Tag: Hedge Funds
Starboard snaps up a position in Wix, and building free cash flow may become a focal point
Marco Vdm | E+ | Getty ImagesCompany: Wix.com (WIX)Business: Wix.com is an Israeli information technology company that develops and markets a cloud-ba [...]
Voss backs strategic review at Griffon. An opportunity to build value may emerge
Artistgndphotography | E+ | Getty ImagesCompany: Griffon (GFF)Business: Griffon operates through two segments. Consumer and Professional Products ("CP [...]
Loeb reverses course on push to get Disney to spin off ESPN
Dan LoebJustin Solomon | CNBCActivist investor Dan Loeb indicated that he's going to retreat from his push to get Disney to spin off ESPN, reversing a [...]
How midnight forex trading in Singapore led to a London hedge fund founder’s arrest
Hedge fund Glen Point Capital was thrown into the headlines this week when its co-founder and co-chief investment officer Neil Phillips was arrested i [...]
How activist Politan Capital may find an opportunity to trim costs, build value at Masimo
Dobrila Vignjevic | E+ | Getty ImagesCompany: Masimo (MASI)Business: Masimo is a global medical technology company that develops, manufactures and mar [...]
Activist Meister eyes up another possible conglomerate break-up to unlock value
Keith Meister, founder and chief investment officer at Corvex Management LP.Brendan McDermid | ReutersCompany: MDU Resources Group Inc. (MDU)MDU Resou [...]
JANA wins two board seats at software firm New Relic. This is what may be ahead
Delmaine Donson | E+ | Getty ImagesCompany: New Relic (NEWR)Business: New Relic is a software-as-a-service company, delivering a software platform for [...]
Tiger Global drops 14% in May during the tech sell-off, pushing hedge fund’s 2022 losses to over 50%
Chase Coleman, founder of Tiger Global Management LLCAmanda L. Gordon | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesChase Coleman's Tiger Global Management suffered huge [...]
How Elliott Associates’ proposal to split two businesses at Western Digital may build value
A Western Digital office building is shown in Irvine, California, U.S., January 24, 2017.Mike Blake | Reuters Company: Western Digital (WDC)Business: [...]
Inclusive Capital spots multiple opportunities for upside with an active ESG focus at Verra
Thomas Winz | The Image Bank | Getty ImagesCompany: Verra Mobility (VRRM)Business: Verra Mobility operates through two segments: (i) Commercial Servic [...]
Here’s how Inclusive Capital could help materials firm Ingevity lean into its ESG narrative
Azmanl | E+ | Getty ImagesCompany: Ingevity (NGVT)Business: Ingevity is a leading bio-based materials company that converts waste streams and by-produ [...]
Active ESG investor Impactive Capital has multiple opportunities to build value at Envestnet
Cokada | E+ | Getty ImagesCompany: Envestnet (ENV)Business: Envestnet provides wealth management services and software to the investment community. It [...]
Mill Road calls for a sale of Big Lots. Here’s what we might learn from the firm’s earlier deals
A customer exits a Big Lots store in Clifton, New Jersey.Emile Wamsteker | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesCompany: Big Lots (BIG)Business: Big Lots operates [...]
Globalization isn’t over, just don’t invest in countries run by despots
Kyle BassThe Russia's unprovoked war against Ukraine is not a death knell for globalization but should be a wake-up call about the risks of investing [...]
Here’s how Impactive Capital could apply ESG ideas at student lender SLM
SeventyFour | iStock | Getty ImagesCompany: SLM Corp. (SLM)Business: SLM originates and services private education loans to students and their familie [...]