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Hedge funds increased their bullish positions in crude oil at the fastest pace since March, even as oil prices fell sharply on Monday after signs of renewed diplomatic efforts between the US and Iran eased concerns over global energy supplies, according to a report by Bloomberg. 03.08.2026

The Japanese yen surged on Monday, extending last week’s sharp gains as traders and hedge funds continued to unwind bearish positions amid growing expectations that Japanese authorities could intervene again to support the currency, according to a report by Reuters. 03.08.2026

South Korean equities fell sharply on Monday as investors took profits in semiconductor stocks following last week’s historic rally, with hedge funds and other leveraged investors reducing exposure after a period of extreme market volatility, according to a report by Bloomberg. 03.08.2026

Ken Griffin’s Citadel has acquired the majority of the public equity portfolio held by AI-focused hedge fund Situational Awareness, following a sharp reversal in technology stocks that forced the specialist manager to significantly reduce risk, according to a report by Reuters. 31.07.2026

Leopold Aschenbrenner has told investors that his AI-focused hedge fund, Situational Awareness, will no longer use bank borrowing to finance its investment positions following the fund’s sharp July drawdown, according to a report by the FT. 31.07.2026

AI-focused hedge fund Situational Awareness explored selling stakes in privately held technology companies before agreeing to transfer most of its public equity portfolio to Citadel, according to a report by Bloomberg. 31.07.2026

Senior Millennium Management portfolio manager Farzad Kassam is preparing to launch his own hedge fund next year, with backing from Izzy Englander’s multi-strategy investment firm in the latest example of established platforms seeding new managers, according to a report by Bloomberg. 31.07.2026

Wall Street’s leading prime brokers including Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase are demanding additional collateral from hedge fund clients as the sharp sell-off in AI-related stocks drives losses across some of the industry’s most crowded trades, according to a report by the Financial Times. 29.07.2026

Global semiconductor stocks extended their decline on Tuesday as investors reacted to reports of China’s growing capabilities in advanced chip manufacturing and increasing concerns that the rapid pace of artificial intelligence investment may be becoming unsustainable, according to a report by Bloomberg. 28.07.2026

US Treasuries advanced for a third consecutive session on Tuesday, supported by a sharp fall in oil prices as investors grew increasingly optimistic that diplomatic talks between the US and Iran could lead to the reopening of key tanker routes through the Arabian Peninsula, according to a report by Bloomberg. 29.07.2026

Artificial intelligence startup KelAI has secured $5m in seed funding to accelerate development of an autonomous research platform designed for hedge funds and other institutional investors, according to a report by CityBiz. 29.07.2026

Global hedge funds are on track to deliver another year of strong performance after the AI investment boom helped lift returns well above historical averages during the first half of 2026, according to a report by Bloomberg citing new research from Goldman Sachs. 29.07.2026

Man Group reported record assets under management (AUM) of $253.6bn at the end of the first half of 2026, fuelled by robust investment performance and stronger-than-expected client inflows, according to a report by Bloomberg. 28.07.2026

Hedge funds have increased their exposure to US healthcare stocks to near the highest level in five years, according to a report by Reuters citing a recent note from the prime brokerage division at Goldman Sachs. 28.07.2026