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☆ Bill Ackman's Pershing Square withdraws IPO as demand for offering waned
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Hakyung Kim | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Bill Ackman, chief executive officer of Pershing Square Capital Management LP, speaks during an interview for an episode of "The David Rubenstein Show: Peer-to-Peer Conversations" in New York, US, on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. Bill Ackman's Pershing Square USA withdrew plans for a an initial public offering after investor demand appeared to wane from original expectations. As of the end of June, Pershing Square had $18.7 billion in assets under management. Most of the money was under Pershing Square Holdings, a closed-end fund that trades in Europe. Ackman's move to publicly list Pershing Square was seen as a way to capitalize on his growing presence among retail investors.

Persons: Bill Ackman, David Rubenstein, Bill Ackman's, Berkshire Hathaway, Seth Klarman's Organizations: Pershing, Capital Management, Bill Ackman's Pershing, USA, Berkshire, Pershing Square Holdings, Bloomberg, U.S Locations: New York, PSUS, Europe, Seth Klarman's Boston

☆ Bill Ackman seeking to raise $2 billion in Pershing Square fund IPO, lower than original expectations
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Jesse Pound | In Jesse-Pound | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Hedge fund manager Bill Ackman is looking to raise $2 billion in the initial public offering of Pershing Square USA, with 40 million shares priced at $50. The Pershing Square USA IPO will be in the form of a closed-end fund, and is expected to hold many of the same positions as Ackman's other vehicles. Pershing Square also has a closed-end fund in Europe, which trades at a discount to its net asset value. At one point, Pershing Square was looking to raise as much as $25 billion, according to the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg News. (In an unusual circumstance, Pershing Square USA then disclosed the letter in a filing and officially disclaimed it.)

Persons: Bill Ackman, Ackman, Seth Klarman's Baupost Organizations: Pershing, USA, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg News, Bloomberg Locations: Europe

☆ Trim Alphabet, buy Microsoft: How major hedge funds invested in tech during the first quarter
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-18 | by ( Samantha Subin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Hedge funds took a diversified approach to technology investing in the first quarter as the sector built on its 2024 rally. Both Appaloosa and Coatue trimmed stakes in Nvidia during the period, with the latter shrinking his stake by 68% to $1.25 billion. Stanley Druckenmiller told CNBC last month that he cut his Nvidia stake in late March and called AI a "little overhyped" in the short run. Apple caught renewed attention from Viking Global and cuts from Coatue and Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway. Coatue, Third Point, Viking Global and Tiger Global upped their Amazon stakes, while Appaloosa and D1 Capital trimmed their holdings.

Persons: Michael Burry, Ole Andreas Halvorsen zeroed, David Tepper's, Chase, Seth Klarman's Baupost, Dan Sundheim's, Phillippe Laffont's Coatue, Dan Loeb's, Halvorsen, Tepper, Sundheim, Laffont, Brad Gerstner, Stanley Druckenmiller, Warren Buffett's Berkshire, Coatue Organizations: Technology, Nasdaq, Nvidia, Meta, Capital, Microsoft, Street's, CNBC, Apple, Viking Global, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, Tiger Global Locations: Coatue, Warren

☆ This classic hedge-fund strategy returned 22% in 2022 when stocks got crushed. Here are 4 ETFs that offer exposure to the portfolio hedging method — including 2 that are up 13% in 2024 alone.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-21 | by ( William Edwards | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

It's called a managed futures strategy. That's according to iM Global Partner, which has the largest exchange-traded fund — iMGP DBi Managed Futures Strategy ETF (DBMF) — that copies the strategy. Meanwhile, a managed futures strategy, with its short-term approach across stocks, bonds, commodities, and currencies, is generally uncorrelated to longer-term bond and stock market performance. From January to October 14, 2022, for example, the Credit Suisse Managed Futures Strategy (CSAIX) was up around 26%. iMGP DBi Managed Futures Strategy ETF (DBMF)January-October 14, 2022 returns: 33.9%2024 year-to-date returns: 13.1%Assets under management: $988 millionFirst Trust Managed Futures Strategy Fund (FMF)January-October 14, 2022 returns: 15.7%2024 year-to-date returns: 7.3%Assets under management: $144 millionKFA Mount Lucas Managed Futures Index Strategy ETF (KMLM)January-October 14, 2022 returns: 50%2024 year-to-date returns: 8.8%Assets under management: $284 millionSimplify Managed Futures Strategy ETF (CTA)

Persons: It's, —, Andrew Beer, Seth Klarman's, Beer, we've Organizations: Global, Business, Treasury Bond ETF, Credit Suisse, Morningstar, Lucas Locations: DBMF, lockstep, VettaFi

☆ Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway keeps buying Liberty's SiriusXM tracking shares. Here's why
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-28 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Berkshire Hathaway continued to buy Liberty Media's tracking stock for New York-based satellite radio company SiriusXM in a likely merger arbitrage play. Billionaire John Malone's media conglomerate currently owns 84% of Sirius XM and has two tracking stocks that represent that stake in the streaming satellite music service — Liberty Media Corp. Series A shares, or LSXMA , and Liberty Media Corp. Series C shares, or LSXMK . Under the terms of the deal, expected to close early in the third quarter, each Liberty Media Sirius tracking share will be exchanged for 8.4 "new" SIRI shares, while "old" SIRI shareholders would receive new shares in a one-for-one exchange. Berkshire loading up In the past week, Warren Buffett's conglomerate added 438,945 shares of LSXMA and 1 million shares of LSXMK for nearly $45 million combined, according to regulatory filings . Berkshire first bought LSXMK in 2016 and now owns almost 22% of the tracking stock, according to FactSet.

Persons: Berkshire Hathaway, John, SIRI, Warren, Buffett, Ted Weschler, Todd Combs, Seth Klarman's Baupost, SIRI overvalued, Wells, Steven Cahall, Cahall, Jason Bazinet, Charlie Munger, Charlie, hasn't Organizations: Berkshire, Liberty, Sirius XM, — Liberty Media Corp, Liberty Media Corp, Nasdaq, Liberty Media, Liberty Media Sirius, Sirius XM Holdings, Sirius, Citigroup, Activision Blizzard, British Columbia Power, Monsanto, Bayer AG, IBM Locations: New York, Berkshire, LSXMA, LSXMK, Omaha

☆ Seth Klarman's Baupost bought 23 million shares of this data analytics stock last quarter
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Seth Klarman's Baupost Group snapped up millions of shares in a little-known data analytics stock in the third quarter, according to the latest regulatory fillings. The value-oriented, Boston-based hedge fund opened a 22.5-million share position in Clarivate Plc worth some $151 million in the third quarter, according to Baupost's 13F filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission. CLVT YTD mountain Clarivate shares this year Klarman picked up the stock as London-based Clarivate tumbled nearly 30% in the third quarter. Still, it's a relatively small position for Baupost, failing to crack the fund's top 10 holdings by dollar value, according to InsiderScore. The loss would be worse, but since the start of the fourth quarter, Dollar General is almost 15% higher.

Persons: Seth Klarman's Baupost, Klarman, Baupost, Willis, Watson Organizations: Securities and Exchange Commission, Jacobs Solutions, Semiconductor, Fidelity National, Viasat . Holdings, Amazon and Union Pacific Locations: Boston, Clarivate, London, Qorvo, Amazon

☆ 'Oracle of Boston' Seth Klarman's value investing principles have stood the test of time
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Baupost Group's Seth Klarman, nicknamed "the Oracle of Boston," is revered in value investing circles for his disciplined investment philosophy, maybe because his style has stood the test of time. The billionaire hedge fund manager has been an almost religious follower of Benjamin Graham's investing style, buying out-of-favor and undervalued assets to ensure a margin of safety. Klarman has drawn comparisons to Warren Buffett — Buffett being a student of Graham's at Columbia University — for his patient, disciplined investment style. The 66-year-old Harvard and Cornell grad published his investment book, "Margin of Safety," in 1991. The hedge fund manager posted a mid-single digit decline last year, beating the S & P 500 which fell nearly 20%, the Financial Times reported.

Persons: Baupost, Seth Klarman, Benjamin Graham's, Klarman, Warren Buffett — Buffett, Columbia University —, Benjamin Graham, David Dodd, Klarman hasn't Organizations: Oracle, Boston, Columbia University, Harvard, Cornell grad, CNBC, Financial Times Locations: Baupost

☆ Hedge funds bought the dip in Chinese stocks — here are their favorite ADRs
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-27 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Hedge funds bought the dip in Chinese stocks last quarter after many technology names sold off amid political uncertainty, according to Goldman Sachs. U.S. hedge fund ownership of Chinese ADRs increased modestly during the third quarter after declining for four straight quarters, according to Goldman. At the start of the fourth quarter, 20% of equity hedge funds had a long position in at least one Chinese stock, the firm said. Alibaba remained the most popular China ADR among U.S. hedge funds, and it's the only Chinese stock to be included in Goldman's Hedge Fund VIP list . Brad Gerstner's hedge fund Altimeter Capital bought $69 million worth of Pinduoduo last quarter, according to a filing.

☆ This ETF topped $1 billion in assets this week as investors flock to managed futures strategies
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( Jesse Pound | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

One of the best performing categories of the exchange-traded fund industry in 2022 eclipsed a key milestone this week, as the iMGP DBi Managed Futures Strategy ETF (DBMF) topped $1 billion in assets under management Managed futures strategies , which go short and long various contracts to make large macro bets, are one of the best performing sectors of funds in 2022. The fund is by far the largest managed futures ETF, according to VettaFi. It uses performance data from hedge funds to derive the positions likely held by large funds in key futures contracts, such as stocks, gold and oil. Before this year, the ETF's hedge fund-like strategy and small size made it difficult to attract new investors, Beer said. You want the space," Beer said.

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