FRANKFURT – Das Hedgefondskapital hat seinen Höhenflug zum Jahresende fortgesetzt und ist im 1. Quartal 2024 aufgrund der starken Performance und der Zuflüsse von Anlegern auf einen historischen Meilenstein von 4,3 Billionen US-Dollar gestiegen, wie Kenneth J. Heinz, Präsident von HFR, aus dem aktuellen Report seines Hauses berichtet.
The controversial cum-ex trades that allegedly defrauded the Danish tax authorities of £1.4bn were “completely legal”, according to Sanjay Shah, the founder of hedge fund firm Solo Capital Partners and the man accused of masterminding the scheme, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Soaring cocoa prices and and a slump in the Japanese yen are among several financial market trends that have helped computer-driven quant hedge funds to rack up strong returns in the first quarter of the year, according to a report by the Financial Times.
JANA Partners, the activist hedge fund firm founded by Barry Rosenstein, has written a letter to Wolfspeed, the world’s largest manufacturer of silicon carbide, to consider all options for improving shareholder value including a sale of the company, according to a report by Reuters.
The first sharp dip in US and European stocks this year prompted global hedge funds to up their borrowing to the highest level seen in five years in the week ending 19 April, according to a report by Reuters. The report cites a Goldman Sachs note seen by Reuters as highlighting the increase in leverage […]
Aspect Capital, a London-based quant hedge fund with $7.5bn in AUM, has racked up a 21% return so far in 2024 in its flagship fund on the back of winning bets on currency markets and commodities, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Global hedge fund industry assets increased for the sixth successive quarter in Q1 2024, hitting a record $4.3tn on the back of strong performance and investor inflows, according to the latest figures from industry data provider HFR.
Seit 2021 hat das Unternehmen ein Büro in Frankfurt. Der größte Teil des verwalteten Vermögens in Höhe von $77 Milliarden entfällt mit $29 Milliarden auf Private Equity. Darüber hinaus ist der Asset Manager auf Absolute Return-Strategien, Infrastruktur und Private Debt spezialisiert.
Hedge funds kicked off 2024 with their “best quarter since the pandemic”, according to data from the Citco group of companies. Equity and multi-strategy funds led the charge, with a weighted average return of 7.3% across all strategies, building on 2023’s momentum. Equity funds topped the charts at 8.49%, followed by multi-strategy at 7.59% and […]
Amid ongoing geopolitical tensions and inflationary problems, hedge funds have turned more bearish on global equities than at any other point so far this year, cutting their long positions and upping short bets, according to a report by Reuters.
Equity and multi-strategy funds helped hedge funds start 2024 on the right foot, recording their best post-pandemic quarter, according to the latest data from Citco, an asset-servicer with over $1.9tn in AUA.
Hedge funds and other asset managers have upped their short wagers on the yen to record levels, with bets on the currency reaching 173,000 contracts as of 16 April, the highest level seen since 2006, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Man Group, the world’s largest listed hedge fund firm, saw investors pull more than $1.6bn (£1.29bn) from its funds during the first three months of 2024, its second straight quarter of redemptions following outflows of $300m in Q4 2023, according to the group’s Q1 results.
Hedge funds and other non-bank participants in the capital markets have been urged to hold more liquid assets by the Financial Stability Board (FSB). The call comes in light of recent episodes of market stress, including the pandemic-induced turmoil of March 2020, the collapse of Archegos in March 2021, the volatility in the commodities market […]
Der Vorstandschef des Medienkonzerns macht verbotene Wetten für den Kursverfall der Aktie verantwortlich. Damit erhält die Diskussion um DJT eine neue Dimension.
