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Gideon Spanier
Oct 09, 2024

Two hedge funds increase short positions in WPP in bet against share price

The agency group cut revenue forecast in August but won Amazon and retained Unilever in key markets.

WPP: US hedge fund AQR Capital Management has a short worth 0.6% of WPP's stock market capitalisation. Photo: Getty Images.

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