Activist hedge fund Browning West has escalated pressure on Cooper Cos, urging the $14bn contact lens and women’s health products group to appoint four new directors or face a full proxy contest, according to a report by Reuters.
Activist hedge fund Elliott Management has taken a significant position in Barrick Gold, making it one of the miner’s top ten shareholders with a holding likely worth over $1bn, according to a report by the Financial Times.
Electrical components manufacturer Atkore is weighing strategic alternatives – including a full sale of the business – after pressure from activist hedge fund Irenic Capital Management, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Y-Intercept, a Hong Kong-based quantitative manager backed by Schonfeld Strategic Advisors, has raised more than $1.7bn for its first fund open to external investors, marking one of the largest hedge fund capital raises in Asia in recent years, according to
Michael Burry, the investor made famous by The Big Short, says he continues to trade actively despite deregistering his hedge fund firm, Scion Asset Management, with the SEC earlier this month, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Hedge funds with sizeable exposure to Argentina, including Redwood Capital Management, booked standout gains in October after a sweeping US rescue package and a strong midterm performance for President Javier Milei’s party triggered a powerful rally across the country’s assets,
Klarna has struck a two-year forward-flow agreement with Elliott Investment Management that will see Elliott funds purchase as much as $6.5bn of the fintech’s longer-duration US consumer loans, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Marshall Wace is planning to return roughly $3.1bn to investors across two of its flagship hedge fund strategies, joining a growing list of major managers choosing to curb asset growth to protect performance, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Tiger Global Management sharply cut its exposure to Meta Platforms in the third quarter, reducing its stake by 63%, according to a report by Reuters citing the the fund’s 13F regulatory filing for the third quarter of the year.
Ken Griffin, founder of multi-strategy hedge fund major Citadel, is selling a Palm Beach property at 151 Worth Avenue, which previously housed a Neiman Marcus outpost, for approximately $81m, according to a report by Bloomberg citing the buyer, TZ Capital.
