PDT Partners LLC bought a new stake in shares of West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. (NYSE:WST – Free Report) during the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund bought 9,332 shares of the medical instruments supplier’s stock, valued at approximately $3,350,000. A number of other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. […]

The hedge fund that hides secrets on the office walls. Founder Pete Muller has a passion for puzzles, so he turned the company's headquarters into a cryptic challenge. When quantitative hedge fund PDT Partners moved into its new headquarters in New York City after the pandemic, Chief Executive Officer Pete Muller wanted to entice employees back into the office. So he designed a puzzle. "I wanted to give them a reason to look around," he says. About 80 artworks are displayed around the three-floor office in Columbus Circle, five of which contain cryptic clues to a phrase. (Gotham Immersive Laboratories helped with the puzzle designs.) Shortly after the challenge was announced at a companywide meeting, Winnie Yang, an engineer, teamed up with a colleague to locate and photograph all the artworks.