缬草Pharmaceuticals International将三名新成员命名为其董事会，包括一个与瓦朗斯股票持有人威廉阿克曼的联系潘兴广场资本管理。Stephen Fraidin, a vice chairman with the activist hedge fund firm, joins Valeant’s board along with Dr. Fred Eshelman, a 35-year pharmaceutical industry veteran and founder and former chief executive officer and executive chairman of Pharmaceutical Product Development, and Thomas Ross, former president of the University of North Carolina. The stock surged nearly 6 percent on the news, but it is still barely off its lows.
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峡谷资本顾问在Ambac Financial Group上出现了热量。The Los Angeles hedge fund firm fired off a long letter detailing a number of major concerns with Ambac management and the governance of the board of directors ahead of the bond insurer’s annual meeting on May 12. Canyon criticized the board’s decision to name Nader Tavakoli as permanent president and CEO despite what it deems “his lack of relevant experience and demonstrably substandard performance,” calling the appointment “alarming.” Canyon also criticized Tavakoli’s compensation package and management and the board’s “failure to develop and implement” a strategy. The hedge fund firm also lambasted Ambac’s board for refusing to meet with the investor.
峡谷管理超过20亿美元。周三的AMBAC股价攀升不到1％。上周，路透社报告说，峡谷计划向Ambac委员会提交三个被提名者。它还表示，该公司希望AMBAC加快其40亿美元的保险索赔。
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Aspect Capital表示，它已获得竞争对手Auriel资本管理，并聘请其团队在一个计算机驱动的对冲基金的合并中。在新闻稿中，伦敦公司表示，它一直希望多元化其战略能力。据发表的报道称，各方面认为AURIEL使其有机会扩展到货币交易。计算机驱动的对冲基金，也称为系统交易者今年最佳表演者否则在大多数对冲基金策略中的Abysmal开始。方面的旗舰产品，方面多元化的计划，去年前两个月增长了5.17％，2014年的32％。
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瑞银下调评级Yelp出售从中性d maintained its $17 target price, telling clients it is “skeptical of a turnaround” at the online restaurant and retail reviews company. UBS says in a note that the companies that will prevail in the battle for local advertising budgets have established mobile user bases, can benefit from operating scale advantages and have shown product innovation. “In our view, Yelp will enter a period of slowing revenue growth and heightened margin pressures, driven by increased competition in Yelp’s core business and share gains by larger digital ad companies,” the bank adds in the note. Yelp shares dropped 3 percent on Wednesday. At the end of 2015, five of Yelp’s top-ten shareholders were hedge fund firms, led by Hong Kong–based Tybourne Capital Management, the largest shareholder. Other top shareholders include New York-basedMaverick Capital.，纽约为基础首都卓越和芝加哥为基础堡垒。
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莱昂Cooperman欧米茄Advisors将其在地图集能源中削减到大约260万股，或占优秀总数的9.99％。