Category: European Shorts

Activist Shorts in W4

Activist Shorts in W4

This week we have registered four new major short calls.  The big shorts are back in action. Hindenburg released a campaign against what they believe to be one of the largest corporate …

Read More2023-01-28
Activist Short Selling in W47

Activist Short Selling in W47

This week we have registered one new campaign. Viceroy hit Home REIT Plc, a £500m UK-based REIT which serves charities and other non-governmental organizations. As per the activist, the business is …

Read More2022-11-26
Activist Shorts Weekly W38

Activist Shorts Weekly W38

This week we have not registered any new major short campaigns.  Despite low activity in new publishing, we are seeing plenty of updates. Muddy Waters continues to grapple with RUN, Spruce is …

Read More2022-09-23
Bridgewater discloses €5.2b short on European companies

Bridgewater discloses €5.2b short on European companies

17 new short positions by Bridgewater were disclosed so far this week. All are bets against major EU companies, including, Allianz, TotalEnergies and BNP Paribas. We estimated that, as of …

Read More2022-06-15
Activist Short Selling in W9

Activist Short Selling in W9

This week we have registered two new major short campaigns and a number of follow-ups.  We note the ongoing saga with SBB a Swedish company that was targeted by Viceroy Research due …

Read More2022-03-06
Activist Short Selling in W50

Activist Short Selling in W50

This week we have registered six new major short campaigns.  Four of six stocks are now down since the initial reports.  The biggest mover was by Viceroy who targeted yet another German company …

Read More2021-12-17
Short Selling in W29

Short Selling in W29

This week we have registered two major activist shorts campaigns.  Valiant Varriors came out with their first report in 2021 and targeted a Hong Kong-listed stock due to allegations of widespread …

Read More2021-07-26
Activist Short Selling in W19

Activist Short Selling in W19

This week we have registered one new major short campaign and a number of negative flags and follow-ups.  Muddy Waters aimed at an insurance company that allegedly suffers from a fatal security …

Read More2021-05-17
Activist Short Selling in W46

Activist Short Selling in W46

This week we have registered four new major short campaigns and one brief, yet interesting negative flag by Citron Research. All four campaigns carried strong allegations which could result in significant …

Read More2020-11-16
Activist Short Selling in W43

Activist Short Selling in W43

This week we have registered four new major activist campaigns. All of them came from a conference which we have co-hosted. We highlight the must-know details from the event.  We …

Read More2020-10-23