Hedge Funds

Hedge Funds

Bill Ackman Tests Main Street Rizz with Pershing Square IPO

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Ackman’s move comes at a time when many young retail investors have grown tired of their classic stock-and-bond portfolios.

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Hedge Funds

Point72 Tops Citadel and Millennium Returns as Multi-Strategy Funds Soar

Global hedge fund industry capital in 2025 ended the year at a record $5.15 trillion, according to data from Hedge Fund Research.

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Hedge Funds

Bill Ackman’s Pershing Powers Through AI Selloff With a Big Bet Worth Watching

Pershing returned 34% last year, well ahead of the S&P 500’s 17.9% and marking the latest in a near-decade-long streak of besting the index.

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Real Estate

Populist Signal or Serious Plan? Experts Question Ban on Corporate Home Purchases

Shares of Blackrock bounced back on Thursday as analysts assessed the headwinds that have past blocked proposals similar to President Trump’s.

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Hedge Funds

Activist Elliott’s Citgo Deal May Deliver a Windfall in Wake of Maduro’s Ouster

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Since the 1980s, Citgo Petroleum has operated as the US-based subsidiary of Venezuela’s state-owned oil and gas company.

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Hedge Funds

Hedge Fund Assets Reach Record $5 Trillion With Most Inflows Since 2007

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The last time this many people piled into hedge funds, the only great recession anyone might have been aware of was Larry David’s hairline.

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Hedge Funds

Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Wants to Be the Next Berkshire

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Pershing Square has announced a formal bid for Howard Hughes, the real estate developer where Ackman served as chairman for over a decade.

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