Daniel Loeb News

Hedge Fund Manager Loeb Agrees to Hold Off Attempts to Take SiriusPoint Private

Hedge Fund Manager Daniel S. Loeb has agreed he will not make further attempts to take SiriusPoint private for two more years. SiriusPoint and Loeb, who has about a 9.5% shareholding in the Bermuda-based specialty insurer and reinsurer, have entered …

Serious Change Underway at SiriusPoint

SiriusPoint has seen a cluster of challenges over the past two years—ranging from an incomplete merger integration to persistent underwriting and investment losses to several leadership shake-ups. First there was the merger. Third Point Re merged with Sirius International Insurance …

The Pros and Cons of Going Private

In the days before hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb decided to drop the buyout of SiriusPoint, Carrier Management asked analysts at AM Best and Fitch Ratings about the pros and cons of taking insurers and reinsurers private. Sridhar Manyem, senior …

Hedge Fund Manager Loeb Drops Buyout of $1.5B Re/insurer SiriusPoint

Hedge fund manager Dan Loeb said he’s no longer exploring an acquisition of specialist insurance underwriter SiriusPoint Ltd. Loeb held exploratory discussions with Bermuda-based SiriusPoint about a potential deal to take the company private, but the parties weren’t able to …

Third Point’s Loeb Looks to Take Re/insurer SiriusPoint Private

Activist investor Daniel Loeb is looking to take insurance firm SiriusPoint Ltd. private, the founder of hedge fund Third Point said in a regulatory filing, sending the shares of the company up 13% in early trading on Wednesday. The billionaire …

Luxury Yacht, Owned by Third Point Re’s Loeb, Damages Belize Coral Reef

A luxury yacht owned by hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb damaged a pristine reef atoll in Belize near the famous Great Blue Hole, a popular diving site. The 200-foot (61 meter) Samadhi, owned by Third Point founder Loeb, was filmed …

Hedge Fund Managers Benefit from Fee-Paying Reinsurer Units

Stock pops or stock drops, there’s always been at least one winner when it comes to Daniel Loeb’s reinsurance company: Daniel Loeb’s hedge fund. Loeb’s Bermuda-based Third Point Reinsurance Ltd. paid $98.8 million since 2013 to the entities that manage …

Investors Now Betting Against Hedge Fund Reinsurers

The shorts are targeting one of Wall Street’s best known short sellers. Bearish investors have piled on bets against a reinsurer started by hedge fund manager David Einhorn as the company’s losses climbed. Short interest on Greenlight Capital Re Ltd., …

Third Point Re Reports Q2 Net Income of $15.7M, 49.9% Decline From 2014

Third Point Reinsurance Ltd., headquartered in Bermuda, reported net income of $15.7 million, or $0.15 per diluted common share, for the second quarter of 2015, compared with net income of $31.3 million, or $0.29 per diluted common share, for the …

Hedge Fund, Sandell Asset Management, Forms Bermuda Reinsurer

Sandell Asset Management Corp., the activist hedge-fund firm run by Tom Sandell, started a Bermuda-based reinsurer to support its investing strategy. Sandell Re will rely on the hedge fund to oversee the reinsurer’s assets, the New York-based firm said Thursday …