Hedge Funds Face Sweeping Changes to Remote Working and Office Space, as Firms Review Footprint (Hedge Week)
Most US hedge funds and other alternative managers expect to return to work before year-end, but a majority predict sweeping changes to work-from-home policies and office layouts, with close to a third of New York-based managers mulling a reduction in office space, a deep-dive industry study by Seward & Kissel has found. The US law firm’s Alternative Investment Manager Covid-19 Survey examined the potential long-term effects of the coronavirus pandemic on the alternative investment industry’s business functions, quizzing a range of CFOs, COOs, CCOs and GCs from hedge funds, private equity and other alternative investment managers.
Tradeweb Markets Inc (TW) CEO Lee Olesky Sold $7.6 million of Shares (Guru Focus)
CEO of Tradeweb Markets Inc., Lee Olesky, sold 122,338 shares of TW on 06/23/2020 at an average price of $62.44 a share. The total sale was $7.6 million. Tradeweb Markets Inc has a market cap of $13.75 billion; its shares were traded at around $60.85 with a P/E ratio of 77.03 and P/S ratio of 11.96. The dividend yield of Tradeweb Markets Inc stocks is 0.53%.
Thursday 6/25 Insider Buying Report: VTOL, VST (Nasdaq.com)
At Bristow Group, a filing with the SEC revealed that on Tuesday, Director George Mark Mickelson purchased 14,000 shares of VTOL, for a cost of $14.77 each, for a total investment of $206,720. Bargain hunters are able to bag VTOL even cheaper than Mickelson did, with the stock changing hands as low as $13.84 in trading on Thursday which is 6.3% below Mickelson’s purchase price. Bristow Group is trading up about 0.9% on the day Thursday. This buy marks the first one filed by Mickelson in the past twelve months. And at Vistra Energy, there was insider buying on Monday, by Director Arcilia Acosta who purchased 10,000 shares for a cost of $19.58 each, for a total investment of $195,800. This purchase marks the first one filed by Acosta in the past year. Vistra Energy is trading off about 0.4% on the day Thursday. Bargain hunters have the opportunity to grab VST at a price even lower than Acosta did, with the stock changing hands as low as $18.38 in trading on Thursday which is 6.2% under Acosta’s purchase price.
The EVP of Nucor (NYSE: NUE) is Selling Shares (Analyst Ratings)
Today, the EVP of Nucor (NUE), Raymond Napolitan, sold shares of NUE for $728.1K. In addition to Raymond Napolitan, one other NUE executive reported Sell trades in the last month.
Skyworks Solutions Inc (SWKS) President and CEO Liam Griffin Sold $1.6 million of Shares (Guru Focus)
President and CEO of Skyworks Solutions Inc., Liam Griffin, sold 12,500 shares of SWKS on 06/22/2020 at an average price of $126.36 a share. The total sale was $1.6 million. Skyworks Solutions Inc is engaged in producing semiconductors for wireless handsets that are used to enable wireless connectivity. Its products include power amplifiers, filters, and integrated front-end modules.