Millennium Management is set to support Sone Capital Management, former Echo Street Capital portfolio manager George Panos’s new systematic market-neutral hedge fund firm, as part of a strategy to allocate more capital to external traders, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Investors such as wealth managers are increasing their allocations to hedge funds to protect themselves from bearish markets such as the collapse of global indices at the start of this month, an investment expert has said. Toby Goodworth, a managing director and head of liquid markets at bfinance, said the investment advisor’s clients are increasing […]
John Overdeck and David Siegel, the feuding Co-Founders and Co-Chairmen of hedge fund Two Sigma, are to step down from the day-to-management of the firm, and are handing over control to two new Co-Chief Executive Officers.
Alexander Tare vom FiNUM.Finanzhaus sieht Opportunitäten für Liquid Alternatives, Long-Short-Strategien und globale Makrostrategien. Das Umfeld sei unsicher, aber vielversprechend.
Bei den Hedgefonds-Strategien im UCITS-Mantel standen im ersten Halbjahr 2024 spezialisierte Fixed-Income-Strategien im Fokus der Investoren und konnten als einzige Nettomittel einwerben. Aus dem Gesamtsegment flossen per 30. Juni netto -6,4 Mrd. Euro ab. Jedoch hat sich der Rückzug der Anleger gegenüber dem Vorjahreszeitraum (-19,4 Mrd.) merklich abgeschwächt. Insgesamt lag die Anlageklasse mit einer durchschnittlichen […]
Hedge funds and other institutional investors sold off the equivalent of 48 million barrels in the six most significant oil futures and options contracts during the week ending 20 August, bringing to an abrupt end the brief rally of the previous week, according to a report by Reuters.
Hilbert Group AB, through its asset management division, Hilbert Capital, has formed a strategic partnership with Xapo Bank, a prominent global financial institution, to launch a new $200m bitcoin-denominated hedge fund.
Hedge funds and large speculators have ramped up their bullish positions on gold to the highest level in more than four years, driven by expectations of earlier and more significant monetary easing by the Federal Reserve, according to report by Bloomberg.
Elliott Investment Management, the activist hedge fund with a significant stake in Southwest Airlines, has issued a stern warning to the airline – change leadership or face a potential proxy fight – ahead of a first meeting between the two parties on 9 September, according to a report by Reuters.
Singapore-based alternative investment firm SeaTown Holdings International has successfully closed its second private credit fund with over $1.3bn in capital commitments from a range of LPs, including insurance companies and family offices.
Senator Investment Group, the long-short, event-driven hedge fund firm founded by Alexander Klabin and Douglas Silverman in 2008, has taken the last available space at Zero Irving, a new development at 124 East 14th Street in Union Square, New York, according to a report by Commercial Observer.
Hedge funds, which have been heavily concentrated in the so-called “Magnificent Seven” tech stocks, are now gradually reducing their exposure to these high-flying companies, according to a report by the Financial Times citing analysis by Goldman Sachs.
Die fast vergessene Anlageklasse wird ihrem Ruf als Kriseninvestment und Portfoliostabilisator weiterhin gerecht. Das belegt eine aktuelle Untersuchung zweier Wissenschaftler der Universität Hamburg. Vor allem als Ergänzung zu Aktien spielen CTA-Strategien ihre Trümpfe aus.
Hedge funds are offloading stocks at their fastest pace in over two years, even as markets show signs of recovery, with US funds selling equities at levels not seen since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in March 2022, according to a recent report from Goldman Sachs.
Hedge fund performance improved in July to an average weighted return of 0.6%, up from 0.4% in the previous month, with over two-thirds of strategies ending the month in positive territory, according to the latest Monthly Hedge Fund Update from Citco.
