Sears Chairman Eddie Lampert seemingly swooped in once again to save Sears, with a plan to pay to support it through its bankruptcy operations.
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October 25 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Andreas Halvorsen’s Viking Global Investors disclosed Thursday that it holds a 75.6% stake in urologic biopharmaceutical company Urovant Sciences Ltd.
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October 12 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Three years ago, Bill Ackman was shorting China’s currency. Now he’s going long on the country’s coffee drinkers.
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October 10 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Rising interest rates have yet to be the tonic that soothes hedge funds' returns, as anticipated.
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October 10 - Hedge Funds, News
Starbucks shares jumped by as much as 5% Tuesday on news that the hedge-fund billionaire Bill Ackman had bought a stake in the coffee retailer.
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October 9 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
TOKYO—New York-based hedge fund King Street Capital Management LP has proposed new independent directors at Toshiba Corp., according to people familiar with the matter, the ...
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August 31 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Another piece of gritty New York City is giving way to the appetites of Wall Street.
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August 3 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Billionaire hedge fund manager William Ackman, whose investment assets have shrunk by more than half in the last three years, has made a second round of staff cuts and laid off...
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June 27 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
William Ackman's private hedge fund has gained more than 9 percent this year while his publicly traded fund is up double digits, marking a dramatic reversal for the billionaire...
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June 15 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
George Soros says the euro area is in “existential danger” -- and the world’s biggest banks are flogging a flurry of products to parlay his warning into tantalizing returns...
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June 4 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Bill Ackman's Pershing Square has taken a stake in Lowe's, a source tells CNBC. Ackman's new stake in the home improvement retailer was first reported by Dow Jones.
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May 23 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Pershing Square Capital Management is one of the world’s largest publicly traded hedge funds, whose founder and chief executive, Bill Ackman needs no introduction.
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May 18 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Glen Point Capital LLP, a London-based hedge-fund firm that counts billionaire George Soros among its investors, has started a macro strategy to target trading opportunities in...
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April 13 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Capital Management is facing more bad news as many of the institutional investors in its private funds have asked to redeem their money.
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April 5 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
(Reuters) - Tenet Healthcare Corporation (THC.N) said on Monday it reached an agreement with its largest shareholder Glenview Capital Management to vote in favor of the hospital...
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March 26 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
LONDON, March 13 (Reuters) - Odey Asset Management’s main European long-short equity hedge fund made gains of 8 percent in February, according to an investor report seen by ...
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March 13 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Billionaire Carl Icahn said he has a large position in Rubbermaid parent Newell Brands.
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March 2 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Paul Tudor Jones, the hedge fund manager who called the October 1987 crash, gave a stark warning about the financial markets.
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March 1 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Legendary oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens has closed his hedge fund, but the octogenarian’s name may live on on the New York Stock Exchange.
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February 28 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Organizers of the annual gala for the Museum of American Finance said they were glad it hadn’t been scheduled for Monday, when the Dow plunged 1,175 points.
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February 7 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
(Reuters) - Och-Ziff Capital Management on Tuesday named Robert Shafir as its new chief executive officer, succeeding Dan Och after a battle over who will run the hedge fund firm...
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January 30 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Bill Ackman's Pershing Square has taken a passive stake in Nike, a source tells CNBC. The activist hedge fund will not pressure the shoe apparel company for changes.
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January 26 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
The bonuses and wage increases seen after the passage of the GOP's tax overhaul won't change the wealth gap in America, hedge fund giant Ray Dalio told CNBC on Tuesday.
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January 23 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Given billionaire Bill Ackman's previous investing history, it's not surprising that many investors pay attention to his fund's letters whenever they are released.
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December 9 - Hedge Funds, News
At Insider Monkey, we keep a close eye on hedge funds, and Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Capital Management is without a doubt one of the best.
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December 6 - Hedge Funds, News
Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Capital Management has recently released a third quarter investor letter, and in it, the hedge fund talks about its investment in Chipotle Mexican...
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December 1 - Hedge Funds, News
The Sohn Investment Conference, one of the biggest hedge fund gatherings of the year, took place yesterday in New York, with Bill Ackman, David Einhorn, Keith Meister, and Larry...
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May 9 - Hedge Funds, Market Movers, News
Top executives of hedge fund Platinum Partners were arrested Monday morning and charged with defrauding investors in one of the biggest such cases since Bernard L.
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December 19 - Hedge Funds
Leon Cooperman, the hedge fund billionaire accused of insider trading by the U.S.
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November 29 - Hedge Funds
Hedge fund manager Crispin Odey lost about 369 million euros (313.03 million pounds) in the year to Nov.
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November 21 - Hedge Funds
Ray Dalio, founder of the world's largest hedge fund Bridgewater Associates, said President-elect Donald Trump's policies would have a "broadly positive" effect on the U.S.
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November 15 - Hedge Funds
Billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller shared his views on the election and the market in an exclusive interview Thursday with CNBC's "Squawk Box." On the election: "I'm very...
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November 10 - Hedge Funds
Hedge fund manager David Einhorn opted against shifting his portfolio to prepare for market volatility tied to the results of U.S. elections.
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November 8 - Hedge Funds
Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest hedge fund manager, indicated it’s planning to cut jobs as parts of its business have become too large.
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September 15 - Hedge Funds
While most on Wall Street these days are huddling in yield plays, Jeff Ubben seems to be taking on more risk.
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September 9 - Hedge Funds
Billionaire investor William Ackman's portfolios climbed nearly 6 percent in August, boosted by strong gains at drug company Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc where changes...
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September 2 - Hedge Funds
Billionaire hedge fund boss Bill Ackman told CNBC on Friday the past 12 months were the "worst period of performance" of his investment career, and the implosion of Valeant Pharmaceuticals...
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August 26 - Hedge Funds
After a year of misery, Bill Ackman finally is having a pretty good month.
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August 10 - Hedge Funds
Stamford Harbor Capital, the new firm started by Steven Cohen and led by a longtime deputy, is working with a third-party marketing company that’s meeting with potential clients...
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August 4 - Hedge Funds
Billionaire investor Bill Ackman said on Thursday that he was still betting against Herbalife Ltd (HLF.N) shares and that the company needed to make "material changes to its incentive...
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July 14 - Hedge Funds
The stock selection process is generally quite cumbersome and expensive on some occasions, especially when one does not have the necessary knowledge base and skills to pursue ...
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November 24 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, Market Movers, News
U.S. stock market have endured wild swings over the past few months, and some may wonder what has been driving equities so violently.
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October 13 - Hedge Funds, News
Carl Icahn is out with a new letter to Tim Cook arguing that Apple should buy back more shares and that the stock is grossly undervalued.
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May 18 - Hedge Funds
In April, a hedge fund firm in Chicago snagged arguably the most sought after economic mind in the world: Ben Bernanke.
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May 15 - Hedge Funds
William Ackman, who runs $20 billion Pershing Square Capital Management, is hesitant to take on another short campaign after Herbalife Ltd.
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May 4 - Hedge Funds
Bill Ackman thinks shorting Herbalife is an even better short than it was when he first bet against the stock in 2012.
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April 14 - Hedge Funds
Activist investor Clifton Robbins thinks buying stock in Investors Bancorp is a near-sure way to make money.
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April 13 - Hedge Funds
Ray Dalio’s Bridgewater Associates posted an 8.3 percent gain in January in one of its hedge funds, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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February 9 - Hedge Funds
Hertz Global Holdings Inc., which is under shareholder pressure after accounting issues, could buy back as much as 20 percent of its shares, according to hedge fund manager Barry...
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February 4 - Hedge Funds
Hedge fund titan Paul Singer blamed government policies for encouraging traders to make concentrated bets in "overpriced" securities and markets and said it is "nutty" to hold...
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February 2 - Hedge Funds
