - News
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 ...
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September 5 - Hedge Funds
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...
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August 28 - Hedge Funds
Activist investor Bill Ackman is cutting his losses in J.C. Penney. The hedge fund manager sold his entire stake in the troubled retailer.
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August 27 - News
Saying that J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP) is facing difficult times is an understatement.
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August 27 - Hedge Funds, News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ:SHLD), Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE:WFC), Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C), Apple Inc.
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August 23 - Hedge Funds
J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP)’s second quarter of 2013 is one everyone would like to forget.
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August 21 - News
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...
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August 19 - News
A new ad has many parents vowing to steer clear of J.C. Penney for their back-to-school shopping.
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August 16 - News
What I really deal with is venture capital without the returns,” Stewart Paperin tells the audience at INSEAD’s Entrepreneurial Forum in Fontainebleau recently.
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August 14 - Hedge Funds
Investors in Third Point Reinsurance Ltd.’s initial public offering are betting on billionaire hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb.
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August 14 - Hedge Funds