Hedge Fund - Pershing Square

As an activist, Bill Ackman prefers to hold a concentrated equity portfolio that allows him to focus on his targets and work towards maximizing their shareholder value.

Everybody is talking about Bill Ackman's nearly $2 billion losses in Valeant (VRX). Valeant isn't the only stock that is costing hedge funds billions.

U.S. stock market have endured wild swings over the past few months, and some may wonder what has been driving equities so violently.

We recently reported that billionaire Bill Ackman of Pershing Square was still confident that his notorious short thesis on Herbalife Ltd.

This weekend, we reported the thoughts of investment titan David Tepper of Appaloosa Management regarding where the market is heading given the revision of growth estimates on account of lagging economies...

Renowned activist investor Bill Ackman of Pershing Square was having another one of his wonderful years, clocking in a gross return of 13.0% on a year-to-date basis through July, compared to the 3.4% ...

There’s no doubt that while McDonald's Corporation (NYSE:MCD) is an American icon, it is in trouble.

At first glance, it doesn’t seem like fund managers Bill Ackman and Scott Ferguson are all that much alike.

Pershing Square, led by Harvard graduate and philanthropist Mr. Bill Ackman, is a New York-based hedge fund founded in 2004 with a long-term, activist investing approach.