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The Independent has described him as \"a pioneer in the business of buying up sovereign bonds on the cheap, and then going after countries for unpaid debts\".","summary_more":["Singer's Elliott Management has focused on activist campaigns, in which they take an equity stake in a company and agitate using influence and voting rights to encourage change, and they have also expanded into private equity. Singer's political activities include financial support for LGBTQ rights. He has provided funding to the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, is a strong opponent of raising taxes for the wealthiest 1 percent of taxpayers, such as himself, and opposes aspects of the Dodd-Frank Act. Singer is active in Republican Party politics, and he and others affiliated with Elliott Management are collectively \"the top source of contributions\" to the National Republican Senatorial Committee. 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This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: The Global Financial Context Paul Singer (cropped).jpg — World Economic Forum, CC BY-SA 2.0.","cite":"\"Paul Singer\". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/paul-singer. Retrieved 4 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-31T11:28:20Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-04","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/paul-singer","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/paul-singer","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/paul-singer?lang=ne"}}