Significant Activist Hedge Fund Activity (Last 7 Days)

These are the latest Schedule 13D forms filed by activist investors in the last 7 days. Activist investors are investors that make an investment with the intention of influencing management in some way. There is evidence that following activist investors into investments can generate excess returns. Schedule 13G forms, in contrast, are filed by significant investors with no intention of influencing management (such as Index funds).

There is always a lot of interest in insider trades, but what a lot of people probably don't realize is that hedge fund activity is probably more predictive of future returns than insider activity. The reason is that hedge funds (a) have large research budgets, and (b) have a choice where to put their money. In contract, insiders have no choice where to put their money, but only when to time their transactions.

New Filings

This table lists new 13D filings in the last week. A new filing does not necessarily indicate a new position, as investors frequently accumulate in advance before reaching the filing threshold.

Date	Form	Company	Investor	Shares	Ownership	Change
10‑22	13D	KRBF / Kreido Biofuels, Inc.	Dou Chun Ju	55,485,542	28.36%
10‑22	13D	SBNB / Scorpio Tankers Inc.	Scorpio Bulkers Inc.	54,054,054	10.9%
10‑22	13D	HK / Halcon Resources Corporation	FIR TREE INC.	8,390,167	5.22%
10‑22	13D	CORI / Corium International, Inc.	Gurnet Holding Co	9,353,304	25.6%
10‑19	13D	MRKR / Marker Therapeutics, Inc.	Aisling Capital IV, LP	3,500,000	7.7%
10‑19	13D	FALC / FalconStor Software, Inc.	ESW Capital, LLC	128,613,493	58.4%	305.56
10‑19	13D	OPHC / OptimumBank Holdings, Inc.	Chan Heng Fai Ambrose	104,480	6.9%
10‑19	13D	ARAV / Aravive, Inc.	Giaccia Amato	1,162,608	10.2%
10‑19	13D	TRCO / Tribune Media Company	GAMCO INVESTORS, INC. ET AL	2,816,774	3.21%
10‑19	13D	ARAV / Aravive, Inc.	Tabibiazar Raymond	1,635,585	13.8%
10‑19	13D	KELYB / Kelly Services, Inc.	Terence E. Adderley Revocable Trust K	3,212,765	93.6%
10‑19	13D	ARAV / Aravive, Inc.	Zhang Eric	859,766	7.7%
10‑19	13D	SEDH / SED Intelligent Home, Inc.	Chan Heng Fai Ambrose	704,015,730	99.99%
10‑19	13D	NCTY / The9 Ltd.	Qin Jie	9,000,000	7.4%
10‑17	13D	ONCS / OncoSec Medical Incorporated	Alpha Holdings, Inc.	5,333,333	9.2%
10‑17	13D	XDSL / mPhase Technologies, Inc.	Smiley Martin S	3,981,718,129	9.97%
10‑17	13D	XDSL / mPhase Technologies, Inc.	Durando Ronald A	11,426,219,519	28.15%
10‑17	13D	XDSL / mPhase Technologies, Inc.	Dotoli Gustave T	3,796,106,104	9.58%
10‑17	13D	XDSL / mPhase Technologies, Inc.	Biderman Abraham	4,397,066,790	11.06%
10‑17	13D	HBM / HudBay Minerals Inc.	Waterton Mining Parallel Fund Offshore Master, Lp	18,375,170	7.0%
10‑16	13D	REIS / Reis, Inc.	GAMCO INVESTORS, INC. ET AL	0	0.0%
10‑16	13D	GMRE / Global Medical REIT, Inc.	Zensun Group Ltd	2,604,500	%
10‑16	13D	YPPN / Yappn Corp.	Okamoto Merrick D	2,587,500	9.2%

Amended Filings

This table lists amended filings in the last week, and is useful for monitoring changes in existing investments or when a fund closes a position. I have eliminated all filings with less than a 5% change in ownership.

Date	Form	Company	Investor	Shares	Ownership	Change
10‑22	13D/A	SBNB / Scorpio Tankers Inc.	Lolli-ghetti Annalisa	23,377,206	4.71%	-14.36
10‑22	13D/A	OHGI / One Horizon Group, Inc.	Wu Zhanming	154,840,391	24.3%	-42.96
10‑22	13D/A	PZZA / Papa John's International, Inc.	Schnatter John H	9,914,849	30.9%	17.45
10‑19	13D/A	MLAB / Mesa Laboratories, Inc.	Seg Ventures, Llc	73,067	1.9%
10‑19	13D/A	FRED / Fred's, Inc.	Alden Global Capital LLC	11,606,617	31.2%	22.35
10‑19	13D/A	RLJE / RLJ Entertainment, Inc.	RLJ SPAC Acquisition, LLC	8,294,465	34.24%	-35.72
10‑19	13D/A	REN / Resolute Energy Corporation	Kemc Fund Iv Gp, Llc	2,254,306	9.7%	12.79
10‑18	13D/A	SBGLF / Sibanye Gold Ltd ADR	GOLD ONE SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD	448,891,942	19.81%
10‑18	13D/A	PENC / PEN Inc.	Rickert Scott E.	15,949,731	42.5%	37.10
10‑18	13D/A	XRM / Xerium Technologies, Inc.	GAMCO INVESTORS, INC. ET AL	0	0.0%	-100.00
10‑18	13D/A	JLLM / Jolley Marketing, Inc.	Warbington Timothy	79,422,328	10.1%	-35.26
10‑18	13D/A	MDWT / Midwest Holding Inc.	Vespoint Llc	173,426,615	86.8%	6.26
10‑18	13D/A	VLP / Valero Energy Partners LP	VALERO ENERGY CORP/TX	46,768,586	%
10‑18	13D/A	CCXI / ChemoCentryx, Inc.	GLAXOSMITHKLINE PLC	0	0.0%	-100.00
10‑18	13D/A	CERC / Cerecor Inc.	Jones Randal	3,767,442	9.3%	12.05
10‑18	13D/A	CERC / Cerecor Inc.	Moscato Robert Jr.	3,767,442	9.3%	12.05
10‑17	13D/A	BBDC / Barings BDC, Inc.	BABSON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC	9,658,308	18.8%	6.21
10‑17	13D/A	PAC / Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico S.A.B. de CV	Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. de C.V.	65,525,282	13.7%	-9.27
10‑17	13D/A	XRM / Xerium Technologies, Inc.	Carl Marks Management Company, Llc	0	0.0%	-100.00
10‑17	13D/A	HEAR / Turtle Beach Corporation	SG VTB Holdings, LLC	3,070,766	21.2%	-11.67
10‑17	13D/A	ACY / Aerocentury Corp.	PERAZZO TONI M	326,124	21.1%	-10.93
10‑17	13D/A	RMTI / Rockwell Medical, Inc.	Richmond Brothers, Inc.	10,989,360	19.3%	78.70
10‑17	13D/A	MSP / Madison Strategic Sector Premium Fund	Burgess Frank E	0	0.0%	-100.00
10‑16	13D/A	AMGP / Antero Midstream GP LP	Warburg Pincus Private Equity VIII, L.P.	55,109,589	29.6%
10‑16	13D/A	LLEX / Lilis Energy, Inc.	Varde Partners Inc	57,065,853	48.1%	6.89
10‑15	13D/A	REIS / Reis, Inc.	Lynford Lloyd	0	0.0%	-100.00
10‑15	13D/A	REIS / Reis, Inc.	Garfield Jonathan	0	0.0%	-100.00
10‑15	13D/A	SSY / SunLink Health Systems, Inc.	North Atlantic Value Llp	796,546	%
10‑15	13D/A	RISE / Sit Rising Rate ETF	SIT INVESTMENT ASSOCIATES INC	1,973,700	79.74%	16.09

Source: Fintel.io/activists

Submitted October 22, 2018 at 12:36PM by badpauly https://ift.tt/2PhBEDB