Hedge funds saw notable gains in May, benefiting from a resurgence in global equity markets fuelled by historically low unemployment and stable or slowly declining inflation rates, according to PivotalPath’s Composite Index.
Emerging markets hedge funds experienced accelerated gains through mid-2024, according to the latest data from Hedge Fund Research.
Public equity investor Boston Partners has transitioned its Boston Partners Global Long/Short Fund to the FundRock trading platform as of 4 June, which will see the fund shift from a SICAV to an ICAV structure, according to a report by AlphaWeek.
Earlier this year, Bayview Asset Management structured two re-securitisation trades worth $642m, the structures of which were modelled after similar pre-2008 financial crisis transactions by a major US bank, according to a report by Reuters.
Steve Cohen’s Point72 Asset Management is planning to raise approximately $1bn for a new hedge fund focusing on AI, marking the firm’s first new hedge fund in decades, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Net assets of Ucits and alternative investment funds doubled over the last decade, reaching €20.7 trillion in 2023, a record-breaking year for ETFs, according to the European Fund and Asset Management Association (Efama).
Philip King, CIO at Regal Funds Management, has initiated a short position in the shares of Commonwealth Bank of Australia, pointing to what he describes as one of the world’s most expensive valuations, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Hedge funds have been using the Texas office of the National Association of Private Fund Managers, a group focused on challenging SEC rules, for strategic access to the Fifth US Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Institutional investors managing trillions of dollars are seeing the potential benefits of alternative investments and more than half of those surveyed are planning to increase their allocations into the products, according to a white paper by Clearwater Analytics. Diversification is one of the top reasons institutional managers are gravitating toward alternatives, said Jonathan Flitt, Clearwater’s […]
Aaron Weiner, formerly of Coatue Management, is set to establish his own hedge fund with substantial backing from Izzy Englander’s Millennium Management, according to a report by Bloomberg.
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has imposed its first significant penalty as part of an extensive investigation into activist short sellers, fining Anson Funds Management and Anson Advisors a combined $2.5m, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Hedgefonds konnten weltweit im Mai im Durchschnitt um 1,3 Prozent zulegen und von den Aktienmärkten profitieren, die die Rückgänge des Vormonats wieder aufholten, wie Kenneth J. Heinz, Präsident des Analysehauses HFR erklärt. Andere Strategien konnten ihre Gewinne ebenfalls weiter ausbauen.
Chinese regulators are considering the introduction of stricter rules on how banks distribute financial products to the public, potentially severing a crucial distribution channel for some of the country’s largest hedge funds, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Singapore authorities are intensifying scrutiny of hedge funds and family offices, requiring more information while stepping up the closure of dormant firms after a series of scandals exposed weaknesses in the oversight of the city state’s financial sector, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Led by directional equity hedge and event-driven strategies, the HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index advanced 1.3% in May, with additional positive contributions from relative value arbitrage strategies offsetting a decline in macro strategies.
