Liquid Alternatives News

The BlackRock Investment Institute has recommended its largest-ever boost to hedge fund allocations, advising institutional investors to add up to 5 percentage points more to the asset class compared with pre-2020 levels, according to a report by the Financial Times.

Australian hedge fund manager Regal Partners delivered strong returns in July across several of its strategies, buoyed by a large position in defence technology firm DroneShield, according to a report by the Financial Review.

Medtronic plc has announced key board appointments and governance initiatives designed to advance strategic priorities and enhance shareholder value, following “constructive engagement” with activist hedger fund firm Elliott Management. To a report by the Hedgeweek. 20.08.2025

UK hedge fund Marshall Wace slashed its position in Chinese EV maker Nio by nearly 75% in the second quarter, selling more than 4.3m shares and ending June with under 1.5m shares, according to the firm’s latest 13F filing. To a report by the Hedgeweek. 20.08.2025

Qin Xiao, the former Co-Head of Goldman Sachs’ global commodities trading unit, has raised around $1bn from Millennium Management to seed his new hedge fund, Nexus Commodities Capital Management, according to a report by Bloomberg.

Federal prosecutors in New York have charged former Jefferies hedge fund manager Jordan Chirico with fraud over the alleged misuse of almost $100m in fund assets tied to a now-bankrupt water-vending machine business, according to a report by Bloomberg. 19.08.2025

Tiger Cub hedge fund Coatue Management, led by Philippe Laffont, built a major new stake in Oracle worth more than $843m, while expanding positions in leading AI names during Q2, according to a report by CNBC citing the firm’s latest 13F filing. 18.09.2025

Goldman Sachs is giving wealthy investors the chance to buy into Izzy Englander’s Millennium Management, one of the world’s largest hedge fund managers, with financial commitments of between $1m and $20m, according to a report by Bloomberg.

Denmark’s Orsted A/S faces mounting market pressure after announcing plans to raise more than $9bn via a rights offering – a move Clean Energy Transition CEO Per Lekander says is practically an open call to short the stock, according to a report by Bloomberg.

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An affiliate of hedge fund Elliott Investment Management has increased its bid for PDV Holding, the US parent of Venezuela-owned refiner Citgo Petroleum, to $8.82bn amid a heated court-supervised auction in Delaware, according to a report by Reuters.

Ryan Foster, a former senior portfolio manager at Millennium Management and ex-Soros credit investor, is launching a new credit hedge fund, Extant Capital, with $200m in seed capital from New Holland Capital, a $6bn alternative investor in external funds.

Renaissance Technologies, the systematic hedge fund firm founded by mathematician and former Cold War code breaker Jim Simons, saw its difficult summer continue in July, as the quant pioneer posted further losses across key strategies, according to a report by Business Insider.