Liquid Alternatives News

Emerging markets hedge funds saw accelerated gains through mid-second quarter of 2024, leading industry performance amidst rising geopolitical risks, according to data. Hedge fund research firm HFR reported that these risks stemmed from military conflicts, volatile elections in Europe and the US, and policy changes expected in 2H24. According to the analysts, investors in emerging […]

Alternative fund managers are bracing for a surge in compliance risks over the next two years, according to a study. According to the findings of the study conducted by administration and compliance service provider for funds, Ocorian and Bovill Newgate, an Ocorian company and specialist financial services regulatory consultancy, almost nine in ten senior leaders […]

Hedge funds have decreased their net long positions on the Mexican peso by 56,709 contracts following the country’s unexpected election of Morena’s Claudia Sheinbaum, bringing the total down to 27,304 contracts, according to a report by Bloomberg.

Former Segantii Capital Management trader Robert Gagliardi has been implicated in a series of block trades involving insider information from Morgan Stanley, according to a report by the Financial Times.

Hedgeweek has announced the winners of the Global Digital Assets Awards 2024, which recognise fund performance and service provider excellence in digital assets. Managers Absolute Performance of the Year – Digital Assets Fund (Trailing 12 Months) – Abraxas Capital Management Ltd. Absolute Performance of the Year – Digital Assets Fund (Trailing 24 Months) – North […]

Hedge funds are shifting away from technology stocks, particularly semiconductor and chip equipment, following robust gains in Q1 2024, according to a report by CNBC citing data from Goldman Sachs’ prime brokerage.

The Carlyle Group and Goldman Sachs Private Credit have extended a $1.1bn payment-in-kind loan to global fund administrator Apex Group, according to a report by Bloomberg.

Balyasny Asset Management has terminated its $250m managed account with Franck Tuil’s activist hedge fund, Sparta Capital Management, within a year of initially backing the former Elliott Investment Management trader, according to a report by Bloomberg.

London-based multi-manager hedge fund platform Falcon Investment Management has launched a new open-ended fund providing family offices with access to a hedge fund strategy previously reserved for large institutions.

Bobby Jain has raised $5.3bn in commitments for his new multi-strategy hedge fund, marking the largest hedge fund launch since ExodusPoint Capital Management’s 2018 debut, according to a report by Bloomberg.

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.

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.