Hedge Funds

Deutsche Bank analyst Brett Levy reiterated a Buy rating on Buffalo Wild Wings (NASDAQ: BWLD) with a price target of $180. The analyst elaborated on the long, ongoing proxy war between the company and activist investor Marcato Capital Management. On Wednesday, Institutional Shareholder Services...

The news just keeps getting better for NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) investors. After a huge Q1 earnings beat sent shares soaring, Bloomberg reported Wednesday that the Japanese telecom giant SoftBank Corp has taken a $4 billion stake in Nvidia. Incredible Run Nvidia investors nervous about...

Marcato Capital Management has taken its months-long activist campaign against Buffalo Wild Wings (NASDAQ: BWLD) public and a proxy battle could be finalized at or before the company's Annual Meeting on June 2. Here is a timeline of the public and vocal dispute between the two entities....

A proxy battle between Arconic Inc (NYSE: ARNC) and Elliott Management, an activist investor and major shareholder, ended on Monday. As part of an agreement between the two entities, Elliott will nominate three cirectors and Arconic will elect two members on May 25. Deutsche Bank's Jorge...

There are some active traders and investors who follow the equity preferences of billion-dollar hedge funds as though their picks were gospel. Others may just keep track of the information for general sentiment purposes. Regardless, knowing the positions of the giant portfolios at legacy trading...

The United States Oil Fund LP (ETF) (NYSE: USO) is up roughly 2 percent this week after Saudi Arabia energy minister Khalid al-Falih and Russia energy minister Alexander Novak said they would be on board with an OPEC plan to extend November’s crude oil production cuts by nine months. Muted...

The appeal of investing in a hedge fund diminished as of late given hefty fees and much cheaper alternatives in the form of stock indices. Needless to say, this means that 2016 was a rough year for hedge fund managers. According to a CNBC report, the 25 individual fund managers who made the most...

Agecroft Partners will be hosting its third "Gaining the Edge" hedge fund investor leadership summit on Nov. 2 and 3 in New York City. After two sold out events, the 2017 event is expected to receive 600 registrants, including more than 300 institutional hedge fund allocators —...

Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP)'s biggest and most notable shareholders were kept a secret, but recent regulatory filings now shed light on which money manager(s) and hedge funds own a piece of the social media company. According to a Reuters report, Snap's 13F filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange...

Benzinga recently had the chance to talk about making alternative investment strategies available to retail investors with Catalyst Funds’ Jerry Szilagyi. At one point, the CEO explained one of the things the firm (which manages about $5.8 billion in assets) was known for was converting hedge...

Catalyst Funds is a decade-old alternative asset management firm with 25 mutual funds and $5.8 billion in assets under management. While the company does have some more traditional long-only equity funds and fixed income funds, that is “definitely not the focus,” CEO Jerry Szilagyi told...

Some of the largest and most successful investors in the world presented their best ideas this week at the Ira Sohn Conference in New York. In case you missed it, here’s some of the highlights from Benzinga Pro’s coverage of the event: Rundown Of Pro's Sohn Coverage Totem...

Greenlight Capital’s David Einhorn is at it again. The firm’s founder and managing partner is known for his short calls, and he added Core Laboratories N.V. (NYSE: CLB) to the ever-lengthening list. "Core's earnings will disappoint over the next few years," Einhorn said...

Among the certainties on Wall Street are the following: Hedge funds usually carry high fees while exchange-traded funds usually carry low fees. Some ETFs grant investors exposure to hedge fund strategies or stocks held by hedge funds without the punitive often found in the hedge fund space. For...

“Baby Buffett” may be outgrowing the endearing sobriquet. In 2015, Forbes bestowed Bill Ackman that label for his effort to build a conglomerate around real estate, just as Berkshire Hathaway’s (NYSE: BRK-A)(NYSE: BRK-B) Warren Buffett had done with insurance. And Monday, the...