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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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