Costas Mourselas

Our latest: Hedge funds have been hit with the biggest margin calls since Covid shut down huge parts of the global economy in 2020, after Donald Trump’s tariffs triggered a powerful rout in global financial markets. https://t.co/7OcKW2KM7b

“It’s not people with cowboy boots who buy Teslas.” Hedge fund short sellers have made $16.2bn betting against Tesla’s shares as the value of the company has halved over the past three months. https://t.co/cwuaL7LNGo

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Kaye Wiggins @kayewiggins

This is a story about the rise and fall of a man from a working-class town. It’s about power in a grey area of global finance. It’s about football, swearing, a Blackpool bar called Shenanigans - and a tangerine boat. Enjoy. w/ @BondHack @OrtencaA57227 https://t.co/try6ww6vuk

Our latest on Elliott!

Malcolm Moore @MalcolmMoore

Elliott hedges its enormous bet on BP with a €670mn short on TotalEnergies. Great scoop from @CostasMourselas and @ian_c_johnston https://t.co/3vfUwI7w6E

The star traders’ dilemma: can billionaire hedge fund managers Alan Howard and Chris Rokos preserve their legacy? FT big read with @HarrietAgnew https://t.co/NrbAKNUyfY

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Arash Massoudi @ArashMassoudi

EXCLUSIVE: Activist Elliott has built a £4bn stake in BP and is seeking to force renewables cuts and big divestments. The hedge fund has just under 5% stake in BP, one of it's largest positions @MalcolmMoore @thomas_m_wilson @CostasMourselas @sindap https://t.co/UXZErwpx26

RT @ArashMassoudi: The Trump administration’s embrace of cryptocurrencies is helping fuel a speculative mania that could cause “havoc” when…

FT Scoop: Elliott warns Donald Trump’s embrace of crypto fuels speculative bubble https://t.co/U5Ugv6zLv4

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Akila Quinio @akilazoe

Klarna is offloading most of its UK BNPL lending to US hedge fund Elliott as it seeks to free up £30bn for new loans ⤵️ @CostasMourselas @IvanLevingston @BondHack https://t.co/NvCHrCywHU

RT @ArashMassoudi: Starboard plotted a campaign against Pfizer’s chief. Then a blank email dropped in his inbox Incredible behind the sce…

The next instalment in our Trading Titans series. Check it out!

Robin Wigglesworth @RobinWigg

Trading firms like Citadel Securities, XTX and DRW have become major forces in markets. But of all of them the most profitable (and prob most fascinating) is Jane Street, a super-quirky, CEO-less firm that might out-earn BlackRock and Blackstone this year. https://t.co/8iSePyQTED

RT @_SidVerma: Quants be like: line go up, so line may go up https://t.co/fvOb7xzoHB

FT scoop: Oaktree has apologised for appearing to blame private equity firms Advent and Silver Lake for its lossmaking investment in ecommerce start-up Thrasio. With @HarrietAgnew and @alexandraheal https://t.co/XNaDSHWMU7

Scoop with @OrtencaAl, Bill Ackman seeks to revive IPO with sweeteners for investors https://t.co/ppQZsfR7Eg