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Elliott Management, the activist hedge fund known for its aggressive investment strategies, has taken a stake in BP, signalling potential pressure on the UK oil giant to reevaluate its strategy amid ongoing financial performance struggles, according to a report by Bloomberg.
A high-profile campaign by US activist hedge fund Saba Capital to overhaul seven British investment trusts has been described as a “massive wake-up call” for the £266bn industry, which critics say has grown “complacent”, according to a report by the Financial Times.
Activist hedge fund firm Pershing Square has acquired a $2.3bn stake in Uber with founder Bill Ackman calling the ride-hailing firm “one of the best-managed and highest-quality businesses in the world,” according to a report by the Financial Times.
Legacy Capital and Vinland Capital were among the Brazilian hedge funds to capitalise on Mexico’s shifting monetary policy last month, profiting from bets that the country’s central bank, Banxico, would accelerate interest rate cuts, according to a report by Bloomberg.
President Donald Trump has revived calls to eliminate the carried interest tax deduction, a longstanding benefit cherished by hedge fund managers and private equity executives, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Saba Capital has suffered another setback in its campaign to remove the boards of seven investment trusts with shareholders of Janus Henderson’s European Smaller Companies Trust decisively voting to back the existing board, according to a report by Daily Business.
Rostro Group, a diversified fintech and financial services company serving hedge funds, broker-dealers, and other commercial institutions, has appointed Saul Knapp to the newly created post of Managing Director, Futures and Options.
Said Haidar’s macro trading hedge fund, Haidar Jupiter, delivered a 15.8% gain in January, marking its best performance since June 2023 and offering investors a moment of relief following an extended period of steep losses, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Fir Tree Partners, a New York-based activist hedge fund firm with an almost 30-year track record of campaigns targeting distressed companies, is returning external capital to investors, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Citadel has provided an unusual look into the performance of its largest multi-strategy funds, revealing an impressive $57bn in gains during a period of significant profitability for the firm, the most lucrative hedge fund business in history, according to a report by the Business Times.
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