Liquid Alternatives News

Hedge fund assets reached an all-time high of $4.5tn in October, driven by strong performance across several investment strategies, and underpinned by a 7.4% YTD return in the HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index, according to a report by Wells Fargo analysts.

As global markets face volatility driven by elections, central-bank policy shifts, and geopolitical tensions, hedge funds are increasingly investing in binary options — a high-risk, all-or-nothing strategy offering pre-determined payouts for accurate bets, according to a report by Bloomberg.

As global markets face volatility driven by elections, central-bank policy shifts, and geopolitical tensions, hedge funds are increasingly investing in binary options — a high-risk, all-or-nothing strategy offering pre-determined payouts for accurate bets, according to a report by Bloomberg.

Balyasny Asset Management, the multi-strategy hedge fund firms founded by Dimitri Balyasnay, is making waves in the artificial intelligence space with its in-house tools tailored for financial services, according to a report by eFinancial Careers.

Ocean Leonid Investments, a hedge fund reportedly linked to Iranian oil trader Hossein Shamkhani, has informed staff in its Curzon Street office in London’s Mayfair that the firm is preparing to liquidate its operations in the UK, according to a report by Reuters.

RTW Investments, a $6.5bn hedge fund focused on investment in the life sciences sector, is under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for its role in a contentious proxy fight involving medical technology company Masimo Corp, according to a report by Bloomberg.

Diego Megia, a former senior money manager at Millennium Management, is set to expand his hedge fund, Taula Capital Management, by raising an additional $1bn following the firm’s $5bn launch earlier this year, one of the largest in hedge fund history, according to a report by Bloomberg.

Millennium Management, one of the world’s largest multi-strategy hedge funds, is channelling approximately $1.8bn into two investment teams as part of a strategy to deploy capital both within and outside its organisation, according to a report by Bloomberg.

Global hedge funds accelerated their exit from US electric and water utility stocks last week, marking the fastest pace of sales in two months, while heavily investing in US materials stocks, according to a report by Reuters citing a recent note from the prime brokerage desk at Goldman Sachs.

Activist investment firm Gatemore Capital Management has used the 2024 Sohn London Investment Conference to publicly call on YouGov, a market research and data analytics company, to initiate a sale process to unlock shareholder value.