Liquid Alternatives News

At the start of the year, Galaxy Digital CEO and founder Mike Novogratz announced the launch of a new $100 million hedge fund that would target crypto and fintech. This new venture, led by Joe Armao, had strong institutional backing through several high-net-worth individuals and family offices. Galaxy, which oversees $17 billion in total assets, […]

Hedge fund performance turned negative in the first quarter of 2026 as global markets were disrupted by geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, although investor allocations to the asset class remained resilient, according to data from Citco. To a report by hedgeweek. 23.04.2026

Hedge fund launches climbed to a four-year high in 2025 as investors increased allocations to strategies positioned for rising market volatility, according to new data from hedge fund index and analysis specialist HFR. To a report by hedgeweek. 23.04.2026

Martin Lueck, co-founder of systematic hedge fund Aspect Capital, has warned that handing investment decisions entirely to artificial intelligence could undermine transparency and risk management in quantitative investing, according to a report by the Financial Times. 23.04.2026

David Stemerman ran one of the largest equity long/short launches in history. Then he walked away and built something entirely different. CenterBook Partners — a buy-side alpha capture platform now managing well over $1bn — is his answer to a structural problem he believes the pod model created but cannot solve. To a report by […]

Activist hedge fund Carrousel Capital says it will continue monitoring the board of the Gartmore European investment trust following its unsuccessful attempt to win board representation, according to a report by Reuters. 21.04.2026

The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission have proposed scaling back hedge fund reporting requirements in a move aimed at reducing compliance costs and streamlining data collection on private funds, according to a report by Bloomberg. 21.04.2026

Kier Boley, Co-Head and CIO of Alternative Investment Solutions at UBP, explains how he thinks about manager selection, why the current environment favours certain strategies over others and what emerging managers are consistently getting wrong. To a report by hedgeweek. 20.04.2026

Hedge funds are on course to deliver their strongest monthly performance in more than a decade, buoyed by a sharp rebound in markets following a turbulent March and a shift in geopolitical sentiment, according to a report by Bloomberg. 17.04.2026

The UK’s financial watchdog, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), has eased restrictions on hedge funds after relaxing rules on short selling, and slashing administrative and reporting requirements, according to a report by CNBC. To a report by hedgeweek. 17.04.2026

Hedge funds are becoming more negative on the US dollar, with investors increasingly positioning for further weakness as expectations rise around a potential extension of a ceasefire between the US and Iran, which has reduced war-related demand for the currency, according to a report by Bloomberg. 16.04.2026

Global equity markets came under significant pressure in March as geopolitical tensions linked to the Middle East conflict drove heightened volatility across regions and asset classes, but energy stocks stood out as a rare area of relative strength for hedge funds, according to new data from Hazeltree. To a report by hedgeweek. 16.04.2026

Hedge fund performance declined in March, according to SS&C Technologies, with the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index recording a 1.79% fall for the month, while the firm’s Capital Movement Index showed a modest 0.26% increase in hedge fund flows in April. To a report by hedgeweek. 15.04.2026

Renowned short seller Carson Block, founder of Muddy Waters Capital, believes that artificial intelligence could trigger a period of market and economic disruption that may ultimately exceed the fallout from the 2008–09 global financial crisis, according to a report by the Financial Times. 15.04.2026

BlackRock’s hedge fund investment team is encouraging allocators to broaden their exposure across a wider range of hedge fund strategies, arguing that rising macro uncertainty, rapid AI-driven shifts, and geopolitical tensions are increasing the pace and dispersion of market moves, according to a report by Bloomberg. To a report by hedgeweek. 15.04.2026