Activist hedge fund firm Trian Fund Management has formally nominated founder Nelson Peltz and former Disney executive Jay Rasulo for seats on the board at Walt Disney, two days after the entertainment giant nominated a different slate of directors, according
Sigma Advanced Capital Management is a macro investment firm specialising in absolute return strategies across global futures, with a focus on commodity and carbon markets. Carlos Arcila-Barrera, CFA, CAIA (pictured), Founder and Chief Investment Officer chats to Hedgeweek about some
Lord Michael Hintze, who recently sold the majority of his credit-focused investment firm CQS to a unit of Manulife Financial Corporation, has begun initial preparations for the launch of a new hedge fund firm, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Activist investor Nelson Peltz, a co-founder of hedge fund Trian Partners, has failed to present “a single strategic idea” to Walt Disney throughout two years of campaigning for a seat on the board of the entertainment giant, according to a
Two of the main funds at Caxton Associates, one of the oldest and best-known global macro hedge fund managers, lost money last year as 2023 proved to be a turbulent year for bond markets, according to a report by the
Bobby Jain’s new multi-manager hedge fund firm Jain Global may come up short in its bid to be crowned the industry’s largest ever launch, with the fund struggling to reach its original $8bn to $10bn fundraising target, according to a
Gains from a series of winning bets on catastrophe bonds helped hedge fund Fermat Capital Management, one of the world’s largest investors in insurance-linked securities, record its best annual performance since the firm launched over 20 years ago, according to
Sandbar Asset Management, the investment firm founded by former Millennium Management trader Michael Cowley, has shut down its hedge fund after struggling to grow assets, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Activist hedge fund firm JANA Partners, which in the past has engaged in campaigns to force change at companies including Whole Foods and Frontier Communications, recorded a 31% gain for 2023, according to a report by Reuters.
Activist investment firms bounced back to notch an average 20.2% return in 2023 following a previous year of losses, with ValueAct Capital (39%), Caligan Partners (37%), and Legion Partners Asset Management (35%), leading the way, according to a report by
