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Elliott Investment Management, the activist hedge fund with a significant stake in Southwest Airlines, has issued a stern warning to the airline – change leadership or face a potential proxy fight – ahead of a first meeting between the two parties on 9 September, according to a report by Reuters.
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Hedge funds are offloading stocks at their fastest pace in over two years, even as markets show signs of recovery, with US funds selling equities at levels not seen since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in March 2022, according to a recent report from Goldman Sachs.
Hedge fund performance improved in July to an average weighted return of 0.6%, up from 0.4% in the previous month, with over two-thirds of strategies ending the month in positive territory, according to the latest Monthly Hedge Fund Update from Citco.
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David Goel, a former protégé of Tiger Management founder Julian Robertson, has decided to close his $11bn hedge fund firm Matrix Capital Management and return client cash, due to personal health issues, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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Dubai-based Magellan Capital Holdings Ltd is set to launch a $700m multi-strategy hedge fund next month, in what will be one off the largest ever fund debuts in the United Arab Emirates, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Event – New York
Ahead of the Hedgeweek US Leadership Summit in New York on 12 September, Gwen Stone (pictured), Operational Due Diligence, Director at K2 Advisors (Franklin Templeton), talks to us about seeing manager relationships as partnerships, the importance of an internal resource and why new managers should focus on scalability.
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Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest hedge fund, has continued its significant reduction in exposure to Chinese stocks, selling off US-listed Chinese holdings for the seventh quarter running in Q2 2024, according to a report by the South China Morning Post.
Event — New York
Ahead of the Hedgeweek US Leadership Summit, Theodore Katramados, Director & Associate Portfolio Manager at TAG Associates, talks to us about the relationship between volatility and opportunity, niche strategies and the importance of investor education.
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Global confectionery giant Mars will acquire Kellanova for $35.9bn in cash, following months of engagement with Benjamin Pass’s activist hedge fund TOMS Capital Investment Management, which took an undisclosed “significant” stake in Kellanova in May.
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Pershing Square Capital Management, the hedge fund firm led by Bill Ackman, added new companies to its investment portfolio for the first time in over a year in the second quarter of 2024, with wagers on Nike and Brookfield, according to a report by Reuters.
