Resounding endorsement gives hedge fund a leg-up in campaign to overhaul refiner’s board
Buyers could include some of the largest investors in Izzy Englander’s firm
Billionaire financier’s bid to emulate the Oracle of Omaha comes with some quirks
How the Oracle of Omaha embarrassed his own industry
Wall Street has a new captain
Investors and regulators at odds over threat posed by hard-to-detect debt
Plus, Elliott’s ‘lone wolf’, US stocks underperform, and Grayson Perry at the Wallace Collection
US private equity firm is preferred bidder for UK utility trying to avert renationalisation
Recent turbulence was partly the result of trading strategies using derivatives. But the same investors are increasingly important buyers of US government debt
Other activist investors now take a less confrontational approach. John Pike is in a full-blown proxy fight
US activist discloses 5% stake and warns pivot back to oil and gas does not go far enough
Hedge fund group seeks to turn around hardware and software manufacturer’s languishing performance
Sharp market reversals have wrongfooted many computer-driven traders betting on market trends
A new Fed facility?
A guide to the hedge fund strategies fuelling the tariff turmoil
The double whammy of falling bond and equity prices could partly be hedge funds unwinding so-called ‘basis trades’
Central bank warns UK economy is particularly exposed to volatility triggered by Donald Trump’s policies
Plus, Phillips 66 fights back against activist investor Elliott and how trading desks will save banks’ revenues
Lower than expected purchases of three-year government debt add to investor angst
Bills and bonds and Treasury basis trades, oh my!
Computer-driven asset manager’s institutional equity strategy down 8% in April
10-year Treasury yields jump most in almost three years
Billionaire’s Pershing Square Holdings bet on tariff-exposed stocks like Nike
Government proposes lighter regulatory regime in push to encourage investment
The country will effectively have deciding vote on whether to hit back hard against US tariffs
