Liquid Alternatives News

Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Capital Management has disclosed an almost 20% stake in Hertz Global Holdings, prompting a dramatic surge of more than 56% in the car rental company’s share price, according to a report by Bloomberg.

Assets under management at Man Group, the world’s largest listed hedge fund, fell by $5.6bn (£4.2bn) in the first two weeks of April to $167bn, as market volatility hit the asset manager’s strategies, according to a report by City AM.

Elliott Investment Management has taken a significant activist position in Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), amassing a stake valued at over $1.5bn and making the $70bn hedge fund one of HPE’s largest shareholders, according to a report by Reuters.

Armistice Capital’s flagship hedge fund suffered its steepest monthly loss since inception, plunging 18.4% in March, as volatile markets and steep declines in healthcare and consumer stocks hammered performance, according to a report by Bloomberg.

Man Group’s flagship quant strategies are facing steep losses in 2025, with several funds down double digits year-to-date as heightened market volatility tests the resilience of trend-following models, according to a report by Bloomberg.

Hedge funds and asset managers are piling into bullish yen positions at a record pace, as renewed US tariffs under President Donald Trump spark a flight to safe-haven assets and cast doubt over the Bank of Japan’s (BOJ) tightening trajectory, according to a report by Bloomberg.

Global long-short equity hedge funds underperformed sharply during the recent US stock market surge but showed resilience as markets turned volatile again, according to a report by Reuters citing prime brokerage data from Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs.

Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest hedge fund, has weighed in on the escalating tariff tensions, urging the US to strike a trade agreement with China and shift focus toward fiscal consolidation, according to reports.

Hedge funds including Citadel, Balayasny, and Qube, are accelerating their push to add Asian power market traders lured by surging volatility and structural opportunities in deregulated electricity systems across Japan and Australia, according to a report by Bloomberg.

The US Treasury market – long viewed as the global bedrock of financial safety – is flashing red as hedge funds dump positions en masse, triggering sharp selloffs and prompting fears of a broader liquidity crunch, according to a report by Bloomberg.

Prominent hedge fund figures, including Pershing Square Founder and long-time Donald Trump supporter Bill Ackman, have come out forcefully against the President’s sweeping new tariffs, warning that the looming trade regime risks inflicting significant damage on financial markets and the US economy, according to a report by Bloomberg.

Hedge funds have been hit with the steepest margin calls since the onset of the Covid-19 crisis, as last week’s tariff-fueled sell-off sparked a wave of forced deleveraging across the industry, according to a report by the Financial Times citing data from prime brokerage sources including Morgan Stanley.