In a new filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Paul Singer's Elliott Management disclosed a 6.8% activist stake in Family Dollar Stores, Inc. (NYSE:FDO).
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December 12 - Hedge Funds, News
Crispin Odey, one of the best-known hedge fund managers in Europe, has seen returns at his flagship €1.8 billion ($2.3 billion) hedge fund fall by more than 10% this year, after...
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November 19 - Hedge Funds
Billionaie hedge fund manager Steve Cohen is the secret buyer of the Alberto Giacometti sculpture “Chariot,” sold last week at Sothebys (NYSE:BID) for a near-record $100,...
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November 11 - Hedge Funds
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
Hedge fund manager Jim Chanos on Monday said he is betting against Brazil's national oil company Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras SA (ADR) (NYSE:PBR), saying it "exists to serve ...
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October 20 - Hedge Funds
The best thing federal prosecutors might have done for Steven A.
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October 16 - Hedge Funds
A mega-rich banker has finished building a £150,000 palatial chicken coop dubbed ‘Cluckingham Palace’, it has been reported.
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October 15 - Hedge Funds
Two investors among those that we track reported increasing their stakes in two companies: Riverbed Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:RVBD) and Magnachip Semiconductor Corp (NYSE:MX) .
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September 30 - Hedge Funds, News
In several new filings, some of the funds that we track at Insider Monkey have revealed changes to their stakes in London Stock Exchange-listed companies.
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September 19 - Hedge Funds, News
Paul Singer’s Elliott International* disclosed on Monday, with the London Stock Exchange, an increase in its stake in Alliance Trust PLC (LON:ATST).
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September 16 - Hedge Funds, News
Elliott Management, managed by Paul Singer, has disclosed in a new filing with the U.S.
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September 4 - Hedge Funds, News
Jeffrey Altman’s Owl Creek Asset Management has released its 13F for the second quarter, unveiling a total of 20 positions that have a value of roughly $2 billion.
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September 3 - News
It must have been a bitter moment for President Barack Obama when he got the news that his favorite economic guru not only doesn’t like paying taxes but hates America.
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August 29 - Hedge Funds
Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara has asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to hold off on its decision about former hedge-fund kingpin Steve Cohen for three more months...
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August 27 - Hedge Funds
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
One of the oldest hedge funds under continuous management, Elliott Associates was founded by Paul Singer in 1977.
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August 22 - Hedge Funds, News
Founded in 1998, Sandell Asset Management is an event-driven hedge fund that invests mainly in public equity and fixed income across the globe.
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August 22 - Hedge Funds, News
Hedge-fund manager James Chanos of Kynikos Associates describes how he became a “fundamental short seller” in this week's "Masters in Business" podcast.
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August 18 - Hedge Funds
Billionaire investor George Soros’ family office, Soros Fund Management, has jumped on the divest Israel band wagon.
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August 13 - Hedge Funds
The Center for Public Integrity, which won journalism’s prestigious Pulitzer Prize earlier this year, has been awarded a $2.8-million gift that will help it expand operations...
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August 7 - Hedge Funds
Stephen Mandel Jr.'s Lone Pine Capital, which lost between 1 percent and 3 percent in its funds in the first half, does not apologize or second-guess its decisions.
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July 29 - Hedge Funds
Tim Mullen’s Swift Run Capital Management recently disclosed with the SEC its long equity positions as of the end of the second quarter of 2014.
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July 29 - Hedge Funds, News
Elliott Management, managed by Paul Singer, has disclosed a new position in Interpublic Group of Companies Inc. (NYSE:IPG). According to a new filing with the U.S.
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July 24 - Hedge Funds, News
Activist investor Elliott Management, headed by billionaire Paul Singer has acquired shares worth more than $1 billion in the cloud-storage company EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC).
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July 22 - News, Tech
Paul Singer, the manager of Elliott Associates, is optimistic about the prospects of Riverbed Technology, Inc.
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July 17 - Hedge Funds, News
One of American Media Inc.'s largest second-lien noteholders and hedge fund investor Leon Cooperman have entered into a non-binding letter of intent to take over the magazine ...
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July 10 - Hedge Funds
Paul Singer, the hedge-fund manager entangled in a public fight with Argentina over the country’s defaulted bonds, gained 4.6% in the first half of the year in his Elliott Associates...
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July 8 - Hedge Funds
Investors, including most billionaire hedge fund managers , can't generate meaningful outperformance when they invest in large-cap stocks. David Einhorn was extremely bullish...
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July 4 - Hedge Funds
Despite two years of courtship and promises of financial aid and tax incentives, the world's largest hedge fund — Bridgewater Associates in Westport, has rebuffed state and ...
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July 3 - Hedge Funds
Paul Singer's Elliott Associates has recently initiated a stake in Hittite Microwave Corp (NASDAQ:HITT), as a new filing with the SEC shows.
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July 1 - Hedge Funds, News
Hedge fund manager John Paulson's credit opportunities and merger arbitrage funds were up 6.6 percent and 3.3 percent year-to-date through the end of May, respectively, easily...
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July 1 - Hedge Funds
Speculators in Argentina’s defaulted debt are looking to ride billionaire Paul Singer’s coattails to a payday.
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June 27 - 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
Known for his saying that “the first billion is the hardest,” oil billionaire T.
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June 12 - Hedge Funds
Questions about how to apply securities law to activist investors could complicate any potential insider trading case against billionaire Carl Icahn, pro-golfer Phil Mickelson...
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June 2 - Hedge Funds
The Milwaukee Bucks' new owners were in town Thursday taking a tour of Brew City. Marc Lasry and Wes Edens started their day at Cranky Al's in Wauwatosa.
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May 29 - Hedge Funds
As we continue to track hedge fund activity, I stumbled upon an interesting fund: Swift Run Capital Management.
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May 28 - Hedge Funds
Ken Squire's 13D Management is probably one of the most interesting funds to follow. The key point of its strategy involves tracking 13D filings of other investors.
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May 27 - Hedge Funds, News
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
In its latest 13F, Tom Sandell’s Sandell Asset Management has disclosed positions held at the end of March 31, 2014.
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May 5 - Hedge Funds, News
David Einhorn, the billionaire hedge fund manager whose stock picks are closely watched on Wall Street, is not a big fan of so-called copycat traders who simply latch onto his...
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May 5 - 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
Hedge fund billionaire Robert Citrone was probably glad to turn the calendar page after a brutal March for his flagship funds.
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April 7 - Hedge Funds
The Technology sector has always represented an area of interest for investors.
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April 2 - Hedge Funds, News
CST Brands Inc (NYSE:CST) was spun-off from oil refiner Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE:VLO) in May 2013 following pressure from Paul Singer’s Elliot Management.
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March 26 - Hedge Funds, News
Managed by Rishi Bajaj, Toby Symonds, and Steve Tesoriere, Altai Capital recently trimmed its activist stake in Emulex Corporation (NYSE:ELX).
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March 18 - Hedge Funds, News
Elliott Management Corporation has issued an official response to a series of statements made by the board members of Riverbed Technology, Inc.
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March 12 - Hedge Funds, News
