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February 01, 2012
Dan Loeb’s Third Point is off to a strong start after a flat 2011.
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December 23, 2011
The highly concentrated, long-biased activist firm flourished on the back of strong performance.
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November 28, 2011
The firm’s seed deal with MD Sass and Macquarie recently expired.
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November 22, 2011
But the industry remains a small player in sustainable investing compared to other alternative investors.
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October 04, 2011
Loeb’s performance suffers after a strong start to 2011.
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June 21, 2011
Paul Singer isn’t going anywhere, but he’s created a board of directors and added provisions to protect investors in the event of his departure. The firm is also preparing to raise more capital.
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December 09, 2010
The raiders are back, but some say they’re now ready to make nice.
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July 26, 2010
Barry Rosenstein and Gary Claar’s firm, which managed $2.1 billion as of January 2010, is flat for the year. JANA remains encouraged by a number of situations, including bets on Motorola and Questar Corporation.
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March 09, 2010
All hands on deck as the Pirate Capital founder sets sail with his new venture.
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December 18, 2009
Mick McGuire is preparing to launch a long/short equity fund early next year.
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June 26, 2009
Event-driven funds are on the rebound but have left the bullhorns behind.
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June 18, 2009
Shareholder activist Alexander Roepers continues his search for predictable revenues.
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June 18, 2009
Third Point's Dan Loeb turns bullish despite performance and redemption woes.
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May 15, 2009
Many of the best-known activist hedge fund managers like Barry Rosenstein have gone quiet.
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March 30, 2009
The founder of Steel Partners gets turned on his head as investors successfully agitate for a new restructuring plan.
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March 20, 2009
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March 19, 2009
Pershing Square's William Ackman restructures his bet on Target in hopes of a turnaround.
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February 24, 2009
Fine print in hedge fund charters makes it hard to oust poorly performing directors.
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February 24, 2009
Marc Lasry's Avenue Capital now owns a chunk of the National Enquirer.
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February 24, 2009
To preserve its capital, Warren Lichtenstein wants to take his hedge fund public.
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December 23, 2008
Hedge fund activists team up to win seat on NY Times board.
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November 24, 2008
Flagship fund is stymied by Japan’s corporate protectionism.
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October 24, 2008
August was a hard month for hedge funds, but the volatile markets looked good to some event-driven managers — namely, activists.
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October 24, 2008
Warren Lichtenstein goes east to find investments.
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October 24, 2008
Public companies urged to work with activist hedge funds.
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September 19, 2008
After years of stellar returns, hedge fund activist Chris Hohn's flagship fund lost 12 percent through June this year. Now Hohn, who sparked the sale of ABN Amro and recently battled CSX, tells Alpha that he'll be less activist going forward.
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March 02, 2008
Event-driven gets a bounce in January.