Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest hedge fund, laid off dozens of employees across the company this month, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday. The job cuts included the Bridgewater investigation team, customer services, recruiters, audit groups and the central management team, according to the report. Bridgewater told the Journal that …
Read More »Billionaire Bill Ackman Raises Acquisition Company’s IPO Target To Record $ 4 Billion
Bill Ackman’s special-purpose acquisition company Pershing Square Tontine Holdings raised its IPO target to $ 4 billion from $ 3 billion, according to a regulatory filing Monday. SPAC now aims to go public with 200 million units at a price of $ 20 each. The new goal should set a …
Read More »‘Elizabeth Warren is right’: Activist investor Jeff Ubben gives up his $ 16 billion hedge fund to launch an ESG company, citing companies that are ‘not working for society or nature’
Reuters Jeff Ubben will leave the $ 16 billion hedge fund ValueAct Capital to start a new fund focused on environmentally and socially responsible investment, the Financial Times reported Tuesday. The activist investor hopes to use the fund, called Inclusive Capital Partners, to “demonstrate that there is a return” on …
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