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New York-based investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald has said the closing of its acquisition of UBS Group’s O’Connor hedge fund business will extend into 2026, with assets and strategies transferring in stages over the coming months. To a report by hedgeweek. 02.12.2026

Digital asset products saw $446m in weekly outflows, taking total post–10 October outflows to $3.2bn and indicating sentiment has yet to fully recover, according to a the latest digital assets funds sets Fund Flows Weekly report from CoinShares. To a report by hedgeweek. 02.01.2026

Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust (EWIT) has called for greater transparency from activist hedge fund Saba Capital Management as tensions escalate ahead of a shareholder vote on a proposed board overhaul, according to a report by Alliance News. To a report by hegdeweek. 31.12.2025

Asian and emerging markets hedge funds delivered strong performance into the final quarter of 2025, successfully navigating a sharp correction in cryptocurrency markets as falling interest-rate expectations, improving trade dynamics and easing geopolitical risks buoyed broader investor sentiment. To a report by hedgeweek. 30.12.2025

Brazilian hedge funds are on track to outperform their domestic benchmark for the first time in three years, supported by well-timed interest rate trades and a sharp rally in local equities that has lifted returns across the industry, according to a report by Bloomberg. 31.12.2025

Mecox Capital Partners, a new options-focused hedge fund, will begin trading in January with $50m in assets, backed by prominent investor Peter Borish, a founding partner of Tudor Investment Corp, according to a report by Business Insider. 30.12.2025

Ilex Capital, the hedge fund founded by former Citadel traders Jonas Diedrich and Dave Sutton, sharply increased compensation for its highest-paid individual during its most recent financial year, alongside a significant rise in profits and assets under management, according to a report by Financial News London. To a report by hedgeweek. 30.12.2025

Growth equity firm General Atlantic is investing hundreds of millions of dollars in Mexican football, acquiring a significant minority stake in one of the country’s most successful clubs and its flagship stadium, ahead o the 2026 FIFA World Cup, according to a report by Bloomberg. 29.12.2025

Michael Hintze’s newly launched hedge fund, Deltroit Asset Management, could face exposure to historic tax liabilities linked to his former firm, CQS, as a closely watched UK Supreme Court case approaches, according to a report by Bloomberg. To a report by hedgeweek. 23.12.2025

Paul Singer’s activist investment hedge fund firm Elliott Investment Management has won a legal battle compelling a Texas-based private equity firm to begin liquidating an oil and gas fund, according to a report by Bloomberg. 22.12.2025

Multi-strategy hedge fund major Citadel has taken a sizeable bearish position against shares of the Magnum Ice Cream Company, just weeks after the business was spun out of consumer goods group Unilever, according to a report by the Financial Times. 22.12.2025

Pershing Square Holdings has agreed to invest up to $1bn in Howard Hughes Holdings to support its acquisition of specialty insurer Vantage Group Holdings, in a transaction valuing the business at approximately $2.1bn, according to a report by Bloomberg. The investment will be made through the purchase of non-voting preferred shares issued by Howard Hughes. […]

New York hedge fund manager Soo Kim has been approached by at least one major Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) shareholder about acquiring all or part of the group’s cable television assets, including CNN, according to a report by the Financial Times citing people familiar with the matter. 18.12.2025