Investor Ackman Opposes United Technologies’ Aerospace Merger with Raytheon: Source (Reuters) (Reuters) – William Ackman’s activist hedge......
(read more)June 11 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
David Einhorn, Paul Taubman Select Duke in Bloomberg Brackets Challenge (Bloomberg) It’s all chalk. At least when it comes to billionaire hedge-fund......
(read more)March 21 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Sears’ Future in Doubt as Chairman Eddie Lampert Looks for More Protections (CNBC) Sears Chairman Eddie Lampert seemingly swooped in once again......
(read more)October 25 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Bill Ackman Makes More Layoffs at His Pershing Square Hedge Fund (CNBC) Billionaire hedge fund manager William Ackman, whose investment assets have shrunk......
(read more)June 27 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Ackman’s Hedge Funds Gain After Years of Losses, Helped by Chipotle and ADP (CNBC) William Ackman‘s private hedge fund has gained more than......
(read more)June 15 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Think Soros Is Right? Traders Chase 76% Returns Shorting Europe (Bloomberg) George Soros says the euro area is in “existential danger” — and......
(read more)June 4 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Soros-Backed Hedge Fund Starts EM Pool as Assets Said to Surge (Bloomberg) Glen Point Capital LLP, a London-based hedge-fund firm that counts billionaire......
(read more)April 13 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Three Starboard Nominees to Newell Board Agree to Buy Stake if Elected (Reuters) (Reuters) – Starboard Value LP, which is looking to replace the......
(read more)March 14 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Paul Tudor Jones, Who Called the October 1987 Crash, Predicts Inflation Surge, Bond Price Plunge (CNBC) Paul Tudor Jones, the hedge fund manager who called......
(read more)March 1 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Trading ‘BOON’ Pickens: Oil Tycoon’s Spinoff Fund Seeks Listing (Bloomberg) Legendary oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens has closed his hedge fund,......
(read more)February 28 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Ken Griffin Says Dow Drop ‘Modest’ as Geithner Looks Back on ’08 (Bloomberg) Organizers of the annual gala for the Museum of American......
(read more)February 7 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Tax Reform-Related Bonuses Won’t ‘Move the Needle’ on The Wealth Gap, Says Billionaire Ray Dalio (CNBC) The bonuses and wage increases......
(read more)January 23 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Sears Endgame And Lampert’s May Diverge (Reuters) (Reuters Breakingviews) – The last chapter for Sears looks to be at hand. The troubled U......
(read more)March 22 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Ackman’s Exit Sends Valeant Shares To More Than 7-Year Low (CNBC) Shares of Valeant Pharmaceuticals dropped Tuesday after news surfaced late Monday......
(read more)March 14 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Cooperman May Stick Client With Part of Legal Bill (Bloomberg) Leon Cooperman, the hedge fund billionaire accused of insider trading by the U.S. Securities......
(read more)November 29 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Hedge Fund Manager Odey Says U.K. Stocks Could Plummet 80% (Bloomberg) Crispin Odey, whose main hedge fund has lost about 43 percent this year, says U......
(read more)November 1 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Ackman’s Pershing Square Holdings gains 5.8 percent in August (Reuters) Billionaire investor William Ackman‘s portfolios climbed nearly 6......
(read more)September 2 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Edward Lampert and His White Whale, Sears (The New York Times) A tragic figure in American literature has an analog in modern finance. Once upon a time......
(read more)August 29 - Hedge Funds - Comments
U.S. stock market have endured wild swings over the past few months, and some may wonder what has been driving equities so violently. William Ackman of......
(read more)October 13 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Here’s Why Carl Icahn Thinks Apple Will Surge To $240 Per Share (Bloomberg) Carl Icahn is out with a new letter to Tim Cook arguing that Apple should......
(read more)May 18 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Ackman Says He’d Have to Think Hard Before Next Short Bet (Bloomberg) William Ackman, who runs $20 billion Pershing Square Capital Management, is hesitant......
(read more)May 4 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Ariad Pharma CEO ‘Retires’ in Settlement With Activist Hedge Fund (The Street) Ariad Pharmaceuticals founder and CEO Harvey Berger is exiting......
(read more)April 29 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Veteran Stock Picker Michael Karsch Plans to Launch Hedge Fund (Wall Street Journal) Veteran stock picker Michael Karsch said he is planning to launch......
(read more)January 29 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Billionaire Steve Cohen pays $100 million for art sculpture (PageSix) Billionaie hedge fund manager Steve Cohen is the secret buyer of the Alberto Giacometti......
(read more)November 11 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Carl Icahn Reveals Performance of Son Brett’s Portfolio (WSJ) Stock-picking may run in the family. Within a long letter to Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) +......
(read more)October 9 - Hedge Funds - Comments
ESL Gives Sears $400 Million Lifeline (Finalternatives) Hedge fund ESL Investments has loaned $400 million to its largest investment, Sears Holdings Corporation......
(read more)September 16 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Billionaire George Soros Braces for a Correction in U.S. Equities (SECFilings) Many billionaire investors have been bracing themselves for a market correction......
(read more)September 5 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Ackman’s Pershing Square Holdings fund up 31.2 YTD (Reuters) Billionaire investor William Ackman‘s Pershing Square Holdings portfolio, the......
(read more)September 3 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Inside the Trade: What Bill Ackman Sees in Valeant and Allergan (InstitutionalInvestorsAlpha) When William Ackman took the stage at the AXA Equitable......
(read more)August 22 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Who are ten youngest hedge fund billionaires? Barriers to entry in the hedge fund market are much greater than they were just a decade ago. If you’......
(read more)July 31 - Hedge Funds, Lists - Comments
Billionaire investor Wilbur Ross in new Irish property deal with Cardinal Capital (Independent) The US billionaire’s firm and Irish investment house......
(read more)June 11 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Relational Said to Nominate Two B/E Board Directors (Bloomberg) Relational Investors LLC , the activist fund co-founded by Ralph Whitworth and David......
(read more)June 6 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Hedge fund mogul Tepper warns: Don’t be too long U.S. stocks (Reuters) Billionaire hedge fund manager David Tepper sounded a cautious message on......
(read more)May 15 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Sears Mulls Sale of Canadian Business After Years of Losses (BusinessWeek) Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ:SHLD), the department-store chain struggling......
(read more)May 14 - Hedge Funds - Comments
From black to green: U.S. billionaire’s ‘Road to Damascus’ (Reuters) Billionaire Tom Steyer has rapidly become one of America’......
(read more)May 13 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Hedge fund big furious that his $98M penthouse isn’t selling (Page Six) Embattled hedge fund titan Steven A. Cohen is freaking out that his Manhattan......
(read more)May 12 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Ackman’s Pershing Square surges in April, beating many rivals (Reuters) Activist investor William Ackman‘s Pershing Square Capital Management......
(read more)May 2 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Elliott Says Deflation Less Likely Than Asteroid Hitting (Bloomberg) Elliott Management Corp., the $24.1 billion hedge-fund firm run by Paul Singer,......
(read more)April 30 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Buffett: Coke exec compensation plan was excessive (Fortune) Warren Buffett called The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO)‘s controversial compensation......
(read more)April 25 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Valeant Pharmaceuticals shares climb as it teams up with Bill Ackman to buy $42.2B Botox maker (FinancialPost) Canada’s largest pharmaceutical company......
(read more)April 22 - Hedge Funds - Comments
T. Boone Reborn (Forbes) Aboard his Gulfstream G550, T. Boone Pickens — legendary trader, corporate raider, energy visionary and billion-dollar philanthropist......
(read more)March 31 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Democrats Pull ‘All-Nighter’ for Climate Change (ChristianPost) Right out of an episode of House of Cards, about half of Senate Democrats......
(read more)March 18 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Softer sales slam Sears with fourth-quarter loss (NYPost) Sears CEO Eddie Lampert admitted the retailer had a “tough-to-terrible” holiday season,......
(read more)February 28 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Brevan Howard Aims for ‘More Satisfactory’ 2014 (Barrons) Alan Howard of storied hedge-fund firm Brevan Howard calls the 2013 performance of Brevan......
(read more)January 23 - Hedge Funds - Comments
William Ackman‘s Pershing Square has boosted its stake in Howard Hughes Corp (NYSE:HHC), a new filing with the SEC revealed. Pershing Square reported......
(read more)January 3 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
KYLE BASS: My Worst Trade Was One Of The Best Things To Ever Happen To Me (BusinessInsider) Hedge fund advisor Steven Drobny, the author of global macro......
(read more)December 4 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Chanos takes on Buffett, calls Exxon and fellow oil majors a ‘value trap’ (MarketWatch) When the “Oracle of Omaha” talks, people listen......
(read more)November 20 - Hedge Funds - Comments
SAC Capital Advisors hedge fund reaches $1.8 billion deal with feds over insider trading charges (New York Daily News) Steven Cohen’s company has agreed......
(read more)November 4 - Hedge Funds - Comments
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. These......
(read more)October 14 - Hedge Funds, Lists - Comments
Bill Ackman Was Right About J.C. Penney (Forbes) Hedge Fund billionaire William Ackman has acknowledged that his big investment in J.C. Penney Company......
(read more)September 27 - Hedge Funds - Comments
