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Activist hedge fund Starboard met with Pfizer last week. Here's what went down.
The 74-page slideshow, which Smith said was "roughly" the same as the one shared with the company, …
Alex Nicoll,Kaja Whitehouse
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Meet Jeff Smith, the hedge-fund investor taking on Pfizer
Since 2011, Starboard Value's Jeff Smith has extracted board seats and profits from corporate Ameri…
Alex Morrell
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Why a hedge fund made a podcast about a shake-up it's pushing for at Southwest Airlines
Elliott Investment Management built up an 11% stake in Southwest — then started a podcast. It's a g…
Shubhangi Goel
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Nelson Peltz lost the Disney proxy war. He still scored a $300 million return in defeat.
Nelson Peltz may have helped his firm Trian Partners make a $300M profit. But experts say the activ…
Lloyd Lee
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Bill Ackman is bringing the same ruthless energy that made him a hedge fund billionaire to politics
The hedge fund titan in December called for Harvard's Claudine Gay to "resign in disgrace" for fail…
George Glover
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An activist investor with a new $1.9 billion stake in Southwest is calling for big changes at the airline
Southwest touts itself as the "LUV" airline, with free checked bags and no change fees. An activist…
Taylor Rains
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The worst bond-market rout in history is a grave threat to stock prices, hedge fund CIO warns
The benchmark S&P 500 index has plunged 10% over the past few months, with investors fretting about…
George Glover
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Activist investor Nelson Peltz says it's 'probably true' that he's a 'bully billionaire'
When speaking about his contentious battle with Disney over board seats, Peltz told Financial Times…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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Boaz Weinstein, Bill Ackman, and Marc Lasry jointly bid for the hedge fund Sculptor Capital - but the proposal could get rejected
Led by Boaz Weinstein and supported by fellow managers Bill Ackman and Marc Lasry, the investor tri…
Joseph Wilkins
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Here's what mattered in hedge funds and asset and wealth management in 2022
From activist investing and private credit to the politics of ESG, here are the themes that defined…
Jeffrey Cane
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Read the open letters Disney heirs wrote to shareholders, defending Bob Iger and slamming activist investors as 'villains'
"We know who the villains are in this story, and we know they cannot be entrusted with protecting t…
Shubhangi Goel
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The stock market's fear gauge just hit a 42-month low. Investors are ignoring a load of risks, hedge fund manager says.
Investors expect the least volatility in stocks since January 2020. They're overlooking dangers lik…
Theron Mohamed
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GSK climbs 6% on report of Elliot Management's multibillion stake
Elliott enters the picture amid GSK's struggle to come back after falling behind in the COVID-19 va…
Isabelle Lee
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Trian's $25 million battle for Disney board seats could be Nelson Peltz's last fight as the most powerful activist investor on the market
Nelson Peltz's hedge fund is all in as he wages a $25 million war over Disney board seats, but the …
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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Intel stock surges 7% on news CEO Bob Swan to be replaced by VMware's Pat Gelsinger
Intel stock jumped 7% on news Pat Gelsinger would join as CEO. This comes after an activist hedge f…
Will Daniel
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Rocket Internet surges after Elliot Management takes 15% stake, complicating its plans to go private
Rocket Internet's valuation has fallen from more than $10 billion when it launched its IPO in 2014,…
Matthew Fox
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Dropbox soars on report that activist hedge fund Elliott Management has a 10% stake in the company
Dropbox stock soared as much as 8% on Wednesday after WSJ reported that Elliott Management has a 10…
Will Daniel
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GameStop jumps as it taps billionaire activist investor Ryan Cohen as CEO for zero salary
The iconic meme stock climbed early Thursday after the leadership announcement. Cohen agreed to not…
Phil Rosen
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Billionaire Dan Loeb quotes Warren Buffett in his activist letter to Disney after blasting the investor as a hypocrite in 2015
"I love reading Warren Buffett's letters and I love contrasting his words with his actions," the Th…
Theron Mohamed
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‘Elizabeth Warren is right’: Activist investor Jeff Ubben quits his $16 billion hedge fund to launch an ESG firm, citing companies that ‘aren’t working for society or nature’
The activist investor hopes to use his new fund to "prove that there's a return" in impact investin…