Update: Bayer Investor Calls for Rethink After Latest Glyphosate Defeat November 1, 2023 By Patricia Weiss and Svea Herbst-Bayliss Bayer investor Union Investment called on Wednesday for the German company to reconsider its litigation strategy for glyphosate and a...
Argo Group Hands Board Seat to Activist Hedge Fund Firm Voce Capital August 9, 2022 By Svea Herbst-Bayliss Argo Group International Holdings handed a board seat to its largest investor on Monday, adding activist hedge fund manager J....
Activist Investment Firm Targets Safety Insurance, Seeks Directors, Share Buyback January 18, 2022 By Svea Herbst-Bayliss Activist investment firm Ides Capital Management has nominated two directors to the board of Safety Insurance Group and wants the...
Sectors Under Pressure, Such as Insurance, Remain Private Equity Targets: Apollo Exec September 20, 2019 By Svea Herbst-Bayliss and Lawrence Delevingne Private equity billionaire Joshua Harris thinks there are still plenty of undervalued companies to improve and profit from, especially away...
Activist Hedge Fund Voce Urges Argo to Cut $100M in Expenses, Nominates Directors May 1, 2019 By Svea Herbst-Bayliss An activist hedge fund on Tuesday nominated five directors and urged insurance company Argo Group International Holdings Ltd to cut...
Activist Icahn Breaks Up with AIG, Sells Shares May 8, 2018 By Suzanne Barlyn and Svea Herbst-Bayliss Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has sold his stake in American International Group Inc, ending a more than two-year association with...
Activist Investor Icahn on High-Yield Bonds, AIG, Interest Rates November 19, 2015 By Jennifer Ablan and Svea Herbst-Bayliss Billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn said he is betting against high-yield bonds, as he sees a bubble among companies that...
New York Bans Fund Manager Falcone From Insurance Unit October 7, 2013 By Katya Wachtel and Svea Herbst-Bayliss Hedge fund manager Philip Falcone, banned from the securities industry for five years by U.S. regulators, is also being banned...
Boston Marathon Bombings Suspect Identified: Reports April 17, 2013 By Svea Herbst-Bayliss and Tim McLaughlin Investigators believe they have identified a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing from security video and an official statement was...
Paulson Hedge Fund Cuts Holdings in Hartford Financial Services November 15, 2012 By Svea Herbst-Bayliss Billionaire hedge fund manager John Paulson cut his third and fourth biggest portfolio holdings and made a bigger bet on...