Tag: Hedge funds
$144 billion profit in one month
Tesla logo Short sellers lost a billion dollars at the electric car manufacturer in the first quarter. Now the tide has turned. (Photo: Reuters) Dusseldorf The ongoing correction in the…
$7.8 billion hedge fund closes
game stop The hedge fund was the most prominent victim of the GameStop trading saga. (Photo: Reuters) Dusseldorf The hedge fund Melvin Capital draws conclusions from the Gamestop disaster in…
Discussion about the future of the subsidiary AGI
US Department of Justice The scandal surrounding the “Structured Alpha” fund of the Allianz subsidiary AGI becomes a criminal case. (Photo: Xinhua/eyevine/laif) Munich When all bills have been paid, all…
Allianz continues to work through hedge fund debacle
Allianz Insurance in Berlin The high provisions put pressure on profits. (Photo: imago images/Schöning) Munich Allianz has to dig deeper and deeper into its pockets for its failed hedge fund…
Allianz continues to work through hedge fund debacle
Munich Allianz has taken another step forward in dealing with its hedge fund debacle in the USA. The Munich-based insurer announced a further provision of 1.9 billion euros on Wednesday…
Where short sellers were right – or lost billions
Symbolic photo meta The shares of the Facebook parent crashed in the first quarter. (Photo: IMAGO/NurPhoto) Dusseldorf Hedge funds increased their bets on falling prices by almost $60 billion in…
Why the German market attracts gamblers
Trading floor of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange Historically, the Dax fluctuates more than other major indices. This attracts short-term oriented professional investors. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf First 39 percent down, then…
Why the German market attracts gamblers
Trading floor of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange Historically, the Dax fluctuates more than other major indices. This attracts short-term oriented professional investors. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf First 39 percent down, then…
Private equity investor KPS is looking for targets in German medium-sized companies
Exhaust with exhaust gases from an internal combustion engine Many suppliers are finding it difficult to switch to electromobility. (Photo: imago/Michael Weber) Frankfurt The US holding company KPS goes where…
Hedge fund manager Nelson Peltz joins Unilever
Dusseldorf, London Unilever stock moves very little in normal times. But in the past few days, she has had a real roller coaster ride: On Monday, the price of the…
With these companies, short sellers rely on falling prices
Corona winner (Photo: Bloomberg) Dusseldorf Hedge funds are reacting to the changed situation on the financial market: 2022 will be the year of monetary policy change, combined with rising interest…
With these companies, short sellers rely on falling prices
Corona winner (Photo: Bloomberg) Dusseldorf The situation on the stock market has changed: 2022 will be the year of monetary policy change, combined with rising interest rates. There is also…
Financial institutions are particularly common targets for activist investors
Aareal Bank in Wiesbaden Petrus Advisers has been calling for the sale of the software subsidiary Aareon for a long time. The bank strictly rejects this. (Photo: PR) Frankfurt In…
Dialogue instead of argument – activists challenge the board members
Coal-fired power plant in Niederaussem Activist investors are putting pressure on them – today often also on important issues of ecological sustainability. Boards should welcome the commitment. (Photo: Getty Images)…
Alternative Investments: How Small Investors Can Benefit
View of containers in the Port of Liverpool Infrastructure investments belong to the field of alternative investments. There, however, they only make up a comparatively small proportion. Private equity and…
Aareal Bank is sending three bankers into the running for the Supervisory Board
Aareal Bank The district court does not consider a swift replacement of the three vacant positions on the supervisory board to be so urgent. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt The real estate…
How investors can benefit from alternative investments
Series “Create 2022” Alternative investments like private equity could do well in 2022. Frankfurt The year 2022 will probably no longer be a sure-fire success on the stock market. The…
Hedge fund Elliott makes a profit of 200 million euros
Dusseldorf Paul Singer is known to German companies as tough, patient and successful. Be it the merger of the real estate groups Deutsche Wohnen and Vonovia, the redevelopment of the…
The Federal Reserve and the turning hammer – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
she really did it: The US Federal Reserve announced yesterday evening that it would abandon its ultra-loose monetary policy. The purchases of bonds will be throttled much more than previously…
German firms are becoming the main target for hedge funds
Production at Deutz The investment company Ardan Livvey criticizes the operational performance of the Cologne engine manufacturer. (Photo: DEUTZ AG) Dusseldorf European and especially German companies are increasingly being targeted…