West coast activist hedge fund Phase 2 Partners is targeting UK-listed asset manager Jupiter Fund Management, according to a report by The Times. Financial Conduct Authority disclosure data shows the San Francisco-based hedge fund is now a leading short-seller of Jupiter.
London-based activist hedge fund Bluebell Capital Partners has criticised Glencore for “a lack of strategic thinking” as it campaigns for the mining conglomerate to spin-off its thermal coal business, according to a story by the Financial Review. In a letter
London-based hedge fund Covalis Capital has proposed a rival list of board candidates to those put forward by the Italian government last week for state-owned renewable energy company Enel, according to a report by Reuters. The report cites a statement
Chinese quantitative hedge fund manager High-Flyer Quant has scotched rumours it is intending to sack its fund managers and replace them with an artificial general intelligence-based stock trading system, according to a report by Yicai Global.
Hindenburg Research, the short seller behind a market rout that wiped over $100 billion in value from India’s Adani Group, has revealed it holds short positions in Block Inc, the payments firm led by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, according to
TCI, the activist hedge fund founded by Chris Hohn, wants to see board-level changes at Spanish telecoms group Cellnex, including the removal of chair Bertrand Kan and two other board directors, according to a report by the Financial Times. The
Crispin Odey has taken a bullish view on Swiss bank UBS Group’s controversial rescue of stricken rival Credit Suisse Group by investing 2% of Odey Asset Management funds in UBS shares, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Hedge fund short-sellers are targeting Ocado after the online grocer posted a £501 million loss, with more than 6 per cent of the company’s stock now out on loan – the highest level in almost five years – according to
London-based hedge fund Rokos Capital Management has taken the decision to de-risk after racking up double-digit losses so far this month, according to a report by Bloomberg, citing a letter sent by the firm to investors on Saturday.
Buyout firm CVC Capital Partners and activist hedge fund Elliott Management are among the suitors to have tabled bids to acquire parts of struggling cinema chain Cineworld, according to a report by Sky News.
