Total global hedge fund assets increased for the seventh consecutive quarter in Q2 2024, surpassing the previous record high of $4.3tn to reach $4.31tn with a quarterly increase of approximately $11bn, according to the latest data from HFR.
Nekton Capital, the stocks-focused, market-neutral hedge fund firm founded by former York Capital Management Co-Chief Investment Officer Christophe Aurand, is to return capital to investors, after performance failed to meet expectations, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Elliott Investment Management, one of the world’s largest activist investors, has built a significant position in Starbucks, and is engaging in discussions aimed at enhancing the coffee giant’s stock performance, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal citing unnamed sources.
Alternative investments are financial assets other than the traditional, publicly traded ones (stocks, bonds, and cash). The most common types of alternative investments include real estate, collectibles, commodities, private equity, and derivatives. Alternative investments offer portfolio diversification and a counterbalance to stocks, but they often are illiquid, unregulated, and not clearly priced.
Last month was a tale of two public offerings in biotech. How will the next one fare? More than a half-dozen hedge funds are gearing up for the next initial public offering of a fledgling biopharma company. The deal comes in the wake of two biopharma IPOs in June: One company was up double digits […]
Robert Citrone’s Discovery Capital Management generated some of the best returns in the first half of the year.
Brevan Howard’s crypto hedge fund achieved a significant gain of around 20% in the first half of this year, amid increased interest from institutional investors in the burgeoning asset class, according to a report by MarketWatch.
Ilex Capital Partners, one of the major hedge fund startups of last year, is in discussions to raise an additional $1.5bn in investment capital by the end of 2024, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Global hedge funds have been reducing their exposure to US stocks for five consecutive days amid a broad sell-off in megacap tech-related stocks, according to a report by Reuters citing a note from Goldman Sachs.
Equity long-short strategies outperformed others with average gains of 2.7% for the second quarter of the year with global macro managers in particular underperforming, according to investment firm and ETF sponsor Unlimited’s Hedge Fund Barometer.
Returns for Josh Resnick’s Jericho Capital rose again last month in its flagship long-short fund, boosting the gain for the first six months to almost 40 percent.
The hedge fund headed by Jamie Sterne reached its high-water mark after posting a gain in June. Skye Global Management has finally returned to its high-water mark. The hedge fund headed by Jamie Sterne reached that coveted level when it posted a 4.6 percent gain for June. As a result, it was up 21.3 percent […]
While others, including Tiger Global, Lone Pine, Maverick, Viking, Valiant, D1, and Coatue, reported mixed performance in the first half of the year.
TOP STORY: Global hedge funds have reduced their exposure to US software stocks to “new multi-year lows” following a broader sell-off in the technology sector, according to a report by Reuters citing a recent note from Morgan Stanley’s prime brokerage division.
FRANKFURT – „Private Alternatives haben in den letzten zehn Jahren einen atemberaubenden Aufschwung erlebt“, erinnert Matt Shafer von PGIM Investments. Indes seien zwei Drittel der professionellen Fund Buyer in Europa und Asien der Meinung, dass ihre Kunden dieser Anlageklasse zu wenig Beachtung schenken.
