Hedge Fund Drops Proxy Battle With Chemicals Maker Ashland

The largest investor in USA Technologies plans to nominate a slate of independent candidates to take over the company's board, saying it has “exhausted every reasonable means” to implement desired changes to the struggling fintech’s operation.....»»

Two major shareholder advisory firms urged investors to vote against billionaire investor David Tepper's hedge fund demand that Allergan Plc immediately split the roles of chief executive officer and chairman, in a boost to the Botox maker......»»

Newell Brands Ends Proxy Fight with Starboard (Reuters) (Reuters) – Consumer products maker Newell Brands Inc (NWL.N) has agreed .....»»

On the eve of the Seattle bank's annual shareholders meeting, a proxy battle with one of its biggest investors gets even uglier......»»

Third Point LLC sued Campbell Soup Co. and its board of directors Thursday, alleging the food maker distributed misleading and incomplete information to win shareholders’ support in a heated proxy fight over control of the company......»»

The activist hedge fund sued Campbell Soup and its board, alleging the food maker distributed misleading and incomplete information to win shareholders’ support in a heated proxy fight over control of the company......»»

Campbell Soup Co , which is in the midst of a proxy battle with Third Point LLC, said on Friday it had offered to add two of the hedge fund's nominees to its board after the investment firm lowered the number of nominees to five from 12......»»

Campbell Soup Co. has named Mark Clouse, the former CEO of Pinnacle Foods, as its new chief executive. Activist investor Dan Loeb, whose hedge fund recently concluded a contentious proxy battle against the Campbell Soup board, assisted with the CEO.....»»

Activist hedge fund Starboard Value LP has asked a proxy solicitor to probe the level of support among Bristol-Myers Squibb Co shareholders for the U.S. drug maker's $74 billion deal to buy Celgene Corp, people familiar with the matter said on Friday......»»

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The company already is in a bitter proxy fight with a hedge fund that claims its board has provided weak oversight of management as it allegedly ignores a side effect of its gene therapy against a blinding eye disease......»»

A trio of proxy fights announced this week show the benefits of collaboration for activist investors, as well as the impact of a successful track record. Q4 2020 hedge fund letters.....»»

Amid all the freneticism of the Reddit-hedge fund battle, the simple fact is that it means very little to the majority of investors......»»

Billionaire Ken Griffin's hedge fund Citadel LLC and the market maker Citadel Securities say they had nothing to do with the app Robinhood suspending some trading in stocks that have recently experienced a surge in volatility......»»

Harley-Davidson Inc faces a battle with one of its investors after Impala Asset Management on Wednesday on Wednesday said it will try to install two directors at America's oldest and best-known motorcycle maker......»»

Business Insider Billionaire former hedge fund manager and liberal activist Tom Steyer dropped out of the 2020 Democratic primary after a disappointing finish in t.....»»

Baupost Sheds Puerto Rico Debt That Drove Ivy League Protest (Bloomberg) Baupost Group, which was targeted by student divestment campaigns over.....»»

Billionaire York Capital Founder and Milwaukee Bucks Co-owner Jamie Dinan Sees Big Investing Opportunities in a Post-Brexit UK (Business Inside.....»»

Dow Inc reported a 27% fall in fourth-quarter operating profit on Wednesday as lower prices squeezed margins, but the chemicals maker pointed to a recovery in demand this year on the back of easing trade tensions......»»

Hedge funds are known to underperform the bull markets but that’s not because they are bad at investing. Truth be told, most hedge fund m.....»»