Liquid Alternatives News

The hedge fund industry’s narrative around democratised technology suggests smaller managers should now compete on equal footing with established giants. Allocators aren’t buying it, and their cheque-writing behaviour proves the point. To report by hedgeweek. 04.12.2025

Quantitative firm Two Sigma Investments has rolled out a new hedge fund, the Two Sigma Beacon Fund, designed to tap into rising investor appetite for tax-efficient strategies, according to a report by Bloomberg citing people familiar with the matter. To a report by Hedgeweek. 04.12.2025

Balyasny Asset Management delivered a 2.5% gain in November, bringing year-to-date performance to 15.3%, according to a report by Reuters. The $31bn multi-strategy manager has been ahead of many of its competitors through the first 10 months of the year. To report by hegdeweek. 03.12.2025

Citadel’s flagship Wellington fund returned 1.4% in November, bringing year-to-date performance to 8.3%, according to a report by Reuters citing people familiar with the matter. To a report by hedgeweek. 02.12.2025

Lauro Asset Management’s David Mercurio has criticised what he called “timid” leadership after Greggs’s shares fell 44% this year, valuing the company at £1.6bn, with almost 10% of the stock is now on loan to short sellers, according to a report by The Sunday Times. Lauro, previously backed by GIC, is one of Greggs’s largest […]

Boaz Weinstein has revived his effort to replace the board of the Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust, less than a year after shareholders rejected similar proposals from his firm, Saba Capital Management, according to a report by Bloomberg. 28.11.2025

Hedge funds and institutional investors stepped in to buy last week’s market pullback even as outflows from the technology sector hit multi-year lows, according to a report by Investing.com, citing Bank of America’s latest client-flow report. To a report by hedgeweek. 28.11.2025

Catalio Capital, the $2.3bn healthcare-focused investment firm backed by names including KKR and Brevan Howard, has hired Ajay Mantha as a partner within its public-equities business, according to a report by Business Insider. 28.11.2025

Hedge funds ramped up bearish positions on UK domestically focused equities in the run-up to Wednesday’s Budget, according to a report by Reuters citing a Goldman Sachs client note circulated prior to Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s statement. To a report by hedgeweek. 27.11.2025

Coatue Management has co-led a $2.3bn Series D financing round in coding-automation company Anysphere, backing its AI programming platform Cursor and pushing the firm’s valuation to roughly $29.3bn, according to a report by Institutional Investor. 27.11.2025

Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates, has raised serious reservations about the viability of the “pod-shop” or multistrat hedge fund model over the long term, telling Bloomberg’s Odd Lots podcast that while it may work for investment management, it is “not a fine way for building a 50-year-old business”. To a report by hedgeweek. 25.11.2025

New York–based hedge fund Engine Capital has begun a proxy contest at UniFirst, aiming to persuade the lead family trustees — who control the US uniform supplier through super-voting shares — to consider a sale of the business, potentially to rival Cintas, according to a report by The Boston Globe. To a report by hedgeweek. […]

Bill Ackman is preparing a dual-offering structure through his firm Pershing Square Capital Management and a new closed-end investment vehicle, Pershing Square USA, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal citing sources familiar with the matter. To a report by hedgeweek. 24.11.2025

Hedge funds moved quickly to cover short positions on Friday which were undermined after a sharp rebound in US equities, according to a report by Bloomberg. 24.11.2025