Trian Partners

Shares of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) spiked higher by more than 4 percent Monday morning. Nelson Peltz's Trian Partners disclosed a $2.5 billion stake in General Electric. The investment firm noted that GE is "executing a bold transformation" that will generate "attractive" returns for...

Benzinga highlighted the PowerShares Dynamic Food & Beverage(ETF) (NYSE: PBJ) at the end of July as one of the leaders among sturdy consumer staples, exchange-traded funds. Although PBJ has traded slightly lower since that posting, the call has proven prescient because PBJ has become a bastion...

Shares of Oreo maker Mondelez International Inc (NASDAQ: MDLZ) opened strong on Thursday on news that activist investor Bill Ackman's hedge fund Pershing Square has acquired a $5.5 billion stake in the company. Ackman is now the second activist investor to acquire a major stake in the company,...

Renowned activist investor and founder of hedge fund Trian Partners, Nelson Peltz, spoke at CNBC's 2015 Delivering Alpha conference on Wednesday. At the conference, Peltz discussed his new positions with Jim Cramer, including Pentair plc. Ordinary Share (NYSE: PNR). He also opined on losing...

Shares of Pentair plc. Ordinary Share (NYSE: PNR) opened strong for trade on Tuesday after news broke that Nelson Peltz's Trian Partners has acquired a 7.24 percent stake in the company. Ed Garden, Trian Partners CIO, was on CNBC recently to discuss why the fund initiated such a large stake...

Billionaire Nelson Peltz's Trian Fund Management, L.P. (Trian Partners) lost its long-standing fight to join E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co (NYSE: DD)'s board earlier this year when shareholders voted against it. Ellen Kullman, Dupont CEO, was on CNBC recently to discuss the company's...

In a report published Friday, RBC Capital Markets analyst Deane Dray noted that activist investor Nelson Peltz hinted last week that his Trian Partners fund is looking at two potential activist actions within the industrial sector. "Fresh from narrowly missing the proxy vote at DuPont and...

The board of E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co (NYSE: DD) won against Trian Partners in the proxy vote that was held Wednesday. Nelson Peltz, founder of Trian Partners, was on Bloomberg TV following the voting results to discuss why Trian lost. Votes Came In From Those Who Care "The shareholders...

The results of the highly anticipated proxy vote between E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co (NYSE: DD) and hedge fund Trian Partners are out, and it seems shareholders chose to reaffirm their faith in DuPont's CEO Ellen Kullman by giving her the majority, rather than activist investor Nelson Peltz...

E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co (NYSE: DD) shares sank more than 6 percent Wednesday after it prevailed in an acrimonious proxy battle with Nelson Peltz' Trian Fund Management. Shareholders defeated the activist's proposal to elect four of its representatives to the company's 12-member board. DuPont...

Trian Partners' activist battle against E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co (NYSE: DD) intensified this week after the investment firm published a new presentation, reiterating that its plan can unlock tremendous shareholder value with an implied target value per share in excess of $120 by the end...

A resolution in the proxy fight between Trian Partners and E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co (NYSE: DD) isn't appearing on the near-term horizon. Both entities are preparing themselves for DuPont's next annual shareholder meeting, where shareholders will decide which side they want to take....