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    • Monday, 23 January, 2023
      Bill Ackman takes stake in Bremont after buying its watches

      Billionaire investor’s backing values luxury UK brand at more than £100mn

    • Thursday, 8 December, 2022
      Hedge funds
      Barclays: the pegging will continue

      Pershing Square, round hole?

    • Friday, 25 November, 2022
      Due Diligence
      Private equity’s ‘technicolour dreamcoat’ Premium content

      Plus, Asia’s richest man sets out his media ambitions, and Bill Ackman shorts the Hong Kong dollar

    • Thursday, 24 November, 2022
      Currencies
      Bill Ackman, macro tourist, is back

      Short peg in a long-term hole

    • Thursday, 24 November, 2022
      Bill Ackman reveals short position against Hong Kong dollar

      Billionaire says ‘peg no longer makes sense’ and ‘only a matter of time’ before it breaks

    • Tuesday, 12 July, 2022
      LexSpecial purpose acquisition companies
      Bill Ackman: Spac failure leads to Sparc innovation Premium content

      Investors will give him cash for a deal only after he has picked out a target company

    • Monday, 11 July, 2022
      Bill Ackman winds down $4bn Spac after failing to find a target

      Funds from record-breaking vehicle returned to investors as appetite for blank-cheque companies withers

    • Wednesday, 20 April, 2022
      Netflix Inc
      Bill Ackman sells entire Netflix stake at roughly $400mn loss

      Move comes three months after billionaire took position with pledge to focus on ‘long-term horizon’

    • Wednesday, 20 April, 2022
      US & Canadian companies
      Bill Ackman cancels Netflix

      What a difference one quarter can make

    • Friday, 1 April, 2022
      News in-depthInvestor activism
      Why some of the most feared activist investors are no longer so hostile

      Prominent veterans of Wall St proxy battles are taking a more low-key approach

    • Wednesday, 30 March, 2022
      Due Diligence
      Ackman says he’s retiring from activist campaigns Premium content

      Plus, the FT traces the ownership of a mysterious yacht in Antigua and Goldman Sachs looks to diversify its business portfolio

    • Tuesday, 29 March, 2022
      Bill Ackman to abandon public battles for quieter investment approach

      Founder of activist hedge fund Pershing Square intends to work behind the scenes with companies

    • Wednesday, 9 February, 2022
      FT AlphavilleJamie Powell
      This is nuts, there’s too much Spac-cash

      So why not park some there? Go on, live a little.

    • Thursday, 27 January, 2022
      Lex
      Ackman/Netflix: pandemic’s canny trader says growth darling now a value play Premium content

      At a low enough purchase price, hedge fund manager can afford to wait for streamer’s own subscriber growth to resume

    • Wednesday, 26 January, 2022
      Bill Ackman buys Netflix stake worth $1.1bn after stock sell-off

      Hedge fund manager suggests other investors are ignoring long-term potential of streaming group

    • Wednesday, 10 November, 2021
      Property sector
      Bill Ackman tries to win neighbours’ support for divisive glass penthouse

      Hedge fund manager must convince board of prewar New York building to back modernist addition

    • Friday, 27 August, 2021
      Special purpose acquisition companies
      Wall Street law firms band together to defend Spac business

      Deal advisers rebut claims that blank-cheque groups are investment companies in disguise

    • Friday, 20 August, 2021
      LexPershing Square Tontine Holdings
      Pershing Square: Bill Ackman bets on Spac 2.0 Premium content

      New structure would remove existing time limits and stop investors’ cash being prematurely tied up

    • Friday, 20 August, 2021
      Bill Ackman to return $4bn to Spac investors if new vehicle is approved

      Billionaire investor plans to pivot to new ‘Sparc’ model following lawsuit

    • Sunday, 25 July, 2021
      LexInvestments
      Tontines: not such a murderous idea Premium content

      With people living longer and pension schemes underfunded, resurrecting them for the 21st century has a certain appeal

    • Tuesday, 20 July, 2021
      Due Diligence
      Bill Ackman’s Universal vision runs into regulatory problems Premium content

      Plus, an Italian luxury dynasty embraces the Spac trend, and DD’s top takeaways from bank earnings season so far

    • Monday, 19 July, 2021
      Lex
      Pershing/UMG: Dance to the music of time Premium content

      Bill Ackman’s deal to acquire a stake in the resurgent music company lives on through his hedge fund

    • Monday, 19 July, 2021
      Universal Music Group
      Bill Ackman abandons Spac plan to take $4bn stake in Universal Music

      Hedge fund manager changes course to buy into world’s biggest music label after SEC intervention

    • Sunday, 20 June, 2021
      Universal Music Group
      Ackman’s Spac buys 10% of Universal Music for $4bn

      Deal is first of its kind for a blank-cheque company and comes as music catalogues soar in value

    • Tuesday, 8 June, 2021
      News in-depthSpecial purpose acquisition companies
      Ackman’s Universal Music deal heralds the era of Spac 2.0

      Hedge fund manager’s blank-cheque company is rewriting the rules after boom cools

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