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...Elliott bought a 4.5 per cent stake and pushed to elect its own directors and break up the company....
...That growth-at-all-costs mentality would land him in a boardroom scrap with activist investor Elliott Management but eventually paid off after his bold decision to enter Guyana....
...Daniil Kercz The 20-year-old Kyiv native made a strong runway debut last year, walking for Dsquared2, John Elliott and JW Anderson, where he sported a breastplate made out of BMX handlebars....
...News round-up Ex-New York prosecutor entangled in dispute over lawsuit against Leon Black (FT) Renault and Nissan close in on deal to save longtime alliance (FT) Ovo Energy launches eleventh-hour approach...
...Photographer’s assistants, Tim Tyas and Drew Elliott. Stylist’s assistants, Aylin Bayhan and Elsa Durousseau. Production, Silvia Nicoletti and Noot Coates at Town Productions...
...And another thing to start: A woman who says she was raped at convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s New York home by Leon Black, the co-founder of US investment group Apollo Global Management, has sued...
...The portmanteau of “hale” and “Leon” is meant to convey health and strength. The merged word reflects GlaxoSmithKline’s optimism about its soon-to-be demerged consumer business....
...Wills had worked at Elliott in its London office since 2011, per his LinkedIn. Wills declined to comment....
...Leon Black will have to do. The New York billionaire has agreed to buy 93 Eaton Square for £21m, people familiar with the matter told the FT....
...Leon Black targets New York elite in fight against rape claim The legal battle between Leon Black and his former mistress Guzel Ganieva has drawn in at least half a dozen law firms and threatens to embroil...
...Taylor Wimpey has appointed its operations director and current board member Jennie Daly as its next chief executive, thwarting efforts by activist investor Elliott to hire an external candidate....
...The FT revealed last week that hedge fund Elliott Management had quietly built a multibillion pound stake in GSK....
...Leon Black’s curtain call arrives early When Apollo Global Management disclosed in a report the extent of its founder Leon Black’s financial ties to the late paedophile Jeffrey Epstein earlier this year...
...When parts of the Harrah’s casino empire entered bankruptcy in 2015, hedge fund creditors including Appaloosa Management and Elliott Management took a tough line....
...Others on Wall Street have made money off of Dell, including activist Elliott Management, which bet billions on Dell Technologies and was a proponent of Monday’s spin-off....
...Drop us a line and join the conversation: Due.Diligence@ft.com Apollo: the Epstein elephant (still) in the room Leon Black “believes in rehabilitation, and in giving people second chances”, Wall Street...
...Apollo’s Leon Black and Jeffrey Epstein: the ties that bind “Our view right now is that it is not affecting our relationship with our investors.”...
...(New York Times) News round-up Lawsuit claims ex-Apollo CEO Leon Black sexually assaulted Russian model (FT) Dropbox attracts activist interest from Elliott as shares languish (FT) Activist likely to...
...that Elliott and Travelport co-owner Siris recently executed....
...Elliott will move staff based in Hong Kong to its offices in London and Tokyo, which will soon be its only Asian base....
...One of Europe’s most feared activist investors and former Elliott Management executive Franck Tuil is planning to launch a new activist hedge fund, Sparta Capital Management, later this year....
...When Leon Black was interviewed at an investment conference in Berlin last month, the billionaire investor ventured a boast that is familiar at many Wall Street firms....
...The likes of Elliott Management, Third Point as well as other hedge fund activists had joined with asset managers to fight the proposal....
...(Elliott eventually settled with Caesars and Apollo). Since then, Elliott has become a primary lender into technology buyouts....
...Apollo, Arconic and Elliott declined to comment....
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