NEW YORK, July 30 (Reuters) - Daniel Loeb's hedge fund

Third Point made new bets on convenience store operator Casey's

General Stores, mortgage lender Rocket Companies ( RKT )

and British events and academic publishing group Informa

Plc ( IFPJF ), the billionaire investor told clients on Wednesday.

In a letter to Third Point investors seen by Reuters, Loeb

wrote that the firm's flagship offshore fund returned 7.5%

during the second quarter, when the new investments were

initiated.