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JANUARY 15, 2025

GIP, a private equity firm managing over $100bn in assets, owns stakes in Gatwick Airport and offshore wind projects. The company warned that $175bn in global AI investment funds could flow to China-backed projects without action. AI requires large-scale computational infrastructure like specialised data centres.

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AUGUST 22, 2024

Among the many anticipated 13F filings from billionaire asset managers is that of Ken Griffin's hedge fund, Citadel Advisors. Since its inception, no hedge fund has been more profitable than Citadel, which often hedges its common stock positions with various put and call options. Pinterest is also swimming with available capital.

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JANUARY 9, 2025

True Religion announced on Tuesday that private equity firm Acon Investments has acquired a majority stake in the company. SB360 Capital Partners, chaired by American Eagles CEO Jay Schottenstein, also took part in the deal. has raised $265m in a funding round led by Greycroft.

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OCTOBER 21, 2024

Englander and his team run a very active hedge fund, with thousands of positions and close to $216 billion in AUM, as of the midpoint of 2024. But during the second quarter, Englander oversaw the sale of 7,074,815 shares of Palantir , which reduced Millennium's stake by 59% to 4,973,308 shares. KO Dividend data by YCharts.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Even though 13Fs aren't perfect -- since they're filed up to 45 days after a quarter ends, their snapshot can be stale for active hedge funds -- they can still provide invaluable insight on which stocks, industries, sectors, and trends are piquing the interest of top-tier investors. billion in AUM spread across 81 companies.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

The hedge fund managers listed below (all of whom are billionaires) sold Nvidia stock in the second quarter while buying shares of the iShares Russell 2000 ETF (NYSEMKT: IWM) , an index fund that tracks the small-cap Russell 2000. million shares of Nvidia, slashing his stake by 79%. Ken Griffin of Citadel Advisors sold 9.2

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OCTOBER 16, 2024

Perhaps the most surprising aspect of Cohen's hedge fund, which contains thousands of positions and has more than $38 billion in AUM, has been his and his team's approach to Wall Street's artificial intelligence (AI) darling, Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA). Similar to Nvidia, this share count has been adjusted to account for the company's split.

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MAY 23, 2024

If you don't have enough capital to spread among dozens of qualified candidates, or a team of experienced analysts who can help you recognize potential winners, you would be more likely to lose your shirt by putting your money into such businesses than to realize significant gains over the long run.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 9, 2025

A consortium of private credit funds, including Antares Capital, Blue Owl Capital, KKR, and Goldman Sachs Asset Management, has agreed to take control of Alacrity. BlackRock had previously acquired a controlling stake in the business from private equity firm Kohlberg & Company in February 2023.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 15, 2025

IFM Investors has acquired a 49% stake in Splend, a $200m startup providing vehicle financing solutions for rideshare drivers. The capital injection will allow Splend to scale its operations and capture new opportunities in the rapidly expanding rideshare sector. Source: IFM Investors Can’t stop reading?

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FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Though it's still privately held, it has raised billions in funding from the likes of Microsoft. For several years, he served as president of start-up incubator Y Combinator , which is famous for funding well-known businesses, including Airbnb , Dropbox , and DoorDash. Image Source: Getty Images How can you invest in Reddit?

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DECEMBER 4, 2024

Even though 13Fs are filed up to 45 days following the end to a quarter, and may present stale data for active hedge funds, they're invaluable in clueing investors into the stock and trends prominent asset managers are intrigued by. The fund's brightest investment minds, led by Druckenmiller, have done some big-time buying this year.

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DECEMBER 19, 2024

17), and Druckenmiller's fund opened its nearly 770,000-share stake in Palantir at some point during the fourth quarter of 2023. During the September-ended quarter, Druckenmiller's fund added 33 new positions, one of which became Wall Street's newest trillion-dollar stock last week.

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MARCH 23, 2024

annual total return over the last 50 years, according to Hartford Funds and Ned Davis Research. It aims to grow its funds from operations ( FFO ) per share by 4% to 5% annually over the long term, driven by rent growth and investing in additional income-producing real estate. On average, dividend-paying stocks have delivered a 9.2%

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DECEMBER 17, 2024

His hedge fund, Pershing Square Capital, invests in high-quality businesses with stocks that Ackman feels have become mispriced relative to their intrinsic value. Brookfield spun off its asset management business last year, but it maintains a 73% ownership stake in it. The outlook for the business looks strong.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 15, 2025

New Forests, a global sustainable investment manager, has raised 410m in the first close of its latest fund, focused on climate and forestry initiatives. The fund, supported by European investors such as pension funds, insurers, and family offices, aims to reach a final target of 600m.

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MAY 26, 2024

And it shouldn't come as a surprise that billionaire hedge fund managers and other investors are among the beneficiaries from the breakthrough technology. Among those who bought Microsoft in the first quarter was Stanley Druckenmiller, the longtime manager of Duquesne Capital Management. million shares of Alphabet.

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MAY 26, 2024

Taking profits in chip giant Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) was a popular move among billionaire hedge fund managers in the first quarter, with a number of notable ones reducing their stakes in the company. Alphabet is drawing investor interest One of the first things that tends to grab hedge fund managers' attention is valuation.

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AUGUST 15, 2024

Shares of Nike (NYSE: NKE) were moving higher today after investors responded favorably to news that Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Capital Management Fund had taken a stake in the company, which was reported in Pershing Square's 13-F filing last night. As a result, shares of Nike were up 3.8% as of 11:43 a.m. ET on Thursday.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 10, 2025

BEO Investments LLC, a Miami-based private equity firm, has launched three investment funds tailored to meet the needs of its accredited clients. These funds are going to address diverse investor preferences and capitalize on strategic opportunities in the real estate market. It has a 5 to 7-year investment horizon.

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MARCH 25, 2024

Billionaire philanthropist Paul Tudor Jones is an iconic figure on Wall Street and has been called "one of the pioneers of the modern-day hedge fund industry." He runs Tudor Investment, the hedge fund he founded in 1980. Jones shorted the market, reaping a 200% gain for his hedge fund. So when Jones talks, Wall Street listens.

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Brian Himot , Head of Structured Capital at SVP, said: “This is exactly the kind of complex capital solution our investment, operating and capital markets teams are ideally placed to deliver. read more Crescendo Equity Partners Leads $140m Investment in LINE NEXT to Accelerate Web3 Adoption LINE NEXT Corporation.,

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NOVEMBER 25, 2023

Some of the most successful hedge fund billionaires are looking to capture their fair share of the profits wrought by the accelerating adoption of AI. In a prescient move, he bet heavily on the recovery of distressed financial institutions, becoming the highest-earning hedge fund manager of 2009. Image source: Getty Images.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2024

The semiconductor giant is a favorite not just of retail investors, but of funds across Wall Street. So why are Ken Griffin and his team at Citadel selling a huge portion of their stake? million shares of Nvidia -- almost 80% of Citadel's stake. Part of that $5 billion came from the sale of just under 9.3

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JULY 11, 2024

Adding an accelerant Brookfield Renewable and some partners (its parent, Brookfield Asset Management , and Singapore's state investment company Temasek) recently struck a deal to acquire a majority stake in Neoen from some of its largest shareholders. The acquisition accelerator Brookfield Renewable has tremendous built-in growth drivers.

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DECEMBER 4, 2024

One of the biggest winners in the AI revolution is semiconductor stock Nvidia , which has gained an eye-popping 717% since the release of ChatGPT -- a move that's propelled it to become one of the world's most valuable companies by market capitalization. It's obvious that investors have been celebrating Nvidia during this AI frenzy.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 16, 2025

The capital was secured from a broad range of global investors, including pension funds, insurance companies, sovereign wealth funds, and family offices. read more IFM Investors acquires 49% stake in Splend to drive rideshare growth IFM Investors has acquired a 49% stake in Splend, a $200m startup providing vehicle financing.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2024

In this context, private debt and in particular asset-backed lending (ABL) and real estate debt have emerged as prominent alternative financing methods, filling the gap left by traditional banks constrained by regulatory capital limitations. Global private debt AUM is forecast to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.1%

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OCTOBER 31, 2024

Multiple growth drivers Brookfield Renewable has a quartet of drivers that should power robust growth in its funds from operations ( FFO ) over the next several years. Brookfield has secured several deals this year, including agreeing to buy a majority stake in French renewable energy producer and developer Neoen. wind farms.

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MARCH 16, 2024

After starting Duquesne Capital Management in 1981, Druckenmiller's hedge fund never had a down year, a period that included the Black Monday crash, the dot-com bust, and the great financial crisis. Duquesne Capital Management averaged an annual return of 30% from 1986 to 2010, crushing the broad market. million, or $408.4

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DECEMBER 13, 2024

The hedge fund billionaires listed below bought shares of the Invesco QQQ Trust (NASDAQ: QQQ) during the third quarter, a supercharged index fund that offers heavy exposure to those seven stocks. The index fund ranks among his top 20 holdings, excluding options contracts. Microsoft: 7.8% Meta Platforms: 5.1% Alphabet: 5.1%

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MAY 3, 2024

Even so, the hedge fund billionaires listed below sold down their positions in Nvidia during the fourth quarter, while simultaneously redeploying capital across Palantir Technologies (NYSE: PLTR) and Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) , two red-hot AI stocks up 191% and 77%, respectively, in the past year. That drove shares 239% higher in 2023.

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OCTOBER 6, 2024

The shift to a for-profit AI powerhouse This isn't the first mega-capital raise OpenAI has closed. Since the deal terms were never fully disclosed -- and given OpenAI's current structure -- it's unclear whether Microsoft received an equity stake for its money. Cathie Wood 's Ark Venture Fund, which invested a reported $250 million.

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JULY 13, 2024

Although AI stocks have been making most billionaire money managers and investment funds notably richer throughout 2023 and the first half of 2024, not everyone has come along for the ride. stake -- in graphics processing unit (GPU) provider Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) via its then-newly launched Vision Fund.

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JULY 23, 2024

The diversified REIT owns a small stake in the leading cold storage operator. Lineage has raised $9 billion from investors to fund its acquisition boom, including from W.P. Last year, the REIT noted that its stake was worth around $400 million. It then intends to monetize its stake in the company. billion valuation.

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OCTOBER 16, 2024

His Pershing Square Capital Management hedge fund owns stakes in only nine companies. His Pershing Square hedge fund owns class A and class C shares of the tech giant worth roughly $2.1 Sure, Ackman reduced Pershing Square's stake in Alphabet in the second quarter of 2024 somewhat. Not Bill Ackman.

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AUGUST 22, 2024

Just a year ago, such an allocation likely wouldn't have appeared on such filings, but with the approval of spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in January, the doors have been effectively opened for institutions like Goldman Sachs to gain exposure to the cryptocurrency. Most apparent is its finite supply.

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