Liquid Alternatives News

Hedge fund short sellers have amassed a potential $16.2bn in profits as Tesla’s stock price has plummeted by 50% over the past three months, according to a report by the Financial Times citing data released by S3 Partners.

Newly revealed court documents indicate that FTX secretly liquidated $1.53bn worth of Three Arrows Capital (3AC) assets just two weeks before the crypto hedge fund’s 2022 collapse – challenging previous narratives that fund’s failure was market-driven, according to a report by CoinTelegraph.

Asset managers are ramping up bullish euro positions to a five-month high, while hedge funds are scaling back short bets, reflecting a significant shift in sentiment toward the European currency, according to a report by Bloomberg.

The total number of financial firms registered at the end of 2024 was 6920, up 25% on 2023. The data also showed a 10% increase to more than 45,000 in the number of people employed in financial services in Dubai.

Asia-focused hedge funds have fared better than their US counterparts during the recent market downturn, benefiting from a relative outperformance in Chinese equities as global investors shift capital into the region, according to a report by Reuters.

Jersey-based global macro hedge fund firm Brevan Howard Asset Management is scaling back traders’ risk limits as the firm’s flagship fund faces mounting losses, erasing last year’s gains, according to a report by Bloomberg.

Activist hedge fund Anson Funds has taken a 9% stake in multi-residential REIT InterRent and is advocating for the company to implement operational and strategic changes, according to a report by Bloomberg citing sources familiar with the matter.

Hedge fund deleveraging accelerated late last week, impacting European stock markets and European hedge fund managers’ returns, with the impact likely to continue this week, according to a report by Reuters, citing a client note from JPMorgan.

Activist hedge fund firm hedge fund Palliser Capital has intensified its campaign for Rio Tinto to unify its dual-listed structure, releasing a letter on Monday urging the company’s board to take decisive action, according to a report by Reuters.

London-based macro hedge fund firm Rokos Capital Management has delivered a 0.57% return so far in 2025, despite a 0.29% decline in February, according to a report by Reuters citing an unnamed source familiar with the matter.

Hedge funds suffered a significant setback last week, with stock pickers and multi-strategy funds surrendering nearly half of their 2025 gains in a sharp, tech-driven equity selloff, according to a note from Goldman Sachs.

Hedge fund Millennium Management posted a 1.3% loss in February, marking its worst monthly performance in over six years, with the rare setback being driven by around $900m in losses across two investment teams, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.

Steven Cohen, Gründer von Point 72, zieht sich zurück und hat konkrete Zukunftspläne. Der Hedgefonds-Manager gilt nicht nur in der Branche als Legende – Finanzskandal und extreme Hobbys inbegriffen.