Major institutional investors circle Greencore, betting on share price fall

BlackRock and Goldman Sachs among institutions betting against Greencore's share price

Greencore CEO Patrick Coveney

A number of major institutional investors are betting that the price of Irish food company Greencore’s shares will fall.

BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, WorldQuant, Systemica Investments and AHL Partners – a division of the giant MAN Group – all now have short-bets against Greencore’s share price, according to Shorttracker.co.uk, a company that compiles short positions in listed companies.

Just this month, AHL, BlackRock and WorldQuant increased their short positions, bringing the total size of ...