Liquid Alternatives News

A Goldman Sachs note has revealed that Japan-focused hedge funds saw their steepest daily performance loss on record on Monday, according to a report by Reuters, amid a global stock rout triggered by disappointing US jobs data and last week’s Bank of Japan rate hike.

Jain Global, the hedge fund firm founded by former Millennium Management Co-CIO Bobby Jain ended its first month of trading with a small loss of 0.65%, while rival multi-strategy firms, including Millennium and Ken Griffin’s Citadel, managed small gains, according to a report by Business Insider.

Nabil Oujjane, the founder of multi-strategy hedge fund firm Aster Capital Management, which manages funds on behalf of Schonfeld Strategic Advisors, is relocating from London to Dubai, joining the growing number of portfolio managers operating from the emirate, according to a report by Bloomberg.

Several high-profile hedge funds including Balyasny, Man Group, Winton and Bridgewater Associates are rekindling their interest in portable alpha strategies, which seek to ‘decouple’ alpha from beta to capture market-beating returns, according to a report by Business Insider.

Several high-profile hedge funds including Balyasny, Man Group, Winton and Bridgewater Associates are rekindling their interest in portable alpha strategies, which seek to ‘decouple’ alpha from beta to capture market-beating returns, according to a report by Business Insider.

But most of the value hedge fund’s largest long positions were in the black in July, with three up by double-digits.

Pershing Square has abruptly cancelled the IPO of Pershing Square USA, just days before it was set to debut on the New York Stock Exchange, and months after founder Bill Ackman suggested it would be one of the largest IPOs ever, according to a report by Reuters.

You won’t find it among the top-performing technology, media, and telecom (TMT) funds. But unlike many of those well-known former highfliers, Seligman has never had to worry about its high-water mark, which its clients likely appreciate. After all, in 2022 when many other tech funds suffered sharp losses and the Nasdaq Composite lost roughly one-third […]

„Das Anlagevermögen von Hedgefonds steigt weiter und konnte den historischen Höchststand des ersten Quartals ausbauen“, erklärt Kenneth J. Heinz, Präsident von HFR. Laut aktuellem HFR Global Hedge Fund Industry Report verwalteten Hedgefonds Ende des zweiten Quartals ein Rekordvermögen von insgesamt 4,3 Billionen US-Dollar.

Since 2022, investors have pulled more than $15 billion from the firm’s liquid alternatives business.

A recent surge in bullish bets on sterling by hedge fund and other asset managers has set the scene for a sharp correction in the currency, should the Bank of England opt to lower interest rates later this week, according to a report by Bloomberg.

Hedge funds have made their most significant retreat from bearish yen bets since 2011 as the once-popular carry trade strategy falters, with leveraged investors cutting 56,639 net short positions on Japan’s currency over the two weeks ending 23 July, according to a report by Bloomberg.

Equity and global macro funds emerged as strong performers, contributing to seven consecutive quarters of positive returns. Citco reported a weighted average return of 1.09% in Q2, bringing the year-to-date (YTD) return to 7.62%. About 80% of funds have recorded positive returns this year.

Man Group, the world’s largest listed hedge fund firm, has reported strong H1 results, including positive investment performance of $11.1bn – a 2.1% increase relative to peers – and net inflows of $0.9bn, surpassing the industry average by 1.8%.