Portfolio/Fund/Asset Management

Loop Co., a baby equipment rental company, has hired former Glossier Inc. chief marketing officer Ali Weiss to be its chief executive officer. She succeeds Henry Vogel, the founder of Loop and a co-founder and…

Supply-chain technology provider project44 has postponed plans for a possible public stock offering amid the uncertainty in markets, and instead is turning to more venture-capital investment to expand its business tracking goods through…

A Fidelity Investments subsidiary, launched a few years ago to let institutional investors store and trade bitcoin, plans to double its head count this year as it predicts rising demand for cryptocurrency amid market…

Trian Fund Management LP, Wendy’s Co. WEN -2.34% ’s largest shareholder, said it is exploring an acquisition or another potential deal for the fast-food restaurant,…

The transaction to acquire Switch for $34.25 a share was unanimously approved by a special committee of Switch’s board.…

Activist hedge fund Third Point LLC told clients it has increased its stake in Shell SHEL -3.24% PLC and is still pushing the oil giant to restructure, six months…

An activist investor has a stake in Hasbro Inc. HAS 1.83% and is supporting another activist already waging a proxy fight at the toy maker while it pushes the…

David Kenny, chief executive of Nielsen in 2019 Photo: Paul…

A consortium of private-equity firms including Elliott Management Corp. is in advanced talks to buy TV-ratings company Nielsen Holdings NLSN 31.67% PLC for about $15…

LONDON— Mark Carney, the former head of the central banks of the U.K. and Canada and the United Nations’ point man on climate change and finance, has taken on a new role advising…