The Baupost Group is a hedge fund[3] founded in 1982 by William Poorvu and partners Howard Stevenson, Jordan Baruch and Isaac Auerbach.

If the settlement were to be increased The Baupost group stands to make gains on bonds that they bought at very low values.

In 2006 Baupost Group formed Highland Companies, a Nova Scotia-based corporation that began buying farmland in Melancthon Township, approximately 120 kilometres north of Toronto, Ontario, purportedly for the purpose of farming.

The application has seen heated opposition, as opponents raise concerns about groundwater contamination, local heritage, food security concerns, as well as a host of ancillary issues such as truck traffic congestion, highway safety, noise and dust pollution.

[17] After the financial crisis of 2007–2008, Baupost Group sought to purchase insurance as a hedge against the value of money declining as a result of government intervention which was a risk researchers at the company were concerned about.