Activist investor Starboard Value LP has taken a stake in Dollar Tree Inc. and is pushing the retailer to sell its Family Dollar business and tweak its pricing model.
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January 7 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
A bankruptcy judge approved Sears Holdings Corp.’s sale of notes to Cyrus Capital Partners even as he called the outcome “odd,” ending a chapter in the hedge fund’s efforts...
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January 2 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
AQR Capital Management’s flagship risk parity mutual fund, which has suffered big outflows, will no longer be billed as a risk parity fund.
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December 7 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
TAMPA, Fla.- As a former hedge-fund owner and manager of the Fidelity Magellan Fund, Jeffrey Vinik is used to making giant bets in financial markets.
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December 4 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
One of Sears Holdings Corp.’s largest creditors is offering a settlement to dissuade the bankrupt retailer from launching an unusual bidding war that could upend a credit-derivative...
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November 19 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Hedge fund billionaire Ray Dalio argued Thursday that the Federal Reserve has raised rates to a point where they're hurting asset prices.
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November 15 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Billionaire money manager and author Ray Dalio founded Bridgewater Associates in 1973 and has made a lot of people a lot of money since then, including himself.
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November 14 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
Billionaire Steve Cohen sees the U.S.
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November 14 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Ken Griffin is chipping in $10 million to open new middle schools in Brooklyn and Queens.
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November 13 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
(Reuters) - Private equity firm Veritas Capital and hedge fund Elliott Management are buying Athenahealth Inc (ATHN.O) for about $5.7 billion, the U.S.
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November 12 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Daniel Loeb's hedge fund, Third Point, has trimmed the number of nominees it is making to the Campbell Soup board to five, sources tell CNBC.
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November 9 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Billionaire investor Ray Dalio said investors had priced in the outcome of a divided Congress in the midterm elections, but believes that politics is now playing a greater role...
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November 7 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Who knows what’s moving markets? Marc Lasry says he knows. It’s politics, and concern the Democrats will triumph in next week’s midterms.
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October 31 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Coatue Management founder Philippe Laffont is battening down the hatches for a tough voyage ahead.
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October 30 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
(Reuters) - Two Sears Holdings Corp SHLDQ.PK board directors have hired investment bank Evercore Inc (EVR.N) to scrutinize deals that were led by former Sears Chief Executive ...
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October 26 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Many young people are deep in debt: Millennials between the ages of 25 and 34 have an average of $42,000 of debt per person and members of Gen Z (ages 16 to 20) already have an...
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October 23 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
For new investors, approaching the stock market can be confusing.
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October 17 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
The stock market has basically topped out and won't deliver the eye-popping returns that investors have become accustomed to in recent years, hedge fund manager David Gerstenhaber...
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October 15 - 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
Crispin Odey, whose bearish bets led to his hedge fund suffering three successive years of losses, is firmly back on the rise. The Odey European Inc.
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October 4 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
(Bloomberg) -- Bearish hedge fund manager Crispin Odey is making money on his long bets.
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September 24 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
On Monday, Sept. 18, The New York Post reported that Elliott Management, Paul Singer's hedge fund, is backing away from its $160-per-share bid for Athenahealth (ATHN).
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September 18 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Sir Michael Hintze is hyper-aware of how the policy response to the global financial crisis has shaped the world today.
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September 12 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Billionaire Ray Dalio argued Tuesday that President Donald Trump's imposed tariffs on China aren't "that big of a deal" for the world's second-largest economy.
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September 11 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest hedge-fund firm, lives by a set of rules that, he’d be first to admit, aren’t for everyone.
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September 4 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
(Reuters) - Hedge fund Starboard Value LP has nominated five directors to Symantec’s (SYMC.O) board after taking a 5.8 percent stake in the cybersecurity firm, it said on Thursday...
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August 16 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Kyle Bass, Hayman Capital Management founder and CIO, discusses why he supports Trump's approach to the trade war with China and why he thinks Trump's lack of predictability is...
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August 6 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
(Reuters) - Activist investor John Paulson’s hedge fund on Thursday said it would urge Detour Gold Corp (DGC.TO) to call a special shareholder meeting to replace a majority ...
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July 19 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Steven Cohen is having a tough time getting U.K. financial regulators to give him a second chance in that country.
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July 6 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Martin Sorrell has won financial backing from Crispin Odey, an influential London investor, for his new venture after leaving the world’s largest advertising company.
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July 2 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest hedge fund, has long been tightly controlled by its founder, Ray Dalio, and his top two lieutenants. That is about to change.
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June 28 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Ray Dalio is the founder, co-chief investment officer and co-chairman of Bridgewater Associates, the largest hedge fund in the world with more than $160 billion in assets under...
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June 22 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Chairman and CEO of Omega Advisors Leon Cooperman told CNBC on Wednesday he would take some profits on his holdings if stocks gained because the market is fully valued.
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June 6 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
BOSTON, June 1 (Reuters) - Activist hedge fund Jana Partners told clients that its Jana Partners fund gained 3.1 percent last month, lifting performance to 2.8 percent for the...
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June 1 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
NEW YORK, May 30, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- James Simons, founder and chairman of Renaissance Technologies, took home $1.7 billion in 2017 to claim the No.
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May 30 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Carl Icahn is inching his way out of his Herbalife position.
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May 25 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
President Donald Trump's decision Thursday to cancel the Singapore summit with North Korea leader sent the price of gold higher as global investors sought safety.
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May 24 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Galaxy Digital Capital Management LP, the cryptocurrency asset management firm founded by former macro hedge fund manager Mike Novogratz, launched an index...
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May 9 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Billionaire investor Ray Dalio is no stranger to success - he's the founder of the world's largest hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates, which manages roughly $160 billion in assets...
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May 3 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Hedge-fund billionaires were already struggling to keep investors from heading out the door. Then along came another problem: big tax bills.
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April 20 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Commvault, a provider of backup and recovery software, will soon find itself in a proxy battle with Elliott Management.
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April 2 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Philip Falcone is ready for a bigger house.
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March 9 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Billionaire hedge-fund manager John Paulson is right to press top gold producers to avoid repeating their bad deal-making habits as prices press higher after notching up their...
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February 27 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Warren Buffett has once again spoken with more sage advice for the masses.
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February 26 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (Reuters) - Billionaire investor Ray Dalio, who founded world’s largest hedge fund Bridgewater Associates, thinks there is a relatively high chance the U.S.
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February 22 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Quantitative hedge funds have been on an absolute tear over the past few months, posting gains in 15 of the past 17 weeks according to data compiled by Societe Generale.
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February 19 - Hedge Funds, News
LONDON/FRANKFURT/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bridgewater Associates has shown its hand in Europe with a $22 billion bet against some of the continent’s biggest companies, filings reviewed...
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February 15 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Even as the stock market capped off a third day of gains following a foray into correction territory last week, safe-haven assets are enjoying a moment in the sun.
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February 14 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
There are many great investors, who manage some of the best-performing funds and have built massive fortunes while managing their clients' money.
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February 12 - Hedge Funds, News
Call John Paulson the Piano Man.
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February 9 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
