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☆ Stephen Mandel’s Lone Pine Capital reveals new stakes in AI-related power producers
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-17 | by ( Pia Singh | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Lone Pine Capital made new bets on some high-performing power producers and one big streaming company in the first quarter, a new Securities and Exchange Commission filing shows. Lone Pine, founded by Stephen Mandel in 1997, added a $446.7 million position in Vistra Corp. and a $161.9 million stake in Constellation Energy in the first quarter. Lone Pine also added new positions in drug and medical supplies distributor McKesson and mobile tech company AppLovin , worth about $368 million and $300 million, respectively. The new additions came as Lone Pine significantly cut its holdings in three big tech companies: Meta Platforms, Taiwan Semiconductor and Amazon . Microsoft is Lone Pine's third-largest position, trailing Taiwan Semiconductor, which Lone Pine reduced by 11%.

Persons: Lone Pine, Stephen Mandel, Mandel, Mark Zuckerberg, Philip Morris, Julian Robertson Organizations: Lone Pine Capital, Securities and Exchange Commission, Vistra Corp, Constellation Energy, Constellation, Taiwan Semiconductor, Microsoft, Meta, Philip Morris International, UnitedHealth Group, GE Aerospace, GE, Cubs Locations: Lone, Vistra, U.S, Greenwich , Connecticut, Meta

☆ Lone Pine, Steve Mandel's $15 billion hedge fund, bounced back in 2023 following clients pulling out billions
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-10 | by ( Bradley Saacks | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Despite billions leaving the firm, Lone Pine Capital ended strong last year. The manager was down 38% and 42% in its hedge fund and long-only strategy, respectively, last year. Bloomberg reported in August that clients had pulled roughly $3 billion out of the firm in the 12 months leading up to July 2023. The firm's strong 2023 performance bested the average hedge fund, which returned less than 8%, according to Hedge Fund Research. Still, the flagship hedge fund strategy trailed the S&P 500, fellow Tiger Cubs like Tiger Global and Coatue, and other tech investors like Whale Rock and Light Street.

Persons: Cub, Steve Mandel, Pine, Mala Gaonkar's, Peers Organizations: Lone, Lone Pine Capital, Business, Bloomberg, Fund Research, Viking, D1 Capital, Tiger Cubs, Tiger, Nasdaq Locations: Lone Pine, Cypress, Greenwich

☆ Stephen Mandel's Lone Pine Capital hedge fund bet big on this Mag 7 stock in latest quarter
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Steve Mandel's Lone Pine Capital opened a huge stake in Meta during the third quarter, regulatory filings show. META YTD mountain Meta shares in 2023 Meta is now the Connecticut-based fund's largest single holding, according to InsiderScore. Lone Pine also opened a big position in Alphabet during the period, valued at slightly more than $400 million. Elsewhere, Lone Pine raised its Amazon stake nearly 12% in the three-month period, after slashing it 26% in the second quarter. Outside of big tech, Lone Pine made some adjustments to financial services stocks.

Persons: Steve Mandel's, Julian Robertson, Mandel's, Lone Pine, Pine, Mandel, Lone, Tempur Sealy Organizations: Steve Mandel's Lone, Steve Mandel's Lone Pine Capital, Meta, Tiger Cubs, Securities and Exchange Commission, Google, Microsoft, Lone Pine, Nvidia, Mastercard, Body, & & $ Locations: Steve Mandel's Lone Pine, Connecticut, Lone, Tempur

☆ Wall Street execs, Spielberg, 'dark money' groups quietly back Democrat running for Pennsylvania Supreme Court
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Brian Schwartz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Daniel McCaffery, Democratic candidate for Pennsylvania Supreme Court judge, arrives at his polling place to vote in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. If McCaffery wins, it would give the Democrats one more seat to boost their majority on the state court. Beyond the Spielberg group, the PAC has received funds from at least two veteran finance executives, according to the records. The "dark money" group is chaired by Chuck Hadley, according to his LinkedIn page. The North Fund, another 501(c)(4) "dark money" organization, gave $600,000 to the PAC, according to records.

Persons: Daniel McCaffery, Steven Spielberg, Carolyn Carluccio, Adam Bonin, Jeffrey Yass, Spielberg, Forbes, Stephen Mandel, Susan, Mandel, Mark Heising, Heising, Lynn Schusterman, Charles Schusterman, Schusterman, Chuck Hadley, Hadley, Arabella Organizations: Democratic, Pennsylvania, Democrat, Republican, Susquehanna International Group, Trust, Foundation, Lone, Lone Pine Capital, Medley Partners, PAC, Forbes, McCaffery PAC, Partners, North Fund Locations: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania's, Hollywood, Tuesday's, Lone Pine

☆ Stephen Mandel's Lone Pine Capital reveals new stakes in Nvidia and Live Nation
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Jesse Pound | In Jesse-Pound | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Hedge fund Lone Pine Capital built large bets on two high-performing stocks during the second quarter, a new U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing shows. Shares of Live Nation are up more than 23% year to date, outperforming the S & P 500. The new additions came as Lone Pine trimmed many of its top holdings, including Workday and Amazon . Lone Pine added to its positions in Microsoft , Amazon and Taiwan Semiconductor in the fourth quarter of last year, just before the tech sector took off. The quarterly hedge fund filings do not show trading data that would reveal when Lone Pine sold or bought shares of any individual stock.

Persons: Lone Pine, Stephen Mandel, Verity, Mandel, Julian Robertson Organizations: Lone Pine Capital, . Securities, Exchange Commission, Entertainment, Nvidia, Booking Holdings, Mastercard, Devices, Tiger Management, Microsoft, Amazon, Taiwan Semiconductor, Lone Locations: Lone

July 12 (Reuters) - Investment firm Wellington Management is in talks to lead a new funding round for Skims, which could value the underwear clothing company owned by Kim Kardashian at about $4 billion valuation, according to people familiar with the matter. Skims and Wellington did not respond to comment requests. Women's Wear Daily reported on the Skims funding round earlier on Wednesday without naming Wellington. Other investors included D1 Capital Partners, as well as existing investors Thrive Capital, Imaginary Ventures and Alliance Consumer Growth. Kardashian is also actively raising funds for her new private equity firm SKKY Partners, which focuses on consumer and media investments.

Persons: Kim Kardashian, Skims, Kardashian, Carlyle, Jay Sammons, Abigail Summerville, Krystal Hu, Diane Craft Organizations: Investment, Wellington Management, Wellington, Lone Pine Capital, D1 Capital Partners, Imaginary Ventures, Alliance Consumer, SKKY Partners, Thomson Locations: Wellington, Boston, Lone, New York, Austin

☆ Here are big Wall Street investors' favorite A.I. bets, other than Nvidia
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-25 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

But it's not just Nvidia the smart money is betting on to power AI growth. Dan Loeb's Third Point also purchased Alphabet in the first quarter, making it the fund's fifth-biggest holding. Shares of Alphabet have rallied almost 40% this year as investors grew optimistic about the company's AI capabilities. AI software Druckenmiller revealed recently his Microsoft stake was also a bet on AI. Another AI software maker, Palantir, lately attracted buying from Ark Invest's Cathie Wood.

Persons: it's, Stanley Druckenmiller, Dan Loeb's, Bill Ackman's, Philippe Laffont’s Coatue, Stephen Mandel’s, Druckenmiller, David Tepper, Daniel Sundheim, Meta, Laffont’s Coatue, —, Samantha Subin Organizations: Nvidia, Wall Street's, Billionaire, Duquesne, Office, Google, Bill Ackman's Pershing, Capital Management, Taiwan Semiconductor, Tiger Global Management, Coatue Management, Devices, Stephen Mandel’s Lone Pine Capital, Microsoft, Meta Locations: Wall

☆ Airwallex expands to Israel, seeks cyber security acquisitions
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Founded in Australia, the financial technology company said its Israeli operations, which will begin on Thursday, would be a first step towards expanding across Europe, the Middle East and Africa in 2023. Or Liban, who will head the company's Israel operations, said the country's high-tech ecosystem, in which startups look to be global from the outset, was a main factor in expanding to Tel Aviv. "There's quite a lot of startups that might be relevant for our mergers and acquisition strategy, namely around cyber security, fraud detection, threat prevention. He noted that while there were no deals currently in the works, there were many opportunities for the company. Reporting by Steven Scheer; Editing by Bernadette BaumOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Melinda Gates' venture fund just bet on hot women's health startup Tia. Here's the presentation it used to raise $100 million in 2021 to rebuild after COVID shutdowns.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-08 | by ( Megan Hernbroth | Rebecca Torrence | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The women's healthcare startup Tia just landed funding from Melinda Gates' Pivotal Ventures. See the 30-slide presentation Tia used to raise $100 million in just three weeks in 2021. As gaps in reproductive healthcare worsen in the US post-Roe v. Wade, women's healthcare startup Tia wants to elevate the standards for women's physical, mental, and reproductive care. Before the pandemic, Tia was building in-person healthcare clinics for women without the virtual component. Here is the 30-slide presentation Witte used to raise Tia's $100 million Series B funding in just three weeks in 2021.

☆ High-profile hedge funds dive back into beaten-down tech stocks to capitalize on the big comeback
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-20 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Many high-profile hedge funds jumped back into technology stocks — the group that hurt their alpha the most last year — just in time to benefit from the furious comeback in the new year. These big investors loaded up on stocks that were among last year's biggest losers amid the Federal Reserve's aggressive rate hikes. Hedge funds overall saw significant negative long alpha (-12.1%) last year, with the single biggest contributor being exposure to info tech, according to Goldman Sachs. .IXIC 1Y mountain Nasdaq Composite The rebound in technology stocks came fast and furious in the new year. Hedge funds overall were able to beat the market significantly.

☆ Stephen Mandel's Lone Pine doubles down on Big Tech and chip stocks to ride on the rebound
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-16 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Lone Pine Capital doubled down on technology stocks in the fourth quarter, just in time to benefit from the big rebound, a new regulatory filing showed. Stephen Mandel's hedge fund significantly increased its holdings in Microsoft and Amazon , making them top bets at the end of the fourth quarter, the filing showed. Mandel founded Lone Pine Capital in 1997 and boasts one of the best long-term track records in the industry. Mandel is one of the so-called "Tiger Cubs," mentored by legendary hedge fund pioneer Julian Robertson. Lone Pine increased its exposure in the semiconductor industry last quarter.

☆ Crossover Hedge Funds Lost Big in 2022. They’re Still Launching in 2023.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-15 | by ( Juliet Chung | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Hedge funds investing in fast-growing public and private companies lost tens of billions of clients’ money last year. That isn’t stopping more “crossover” funds from launching. Mala Gaonkar, 53 years old, a former co-investment chief of Lone Pine Capital LLC, launched her New York-based crossover fund, SurgoCap Partners, on Jan. 3 with $1.8 billion, people familiar with her firm said. Ms. Gaonkar’s launch was widely anticipated given her experience and marks the largest-ever startup from a female hedge-fund manager. Lone Pine, which Ms. Gaonkar left roughly a year ago, lost 36% in 2022 in its flagship hedge fund.

☆ Factbox: How Wall St and billionaires have donated to U.S. elections
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( John Mccrank | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Prior to the U.S. Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United ruling, which struck down limits on political contributions by corporations or unions, political contributions of billionaires made up around 3% of overall political contributions, she said. Griffin said in a statement: "I hope that my political engagement will help to protect the American Dream. * Crypto-billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried of FTX was the sixth-largest donor, at $39.8 million with the vast majority going to help Democrats. * Elliott Management founder Paul Singer spent $19.7 million to support Republicans, making him the 15th-largest donor. * Renaissance Technologies founder Jim Simons, together with Marilyn Simons, were the 20th-largest donors, spending nearly $16 million to help Democrats.

☆ American billionaires spent a record $880 million on the U.S. midterm elections
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Robert Frank | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

America's billionaires spent a record $880 million on the U.S. midterm elections so far, with most of their spending favoring Republicans, according to a new report. They have given a total of $3.5 million to a single-candidate super PAC in Wisconsin supporting GOP Sen. Ron Johnson. A relative newcomer to the billionaire political class is Sam Bankman-Fried, the 30-year-old crypto mogul. He donated $40 million this cycle, most of it to a super PAC he created called Protect Our Future. Hedge-fund billionaire Stephen Mandel of Lone Pine Capital has spent $17.7 million on Democratic groups, including the super PAC Future Forward.

☆ Only 5 billionaires including the founders of Zynga, FTX and 23andme have signed up to The Giving Pledge this year
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-23 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Only five have signed up for The Giving Pledge in 2022, down from 14 last year. The Giving Pledge was founded by Bill Gates, Melinda French Gates and Warren Buffett in 2010 when dozens of America's wealthiest people pledged to donate the bulk of their fortune to help solve problems in society. Jeff Bezos, ranked by Forbes as the world's second-richest person worth $171 billion, is noticeably missing from The Giving Pledge. She said in her pledge letter that giving money away has "richly rewarded" her. The Giving Pledge did not respond to Insider's request for comment.

☆ Australian fintech firm Airwallex raises $100 mln, retains $5.5 bln valuation
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Oct 11 (Reuters) - Australian fintech company Airwallex said on Tuesday it raised $100 million in an extension of a funding round, sustaining its $5.5 billion valuation. The Melbourne-based company said it secured more funds from existing investors, including Tencent Holdings Ltd (0700.HK), Sequoia Capital China and Lone Pine Capital. Australian industry superannuation fund HostPlus and a North American pension fund also participated in the round, Airwallex said. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterWith the $100 million raised in the Series E extended round, Airwallex's total funding increased to more than $900 million, the company said. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Harish Sridharan and Baranjot Kaur in Bengaluru; Editing by Tom Hogue and Subhranshu SahuOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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