Liquid Alternatives News

Hedge funds have shifted their focus toward European consumer discretionary stocks, particularly luxury goods, while betting against companies exposed to potential US tariffs, according to a report by Reuters citing a Goldman Sachs note released this week.

Seth Klarman’s Baupost Group, once a standout in the hedge fund world, has seen its clients withdraw approximately $7bn over the past three years as the firm grappled with underwhelming returns, according to a report by Bloomberg.

US activist hedge fund Saba Capital has suffered a setback in its campaign to shake up the UK’s closed-ended investment trust sector, as shareholders of Herald Investment Trust decisively rejected its proposal to replace the board, according to a report by the Financial Times.

Hedge funds have positioned their strategies for Trump 2.0 by ramping up their market positions with the highest levels of borrowing seen since 2010 and bets on the continuing rise of the dollar, according to a report by Reuters.

The Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust (EWIT) has labelled a campaign by US hedge fund Saba Capital as an “existential threat”, and is urging investors to oppose the hedge fund’s plan to oust its board and install its own nominees, according to a report by ThisIsMoney.

Leveraged hedge funds and non-commercial traders significantly reduced their net short positions on US 10-year Treasury futures to their lowest levels since early July, according to a report by Reuters.

The Bitcoin Opportunity Fund, a hedge fund aiming to deliver higher risk-adjusted returns through diversification within the bitcoin ecosystem, has revealed plans to raise $50m for its second fund, Fund II.

Global hedge funds saw a slight dip in performance in the last month of 2024 according to SS&C GlobeOp, with the firm’s Hedge Fund Performance Index, an asset-weighted, independent monthly measure of fund performance indicating a 0.10% decline in December.

Chinese hedge fund managers are rapidly introducing products modelled after Bridgewater Associates’ renowned “All Weather” strategy to meet surging investor demand for tools to navigate potential volatility anticipated under Donald Trump’s second US presidency, according to a report by Reuters.

KLS Arete Macro Fund war 2024 der Bestperformer unter den Makro-UCITS-Fonds Auch in der gesamten Liquid Alternatives-Fondswelt im UCITS-Format erregte der KLS Arete Macro Fund mit einer Rendite von 19,3 Prozent im Jahresverlauf Aufmerksamkeit. Die Performance des Fonds schneidet auch im Vergleich zu traditionellen Anlageklassen wie globalen Anleihen (+4,7 Prozent) und globalen Aktien (+19,2 Prozent) […]

Der Schweizer Vermögensverwalter LGT Capital Partners hat ein neuartiges Hedgefonds-Portfolios lanciert, welches diskretionäre und systematische Strategien kombiniert. Das Vehikel biete direkten Zugang zu den einzelnen Bausteinen der Hedgefonds-Strategien des LGT Endowments, sagt Roger Hilty, Partner bei LGT Capital Partners.

Investors pulled out of Brazilian hedge funds at an unprecedented rate in 2024, as rising interest rates and turmoil in local markets led to a second consecutive year of underperformance for the struggling sector, according to a report by the Financial Post.

European opportunistic credit manager Chepstow Lane Capital achieved net returns of 13.24% in 2024, according to a report by Bloomberg News citing an investor letter.