Hedge Fund - Icahn Capital LP

Individual investors can catch a glimpse of hedge funds’ equity positions by analyzing their quarterly 13F filings.

At Insider Monkey, we closely monitor the moves made by activist investors, and Carl Icahn of Icahn Capital LP is without a doubt the most prominent of those.

Although the average hedge fund has been struggling to beat broader market benchmarks in recent years, the hedge fund industry as a whole has been constantly growing.

Shareholder activism has been surging over the past several years, with the shareholder activism arena managing approximately $120 billion in assets under management.

Very few investors on the Street can boast of commanding both respect and fear the same way as billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn.

Shareholder activism has been on the rise over the past ten years, with activist hedge funds’ assets under management exceeding the $100 billion level.

Numerous articles published by reputable financial websites discuss the awful performance of activist hedge funds this year, suggesting that their ideas are becoming less profitable, among other things...

Statistics reveal that shareholder activism has been on a surge in recent years, with new players entering the activist battleground and more capital flowing into existing activist funds.

Most individual investors already know the value of monitoring activist investors, who generally make value-enhancing proposals or push for changes at struggling companies in order to unlock shareholder...