(Reuters) Hedge fund managers on Thursday named some of their recent investments, including a bet that shares of American Airlines Group would fall and shares of both Chinese Internet company Tencent and chipmaker Xilinx would rise, in addresses at one of the industry’s most prominent conferences.
John Lykouretzos, who runs $2.8 billion Hoplite Capital Management Lp, disclosed his negative case against American Airlines, which helped push the stock down as much as 4.7 percent on Thursday.