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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.
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Coffee giant Starbucks ousted its CEO Laxman Narasimhan on Tuesday morning in favour of Chipotle Mexican Grill’s Brian Niccol, following two months of mounting pressure from activist hedge fund Elliott Investment Management, according to a report by the Financial Times.
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New York-based hedge fund Starboard Value has acquired a stake in Starbucks joining fellow activist Elliott Investment Management in investing in the troubled coffee retail chain, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal.
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Third Point, the $12bn activist hedge fund firm led by Daniel Loeb, has built a 6% stake in Bath & Body Works and is pushing for board changes at the retailer, according to a report by Reuters citing a recent regulatory filing.
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Dmitry Balyasny’s multi-strategy hedge fund firm Balyasny Asset Management, is investing over $200m to revamp its equities trading division with a series of high-profile hires from rival firms, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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Recent market turbulence has propelled Brevan Howard Asset Management’s flagship hedge fund, the $12bn Brevan Howard Master Fund, into profit for the year, reversing earlier losses, according to a report by Bloomberg.
