Shares in Man Group, the world’s largest publicly traded hedge fund, jumped nearly 5% following the release of strong profit figures, despite ongoing challenges in some of its key investment strategies, according to a report by the Financial Times.
Global institutional investors are increasingly turning to fixed income hedge funds and are bullish about returns, with 63% anticipating annual returns of 10% or more, according to a new report commissioned by RBC BlueBay Asset Management.
The world’s leading financial stability watchdog – the Financial Stability Board (FSB) – is ramping up oversight of hedge fund leverage and shadow banking risks, launching a task force to assess potential systemic threats, according to a report by Bloomberg.
D1 Capital Partners, the $21bn hedge fund led by Daniel Sundheim, has staged a strong recovery by capitalising on undervalued European corporate turnarounds, marking a significant rebound from its heavy tech-driven losses in 2022, according to a report by the Financial Times.
Hedge funds have been rapidly pulling out of US tech and media stocks, exiting at their fastest rate in six months in the two weeks leading up to 21 February, according to a report by Reuters citing a report from the prime brokerage unit at Goldman Sachs.
Tabula Capital, a London-based quantitative macro credit manager specialising in active strategies using liquid credit index products, has rebranded as TabCap Investment Management following the sale of its Tabula ETF business to Janus Henderson last year.
Tybourne Capital Management, the Asia-based investment firm founded by Eashwar Krishnan, is set to return external capital in its long-only funds following the shuttering of its US technology hedge fund earlier this year, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Hedge funds are scaling back their bullish wagers on crude oil, signalling a more cautious stance, with net-long positions in West Texas Intermediate (WTI) having now fallen for four consecutive weeks, reaching their lowest levels since October, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Point72 founder Steve Cohen is making another major play in the artificial intelligence space, this time targeting the legal sector with his investment firm, Point72 Private Investments, leading a $75m funding round for Luminance, according to a report by Observer.
Technology stocks, including Apple, Super Micro Computer, MicroStrategy, and Synopsys, emerged as prime targets for short-sellers in January 2025, according to the latest Shortside Crowdedness Report from Hazeltree.
Global hedge funds are making calculated bets on Chinese stocks, seeking profits amid shifting US-China trade relations and positioning themselves for wins whether or not Beijing strikes a deal with Donald Trump, according to a report by Reuters.
Izzy Englander, the 77-year-old Chief Executive Officer of Millennium Management, emerged as the highest-earning hedge fund founder in 2024, making almost $4bn for the year, according to Bloomberg’s annual rankings of the world’s top hedge fund earners.
Hedge funds, including Tudor Investment Corp and Hunting Hill Capital, significantly increased their exposure to US bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in Q4 2024, capitalising on the cryptocurrency’s 47% surge, according to newly released regulatory filings.
BP is at the centre of a growing battle between activist hedge fund Elliott Management and a group of institutional investors, as tensions rise over the oil major’s climate strategy and capital allocation, according to a report by the Financial Times.
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