Posts tagged: Citadel

Chelsea FC on the block; Abramovich said to be seeking £3 billion, according to reports - Part 5

Monday, 7 March 2022, 1:55 pm

The list of suitors for Chelsea Football Club is growing by the day.

Mark "the Kleinmanator" Kleinman of Sky News now claims British property entrepreneur Nick Candy, Conor McGregor, the Mixed Martial Arts star, investment firm Empowerment IP Capital, the American owners of the Chicago Cubs Major League Baseball team and, er, Ken Griffin, the founder of mega hedge fund Citdael are all involved in the Chelsea sale process.

Below is a link to Mark's piece:..

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Betaville Intelligence

UNCOOKED ALERT: Meggitt said to ... - Part 3

Monday, 2 August 2021, 1:55 pm

Betaville was just having a nosey about Shorttracker.co.uk and it would appear Ken Griffin's Citadel recently built up a sizeable short position in Meggitt.

According to Shorttracker, as of July 27th Citadel's short position in Meggitt was just over 1pc of the company but this morning Meggitt's shares are up around 60pc after agreening to a 800p a share offer from Parker-Hannifin Corporation. Ouch!..

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Return of the Griffin...

Monday, 16 March 2020, 10:54 am

I realise people, politicians and markets are rather preocupied at the moment with something very imporant but for a bit of light relief I note the return of Gerard Griffin to Britain's business pages.

Now, younger readers will likely to be saying: "who he?"...

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