Paul Singer
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Sterling traders court peril counting on 11th-hour Brexit breakthrough
- Markets
- December 14, 2018, 16:21
Currency traders in London, preparing for an all-nighter on Tuesday as Theresa May’s EU withdrawal agreement was supposed to come before the UK parlia(...)

Activist shareholder targets owner of Jameson, seeks restructuring
- Agribusiness & Food
- December 12, 2018, 16:57
Billionaire Paul Singer’s Elliott Management pounced on another European corporate icon, building a stake in Pernod Ricard in an effort to boost retur(...)

Waterstones heads into its critical next chapter
- Retail & Services
- April 28, 2018, 04:10
A change of ownership can be relied upon to heighten tensions among both the staff of a business and anybody whose livelihood depends on it. The propo(...)

Activist investor boosts hopes for change at South Korean auto giant Hyundai
- Transport & Tourism
- April 4, 2018, 16:41
A unit of activist hedge fund Elliott Management now holds more than $1 billion (€810 million) of shares in three key affiliates of South Korea’s Hyun(...)

Claire’s, the fashion accessories chain, to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in US
- Retail & Services
- March 9, 2018, 16:09
Claire’s Stores, the fashion accessories chain where legions of preteens got their ears pierced, is preparing to file for bankruptcy in the coming wee(...)

Elliott urges Smith & Nephew to slim down business
- Health & Pharma
- October 20, 2017, 15:34
A unit of Paul Singer’s aggressive activist fund Elliott Management has pushed for UK medical device maker Smith & Nephew to shed certain parts of(...)

Record ETF inflows fuel price bubble fears
- Financial Services
- August 14, 2017, 05:00
Record-breaking inflows into exchange-traded funds (ETFs) this year are fuelling fears that the tide of money surging into passive investment is helpi(...)

Billionaire Paul Singer warns of a growing and menacing threat: passive investing
- Markets
- August 4, 2017, 06:56
Billionaire Paul Singer is warning of a growing and menacing threat: passive investing. “Passive investing is in danger of devouring capitalism,” S(...)

Power of the personal: what Ireland can teach global politicians
- Politics
- July 2, 2017, 09:13
Last week, on a trip from New York to London, I stopped off in Ireland to visit some relatives in Galway. As we sat around the kitchen table, I heard(...)

Cantillon: Irish pension savers cautiously watch bond markets
- Personal Finance
- November 14, 2016, 18:46
In August Paul Singer, manager of the $28 billion (€26 billion) Elliott Management fund, said investors are facing “the biggest bond bubble in world h(...)