William Ackman - Pershing Square

Ackman’s Pershing Square Profited From Wachovia, Lost on AIG

Filed under Hedge funds, William Ackman - Pershing Square
November 13, 2008 10:41 pm

Pershing Square Capital Management LP, the hedge fund managed by William Ackman had returns of at least 1.9 percent after fees in the first nine months of the year, according ... Read more »

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A conversation with Bill Ackman

Filed under William Ackman - Pershing Square, Predictions, Interviews
November 12, 2008 8:07 pm

A conversation with Bill Ackman, major investor and hedge fund manager of Pershing Square Capital Management LP.  with Charlie Rose: http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/9498

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Ackman Foresaw MBIA Drop, Is Short Financial Security

Filed under Hedge funds, William Ackman - Pershing Square
June 19, 2008 12:26 pm

Hedge fund manager Bill Ackman, who correctly predicted shares of MBIA Inc. and Ambac Financial Group Inc. would tumble, said he now is betting against Financial Security Assurance Holdings Ltd.Financial ... Read more »

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Bill Ackman explains his proposal to split the bond insurers

Filed under Hedge funds, William Ackman - Pershing Square, Predictions
February 23, 2008 1:48 pm

in his latest interview, which he gave to DerivActiv.   Listen to the podcast here: http://podcast.derivactiv.com/ .  Ackman says, that he is  short the holding companies of the two bond insurers (MBIA&AMBAC) and not the insurers themselves. The holding companies are publicly tradde, but they are just s shells and have cash flow from the subsidiaries.

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Ackman weighs in with plan for bond insurers

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February 21, 2008 12:00 pm

William Ackman, a longtime and vocal critic of the bond insurers, has been unusually quiet in recent days, while regulators have been loudly calling for a radical shake-up of the ... Read more »

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MBIA says Ackman’s $11 Billion Loss Estimate for the Insurer Is Faulty

Filed under Hedge funds, William Ackman - Pershing Square, Predictions
February 14, 2008 10:48 pm

Embattled bond insurer MBIA Inc. said Thursday in a letter to state and federal regulators that estimates of potential losses for insurers brought forward by William Ackman in late January ... Read more »

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Ackman calls Buffett plan: A bluff

Filed under Hedge funds, Warren Buffett - Berkshire Hathaway, William Ackman - Pershing Square
February 12, 2008 7:50 pm

  “ He’s calling the bond insurers’ bluff,” said Bill Ackman, head of Pershing Square Capital Management LP, a hedge fund firm that’s been shorting, or betting against, shares of MBIA ... Read more »

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Ackman Devoured 140,000 Pages Challenging MBIA Rating

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February 1, 2008 10:05 am

 It was the $109,000 photocopying bill that hedge fund manager William Ackman says made him realize how much he’d read and underlined before betting against bond insurer MBIA Inc. in ... Read more »

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Bill Ackman, Up 22% in 2007, Boosts Bet Against MBIA

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January 10, 2008 9:47 pm

William Ackman, whose Pershing Square Capital Management LP hedge fund returned 22 percent last year, increased his bet against MBIA Inc. and said the bond insurer may need to raise ... Read more »

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Assault on Anheuser-Busch? NY Post Reports on Billionaire Ackman buying a Stake

Filed under Hedge funds, Projects, William Ackman - Pershing Square
June 6, 2007 1:49 pm

   A New York hedge fund with a gift for shaking up corporate boardrooms has raised $2 billion that will be dedicated to launching an activist assault on just one ... Read more »

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