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Steven Cohen’s SAC Capital Advisors released two new 13G filings today disclosing a new position in Zillow (Z) and additional holdings in Sequenom (SQNM).  SAC Capital now holds 1,011,501 shares (5%)of Zillow as of May 7th and 6,128,919 shares (5.4%) of SQNM as of May 7th. The SQNM holdings is an increase of 6,096,154 shares over the last reported holdings on 12/31/12.

Per Yahoo Finance, Zillow, Inc “engages in the operation of a real estate information marketplace in the United States”.  Sequenom Inc “provides products, services, diagnostic testing, applications, and genetic analysis products that translate the results of genomic science into solutions for biomedical research, translational research, molecular medicine applications, and agricultural and livestock research.”

Ownership History in SQNM
Reported via Date Name Ticker Shares % of Portfolio
13F 2009-12-31 Sequenom Inc. SQNM 150,800 0.01
13F 2010-03-31 Sequenom Inc. SQNM 123,091 0.01
13F 2010-06-30 Sequenom Inc. SQNM (CALL) 411,000 0.00
13F 2010-06-30 Sequenom Inc. SQNM 188,684 0.01
13F 2010-09-30 Sequenom Inc. SQNM 1,686,005 0.12
13F 2010-12-31 Sequenom Inc. SQNM 2,056,585 0.13
13F 2011-03-31 Sequenom Inc. SQNM 2,273,876 0.09
13F 2011-06-30 Sequenom Inc. SQNM 197,007 0.01
13F 2011-09-30 Sequenom Inc. SQNM 38,297 0.00
13F 2011-12-31 Sequenom Inc. SQNM 32,765 0.00
SC 13G 2012-05-08 Sequenom Inc. SQNM 6,128,919 N/A

From a recently disclosed 13G filing it was revealed that J. Carlo Cannell has reduced his holdings in SUNH to 1,213,745 shares. The transaction took place on March 23rd. This is down 381,759 shares from what was reported as recently as 2/13/2012, but Cannell still retains a 4.8% stake in the company.

From Yahoo Finance, Sun Healthcare Group “provides health care services primarily for senior population in the United States”.

J. Carlo Cannell started Cannell Capital, a hedge fund,  in 1992.

Ownership History in SUNH
Reported via Date Name Ticker Shares % of Portfolio
SC 13G/A 2011-08-23 Sun Healthcare Group Inc. SUNH 1,350,966 N/A
13F 2011-09-30 Sun Healthcare Group Inc. SUNH 1,533,866 3.27
13F 2011-12-31 Sun Healthcare Group Inc. SUNH 1,595,504 5.34
SC 13G/A 2012-02-13 Sun Healthcare Group Inc. SUNH 1,595,504 N/A
SC 13G/A 2012-05-08 Sun Healthcare Group Inc. SUNH 1,213,745 N/A

Daniel Loeb’s hedge fund Third Point has filed a Schedule 13G revealing that the fund has sold out of XRM.  Third Point had held 1,700,000 shares as recently as 12/31/2011.  The final transaction took place on May 2nd.

Steven Cohen’s SAC Capital Advisors has filed a 13G disclosing ownership of 3,143,160 shares of WLT as of May 3rd.  This gives SAC Capital a 5% stake in WLT and is an increase of 2,423,246 shares over what was reported on 12/31/2011.

 

Ownership History of Third Point in XRM
Reported via Date Name Ticker Shares % of Portfolio
13F 2010-06-30 Xerium Technologies Inc. XRM 1,294,507 2.02
13F 2010-09-30 Xerium Technologies Inc. XRM 1,294,505 1.67
13F 2010-12-31 Xerium Technologies Inc. XRM 1,436,405 1.25
13F 2011-03-31 Xerium Technologies Inc. XRM 1,480,000 1.51
13F 2011-06-30 Xerium Technologies Inc. XRM 1,700,000 1.17
13F 2011-09-30 Xerium Technologies Inc. XRM 1,700,000 0.84
13F 2011-12-31 Xerium Technologies Inc. XRM 1,700,000 0.45
SC 13G/A 2012-05-04 Xerium Technologies Inc. XRM 0 N/A
Ownership History of SAC Capital in WLT
Reported via Date Name Ticker Shares % of Portfolio
13F 2009-03-31 Walter Energy, Inc. WLT (CALL) 25,000 0.00
13F 2009-03-31 Walter Energy, Inc. WLT (PUT) 65,000 0.00
13F 2009-03-31 Walter Energy, Inc. WLT 101,000 0.07
13F 2009-06-30 Walter Energy, Inc. WLT (CALL) 25,000 0.00
13F 2009-09-30 Walter Energy, Inc. WLT (CALL) 25,000 0.00
13F 2009-09-30 Walter Energy, Inc. WLT 30,982 0.03
13F 2009-12-31 Walter Energy, Inc. WLT (CALL) 25,000 0.00
13F 2009-12-31 Walter Energy, Inc. WLT 18,456 0.02
13F 2010-03-31 Walter Energy, Inc. WLT 8,476 0.01
13F 2010-06-30 Walter Energy, Inc. WLT 57,433 0.04
13F 2010-09-30 Walter Energy, Inc. WLT 22,930 0.02
13F 2010-12-31 Walter Energy, Inc. WLT 3,607 0.00
13F 2011-03-31 Walter Energy, Inc. WLT 4,593 0.00
13F 2011-06-30 Walter Energy, Inc. WLT 98,502 0.07
13F 2011-09-30 Walter Energy, Inc. WLT (CALL) 347,600 0.17
13F 2011-09-30 Walter Energy, Inc. WLT 117,518 0.06
13F 2011-12-31 Walter Energy, Inc. WLT 719,914 0.28
SC 13G 2012-05-04 Walter Energy, Inc. WLT 3,143,160 N/A

Scoggin Capital Management released a new 13G disclosing a 1,999,000 share position in OAK.  This gives Scoggin a 6.5% stake in OAK and comes a day after David Einhorn’s Greenlight Capital revealed a similar 1,679,750 share (5.5%) stake in OAK.  Scoggin’s transaction took place on April 12th, the day of OAK’s IPO (why so long to publically disclose it?), while Greenlight’s occurred on April 20th.

Scoggin Capital is a hedge fund founded in 1988 and run by Craig Effron and Curtis Schenker.

From Yahoo! Finance, Oaktree Capital Group “operates as a global investment management firm that focuses on alternative markets.”  OAK went public on April 12th.

 

Steven Cohen’s SAC Capital Advisors has released a Schedule 13G disclosing a new position in SNTS as of May 2nd.  SAC Capital reports owning 3,231,392 shares giving them a 5.2% stake in SNTS.

Santarus, Inc. is a specialty biopharmaceutical company engaging in the acquiring, developing, and commercializing of proprietary products that address the needs of patients treated by physician specialists.  The company is scheduled to report financial results for the first quarter of 2012 on May 8th.

Ownership History in SNTS
Reported via Date Name Ticker Shares % of Portfolio
13F 2009-12-31 Santarus Inc. SNTS 181,251 0.01
SC 13G 2012-05-03 Santarus Inc. SNTS 3,231,392 N/A