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Hedgeweek has announced the winners of the US Emerging Manager Awards 2024, which recognise fund performance and service provider excellence within hedge fund emerging managers.
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The SEC has suffered a major setback in its bid to increase oversight of the hedge fund industry after a US appeals court threw out a new rule requiring managers to provide investors with quarterly disclosures of their fees and expenses.
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Activist hedge fund firm Elliott Investment Management is pushing SoftBank Group to launch a $15bn share buyback programme after rebuilding a stake in the Japanese technology investor worth more than $2bn, according to a report by the Financial Times.
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A wave of takeover bids at UK companies targeted by short sellers has caught out hedge funds including Millennium Management, GLG and Gladstone Capital Management, prompting others to think twice about betting against UK stocks, according to a report by the Financial Times.
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Hedge funds and other investors have upped their short wagers on UK online grocer Ocado amid continuing speculation over the company’s future following its struggle to turn a profit, according to a report by ThisIsMoney.
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Man Group, the world’s largest listed hedge fund, is among a number of investment firms increasing their exposure to convertible arbitrage, which seeks to capitalise on price discrepancies between a convertible bond and its underlying stock, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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Nelson Peltz, the boss of activist hedge fund firm Trian Fund Management, has sold his entire stake in Walt Disney Co weeks after losing a proxy battle in April at the entertainment giant, according to a report by CNBC.
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Activist hedge fund firm Elliott Investment Management has disclosed a stake of more than $2.5bn in chipmaker Texas Instruments, and has written a letter to the company’s board urging the business to improve its free cashflow.
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Hedge fund manager Pierre Andurand forecasts a near quadrupling of copper prices to $40,000 a tonne in the coming years, driven by surging demand that is depleting global stockpiles of the red metal, according to a report by the Financial Times.Â
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Simon Sadler’s $4.8bn Asian hedge fund Segantii Capital Management has said it will wind down and return capital to its investors “in an orderly manner”, with about 140 employees across Hong Kong, New York and London affected by the decision.
