European Shorts

Big Shorts in Thomas Cook unfazed by +140%

2019-06-11

In spite of recent 140% rise in Thomas Cook Group stock prices, so far, we noted little reduction in the biggest short positions.* Thomas Cook stock price moved from a low of 8.33p on May 20, to as much as 20p on June 10, resulting in as much as +140% from May …

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European Shorts

Three Big Shorts in Hargreaves Lansdown

2019-06-11

Three hedge funds hold big shorts (shorts > 0.5%) in Hargreaves Lansdown. All three increased their shorts last week. A total of 2.33% short interest (about £211 million short at a market cap of £9.07 billion), is split among: Lansdowne Partners (0.62% short, about £56 million), Marshall Wace (0.61% short, about £55 million) and AQR (1.1% short, about £100 million). The …

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European Shorts, Activist Shorts

Two more funds shorted Solutions 30

2019-06-03

After Muddy Waters Capital LLC, two more hedge funds popped-up with a short > 0.5% ("big short") in French company Solutions 30.* As of the latest disclosures, AKO Capital has a 0.61% short and Lansdowne Partners has a 0.88% short in Solutions 30. At a market capitalization of about €915 million, these shorts translate to …

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