FILE PHOTO: Paul Singer, founder and president of Elliott Management Corporation, speaks at WSJD Live conference in Laguna Beach, California, U.S., October 25, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Blake – D1BEUJAQKPAC/File Photo BOSTON (Reuters) – Paul Singer’s Elliott International Ltd hedge fund gained an estimated 0.1% in March and is now up 2.2% Continue Reading
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Hedge fund Fir Tree puts $410 million dislocation fund to work
FILE PHOTO: The floor of the New York Stock Exchange. New York, U.S., March 20, 2020. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo BOSTON (Reuters) – After years of waiting and watching from afar, hedge fund Fir Tree Partners is spending $410 million from its dislocation funds on stocks, pockets of the credit market Continue Reading
Activist investor Robbins shutting hedge fund to pursue other things
FILE PHOTO: Clifton Robbins, founder and CEO, Blue Harbour Group, speaks during the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., May 1, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo NEW YORK (Reuters) – Activist investor Clifton S. Robbins told clients on Friday that he is shuttering his Blue Harbour Group not Continue Reading
Senator hedge fund’s founding duo to split; Klabin will leave firm
BOSTON (Reuters) – Hedge fund Senator Investment Group told clients on Thursday that its founding partners are splitting up, ending one of the industry’s more profitable and durable professional marriages. Alexander Klabin will be leaving the $6.9 billion Senator to “pursue a more entrepreneurial approach to investing,” the firm wrote Continue Reading
SEC’s shareholder advice proposal draws ire from Republican hedge fund donors
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. securities regulator is on a collision course with powerful hedge funds executives, including former White House advisor Carl Icahn and Republican mega-donor Paul Singer, over a proposal they say could reduce shareholder voting rights. FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission logo adorns Continue Reading
Valaris settles with Luminus, hands board seat to hedge fund
BOSTON (Reuters) – Oil drilling firm Valaris PLC reached a settlement with Luminus Management and said on Monday that it has appointed one of the hedge fund’s partners to its board. Luminus’ Adam Weitzman, an expert in offshore oil drilling who has experience in debt and equity capital markets and Continue Reading
Activist hedge funds stepped up calls for asset sales and spin-offs in 2019: data
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Hedge funds that push for change at corporations stepped up their demands for asset spin-offs and sales last year, making them part of nearly half of all activist investor campaigns waged in 2019, according to data released on Wednesday. “A record 99 campaigns with an M&A-related Continue Reading
Activist hedge fund Marcato Capital to shut down after drop in assets
BOSTON (Reuters) – Activist hedge fund Marcato Capital Management, backed by Blackstone Group and billionaire William Ackman, is shutting down as assets have shriveled after two years of poor returns, sources said on Sunday. FILE PHOTO: Blackstone Group CEO and Co-Founder Steve Schwarzman speaks at a Reuters Newsmaker event in Continue Reading
Exclusive: Hedge fund D.E. Shaw to push for break-up of Emerson – sources
FILE PHOTO: A worker assembles an industrial valve at Emerson Electric Co’s factory in Marshalltown, Iowa, U.S., July 26, 2018. REUTERS/Timothy Aeppel/File Photo (Reuters) – Hedge fund D.E. Shaw & Co is building a stake in Emerson Electric Co (EMR.N) and is planning to push for changes, including a potential Continue Reading
Hedge fund-backed reinsurance duo poised for performance uptick: Barron’s
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two reinsurance firms backed by prominent hedge funds are considered good investments as their share price performance has yet to benefit from the sector’s improved pricing outlook, according to Barron’s. Both Greenlight Capital Re and Third Point Reinsurance, linked to David Einhorn’s Greenlight Capital and Dan Continue Reading