Morgan Stanley is targeting hedge funds as part of renewed efforts to reclaim its top position in stock trading, a title it lost to Goldman Sachs following the collapse of Archegos Capital Management in 2021, according to a report by the Financial Times.
Activist investment firm Elliott Investment Management now owns 10% of Southwest Airlines’ common stock, surpassing the threshold required to call a special meeting at the airline, according to a report by Reuters citing an unnamed source familiar with the situation.
Hedge funds have maintained their bearish stance on banking and financial stocks, continuing to place bets against these sectors during the week ending last Friday, according to a report by Reuters citing a note from Goldman Sachs’ prime brokerage division.
Pershing Square Capital Management founder Bill Ackman is attempting to revive the initial public offering (IPO) of his investment fund, Pershing Square USA, by offering additional incentives to attract early investors, according to a report by the Financial Times
Liquid Alternatives überzeugen im ersten Halbjahr mit einer guten Performance von 4,71%. 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 […]
July proved to be a polarizing month for hedge funds as the commodity rally reversed and tech stocks lost their luster. Market volatility defined hedge fund performance in July while late month developments spilled into August Commodity declines hit global macro and CTA performance, continuing their down trend Second quarter performance bolstered asset growth despite […]
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.
