2019-03-28
A New York investment firm, Neuberger Berman, which includes Steve Eisman ("The Big Short") as one of their portfolio managers, has significantly expanded their bank shorts and most notably added Barclays as their third UK bank short. As of the latest disclosures, three UK bank shorts are reported: Barclays (219 …
Read More2019-03-12
We count 59 big shorts (shorts >0.5%) in EU banks in our records, with 22 of them targeting Italian banks. However, in terms of % short the most shorted bank is not an Italian bank, but an UK bank.* UK's Metro Bank tops our list of the most shorted EU banks. …
Read More2019-03-07
Newcomer hedge fund, D1 Capital Partners ("D1"), put a 0.5% short bet against Adidas on Wednesday. We have not seen a big short (short >0.5%) in Adidas since Ray Dalio's Bridgewater shorted them about a year ago.* At a market cap of about €43.3b this 0.5% short translates to an …
Read More2019-03-04
Marshall Wace increased their short position in Air France-KLM six times in six consecutive workdays. Interestingly, they almost doubled this short since the Dutch government stake became known.* Marshall Wace's short position in Air France-KLM popped up on 2019-02-21 at 0.5%. On the day following announcement by the Dutch government, Marshall Wace boosted …
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