Liquid Alternatives News

The Securities and Exchange Commission has settled charges against a former Florida-based cryptocurrency hedge fund Galois Capital Management for failing to comply with requirements related to the safeguarding of client assets.

Two London-based hedge funds – Kite Lake Capital Management and Astaris – are preparing to close their doors to new investors, even as the broader hedge fund industry is facing significant capital outflows amounting to tens of billions of dollars, according to a report by Bloomberg.

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.

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 […]