Wednesday, May 16, 2012

SAC Capital, D.E. Shaw Boost Holdings of Bailed-Out AIG


From Bloomberg: SAC Capital Advisors LP, the hedge fund run by Steven Cohen, increased its stake in American International Group (AIG) as the U.S. government sold shares of the bailed-out insurer.
SAC Capital added 4.4 million shares of New York-based AIG, giving it 4.5 million as of March 31, according to a regulatory filing today from the Stamford, Connecticut-based fund. D.E. Shaw & Co., the New York-based hedge fund that uses computer models to pick trades, increased its stake by 2.2 million shares to 5.5 million, its filing shows.

AIG’s shares increased 33 percent in the first quarter as the insurer repaid part of its U.S. government rescue and bought back stock. The insurer has sold assets including a stake in Hong Kong-based insurer AIA Group Ltd. (1299) to raise funds to cut the Treasury’s stake, which stands at about 60 percent.

Read more about it at http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-15/sac-capital-d-e-shaw-boost-aig-stakes.html

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