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Svea Herbst-Bayliss

Svea Herbst-Bayliss

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Mantle Ridge secures enough votes for board seats at Air Products, sources say

Activist investor Mantle Ridge has secured enough support from Air Products and Chemicals investors to win several seats on the industrial gases company's

Mantle Ridge secures enough votes for board seats at Air Products, sources say
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Activist Ananym plans to launch proxy fight at Henry Schein, sources say

Activist investor Ananym Capital Management plans to nominate as many as half a dozen directors to the board at Henry Schein, arguing the dental and medical

Activist Ananym plans to launch proxy fight at Henry Schein, sources say
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BlackRock and Weinstein's Saba reach settlement in battle over closed-end funds

BlackRock and Saba Capital Management announced a standstill in a long-raging battle over the future of closed-end funds with the asset manager buying back

BlackRock and Weinstein's Saba reach settlement in battle over closed-end funds
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ISS' Guerra to leave proxy advisory firm and join Strategic Governance Advisors

Cristiano Guerra, who has been instrumental in determining the outcome of some of the America's most hotly contested board battles as head of special

ISS' Guerra to leave proxy advisory firm and join Strategic Governance Advisors
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Exclusive-Catalent nears settlement with Elliott for board seats -sources

Catalent Inc is close to reaching a settlement with Elliott Investment Management that would lead to a shake-up of the U.S. contract drug manufacturer’s board of directors after its share price lost half of its value in the last year. The company is poised to agree to add four new directors proposed by Elliott to its board, which currently has 12 members, people familiar with the situation said on Monday. The sources declined to be identified because the information is confidential and cautioned a deal could still collapse at the last minute. Spokespeople

Exclusive-Catalent nears settlement with Elliott for board seats -sources
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Hedge fund ValueAct Capital gained 39% in 2023 -investor

ValueAct Capital, which has pushed for changes at companies ranging from Salesforce to Microsoft, returned 39% last year, an investor familiar with the

Hedge fund ValueAct Capital gained 39% in 2023 -investor
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Exclusive-Trian's big Disney bet drove fund's 2023 underperformance - source

A $3 billion bet on Walt Disney by Nelson Peltz's Trian Fund Management was largely responsible for the investment management firm's underperformance last year

Exclusive-Trian's big Disney bet drove fund's 2023 underperformance - source
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Exclusive-Activist hedge fund Starboard targets benefits services provider Alight

Activist hedge fund Staboard Value has amassed a stake in Alight and has nominated four people to the U.S. benefits services provider's board of directors in a push

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Former ValueAct partner Haggart to launch activist firm, sources say

A former partner at ValueAct Capital Management, one of Wall Street's best known activist investment firms, will start his own firm, according to people familiar

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Explainer-How Bill Ackman's SPARC differs from a SPAC

Bill Ackman's new investment vehicle, Pershing Square SPARC Holdings Ltd, marks a departure from special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), which have

Explainer-How Bill Ackman's SPARC differs from a SPAC
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Analysis-Exxon Mobil's megadeal to test climate-aware shareholders

Exxon Mobil's $60 billion bid for Pioneer Natural Resources would expand the top U.S. oil producer's footprint in the country's

Analysis-Exxon Mobil's megadeal to test climate-aware shareholders
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Peltz's Trian up 3% this year even as Disney bet soured

Nelson Peltz's Trian Fund Management returned nearly 3% in the first nine months of the year, investors said on Tuesday, as his bet on Walt Disney Co

Peltz's Trian up 3% this year even as Disney bet soured
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Exclusive-Activist hedge fund Starboard eyes Rupert Murdoch's News Corp -sources

Starboard Value, the activist hedge fund run by Jeffrey Smith, has bought shares of News Corp, according to people familiar with the matter, a move that could

Exclusive-Activist hedge fund Starboard eyes Rupert Murdoch's News Corp -sources
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Executives leave BlackRock, ISS to lead governance at Longacre Square

Two executives who helped make recommendations in some of America's biggest proxy contests and contested mergers left BlackRock and Institutional

Executives leave BlackRock, ISS to lead governance at Longacre Square
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Top Citigroup industrials banker to join Jefferies -sources

Investment bank and capital markets firm Jefferies has hired industrial banker Francis Tucci from Citigroup for a senior role, according

Top Citigroup industrials banker to join Jefferies -sources
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Wall Street strategist and '10 Surprises' author Byron Wien dies at 90

Byron Wien, who guided investors on what to buy and sell and authored a widely anticipated yearly list of "10 Surprises" as one of Wall Street's most

Wall Street strategist and '10 Surprises' author Byron Wien dies at 90
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Bayer investor urges rethink after latest glyphosate defeat

Bayer investor Union Investment called on Wednesday for the German company to reconsider its litigation strategy for glyphosate and a key U.S.

Bayer investor urges rethink after latest glyphosate defeat
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Elliott Management sues US SEC for records on swaps rules

Elliott Investment Management, one of the world's biggest hedge fund firms, on Friday sued the U.S.

Elliott Management sues US SEC for records on swaps rules
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Cerberus owns 10% of Frontier Communications, held talks to boost stock - filing

Alternative investment firm Cerberus Capital Management is now Frontier Communications Parent Inc's second-largest stakeholder, with 10% in the

Cerberus owns 10% of Frontier Communications, held talks to boost stock - filing
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Greenlight's Einhorn worries about markets, eyes higher oil prices - letter

Hedge fund manager David Einhorn, whose Greenlight Capital gained 27.7% in the first nine months of 2023, said he is "worried about the direction of the

Greenlight's Einhorn worries about markets, eyes higher oil prices - letter
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Investors expand bets on tech stocks as sector still fuels market gains -filings

Several hedge funds expanded their bets on big technology stocks including Amazon, Microsoft and Meta Platforms even as these companies stumbled some during

Investors expand bets on tech stocks as sector still fuels market gains -filings
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Trian reports new position in Allstate, increased stake in Disney

Trian Fund Management said in a regulatory filing on Tuesday that it owns 3.6 million shares in insurer Allstate Corp and had raised its stake in Walt

Trian reports new position in Allstate, increased stake in Disney
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Salesforce's strong stock price wooed some investors during third quarter - filings

Boasting a booming share price, Salesforce attracted more investor cash during the third quarter even as one of the software company's early public critics

Salesforce's strong stock price wooed some investors during third quarter - filings
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Exclusive-ValueAct takes stakes in Recruit and Expedia, says they are poised for strong growth

ValueAct Capital Management has bought stakes in job search site Indeed's parent Recruit Holdings and in online travel services provider Expedia Group and

Exclusive-ValueAct takes stakes in Recruit and Expedia, says they are poised for strong growth
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Citigroup employees expect management reshuffle, layoffs on Monday-sources

Citigroup employees expect further announcements about management changes and layoffs on Monday in the next phase of the

Citigroup employees expect management reshuffle, layoffs on Monday-sources

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