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Hedge funds kicked off 2024 with their “best quarter since the pandemic”, according to data from the Citco group of companies. Equity and multi-strategy funds led the charge, with a weighted average return of 7.3% across all strategies, building on 2023’s momentum. Equity funds topped the charts at 8.49%, followed by multi-strategy at 7.59% and […]

Amid ongoing geopolitical tensions and inflationary problems, hedge funds have turned more bearish on global equities than at any other point so far this year, cutting their long positions and upping short bets, according to a report by Reuters.

Equity and multi-strategy funds helped hedge funds start 2024 on the right foot, recording their best post-pandemic quarter, according to the latest data from Citco, an asset-servicer with over $1.9tn in AUA.

Hedge funds and other asset managers have upped their short wagers on the yen to record levels, with bets on the currency reaching 173,000 contracts as of 16 April, the highest level seen since 2006, according to a report by Bloomberg.

Man Group, the world’s largest listed hedge fund firm, saw investors pull more than $1.6bn (£1.29bn) from its funds during the first three months of 2024, its second straight quarter of redemptions following outflows of $300m in Q4 2023, according to the group’s Q1 results.

Hedge funds and other non-bank participants in the capital markets have been urged to hold more liquid assets by the Financial Stability Board (FSB). The call comes in light of recent episodes of market stress, including the pandemic-induced turmoil of March 2020, the collapse of Archegos in March 2021, the volatility in the commodities market […]

Der Vorstandschef des Medienkonzerns macht verbotene Wetten für den Kursverfall der Aktie verantwortlich. Damit erhält die Diskussion um DJT eine neue Dimension.

Triton Liquid, a digital assets hedge fund funded and incubated by New York-based VC firm FJ Labs, has set up its global headquarters in Abu Dhabi having received in-principal approval from the Abu Dhabi Global Market’s (ADGM) Financial Services Regulator (FSRA).

The IMF has warned that a “concentration of vulnerability has built up” which poses a potential risk to wider financial stability, given that a small group of hedge funds now accounts for the vast majority of short positions in the US Treasury futures market, according to a report by Bloomberg.

Multi-strategy major Millennium Management and Boston-based systematic global equity manager Arrowstreet Capital are among a number of hedge funds shorting the assets of UK water companies, after a crisis at Thames Water highlighted high debt levels across the industry, according to a report by Bloomberg.

Schonfeld Strategic Advisors, the multi-strategy hedge fund firm born in 2015 out of Steven Schonfeld’s proprietary trading-firm-turned family office, still hasn’t raised the $3bn it has been looking to raise since late last year, according to a report by Bloomberg.

Die Risiken an den Märkten steigen wieder. Nicht nur geopolitisch braut sich einiges zusammen. Auch ökonomisch treten die Unwuchten in der Weltwirtschaft immer stärker hervor. Hinzu kommen die Unsicherheiten im Vorfeld des US-Wahlkampfs, in dem zwei Greise gegeneinander antreten, um das Wohl der größten Volkswirtschaft der Welt in den kommenden Jahren zu bestimmen.

Element Capital Management, the global macro hedge fund firm founded by Jeff Talpins, is planning to return around $4bn in external capital to clients as it looks to improve performance and focus on managing its own funds, according to a report by Reuters.

Global proprietary trading firm Jane Street has taken legal action against multi-strategy hedge fund major Millennium Management and two former employees over the alleged theft of trader secrets, according to a report by the Financial Times.