Liquid Alternatives News

London-based multi-strategy hedge fund Eisler Capital plans to raise between $1bn and $1.5bn of capital and increase its Portfolio Manager headcount to between 120 and 125 this year, according to a report by the Financial Times citing people familiar with the matter.

Profits at London-based Man Group, the world’s largest listed hedge fund firm, more than halved last year, as AUM hit a record $167.5bn, an increase of 17% from the $143.3bn reported for 2022.

Nishant Gupta, a former Partner at Clean Energy Transition, the London-based hedge fund firm spun out of Lansdowne Partners by Per Lekander two years ago, is gearing up to launch a new long-short equity fund focused on the green economy, according to a report by Reuters.

Activist US hedge fund firm Elliott Investment Management has had a second improved offer to acquire Currys rejected by the board of the UK electrical and electronics retailer, amid rumoured interest from other potential suitors, according to a report by ThisIsMoney.

Some 88% of hedge funds have so far seen positive returns from across most strategies in 2024, building on 2023’s double-digit returns, according to the latest monthly report on hedge funds from Citco, the $1.8tn global alternative investment asset servicer.

2023 haben Investoren netto 35,1 Milliarden Euro aus UCITS-Hedgefonds abgezogen. Zwar erreichte die Anlageklasse eine Performance von im Durchschnitt 5,28%, wie Ralf Lochmüller, CEO von Lupus alpha, einräumt. Diese lag aber deutlich hinter Aktien und Anleihen. Mittel- und langfristig unterstrichen die Fonds indes ihren stabilisierenden Beitrag für das Gesamtportfolio.

Liquid-Alternative-Fonds lieferten vergangenes Jahr im Durchschnitt eine solide Rendite, doch die Anleger dankten es ihnen nicht. Stattdessen zogen sie unterm Strich 35,1 Milliarden Euro aus den Produkten ab, wie eine Studie zeigt.

Demnach erlebten 2023 Hedgefonds-Strategien im UCITS-Mantel mit Nettoabflüssen von 35,1 Milliarden Euro die stärksten Kapitalabzüge seit dem Krisenjahr 2008. Zum Vergleich: Im Vorjahr 2022 betrug der Nettoabfluss 17,65 Milliarden Euro. Diese signifikanten Abflüsse folgten auf eine Zinswende, die mit einer Anhebung der EZB-Zinsen von 0 Prozent auf 4,5 Prozent innerhalb von etwas mehr als einem […]

Fundraising for Bobby Jain’s much anticipated hedge fund launch later this year has reached $3bn, roughly half of the revised target for the new fund, which is expected to begin trading in July, according to a report by Bloomberg.

What you need to know about the advantages and risks of alternative investments. Alternative investments can be broadly defined as anything that isn’t a stock or a bond. More specifically, these strategies promise something fundamentally different from mainstream asset classes. Morningstar defines these strategies based on their abilities to modify, diversify, or eliminate traditional market […]

Cyber security at both the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is an increasing concern for hedge fund managers following the adoption of new rules forcing them to disclose more about their investment strategies.

Segantii Capital Management, the Hong Kong-based multi-strategy hedge fund firm founded by Simon Sadler in 2007, has seen its assets shrink by 18% over the past year on the back of investment losses and client redemptions, according to a report by Bloomberg.

Das in Hedgefonds verwaltete Kapital hat zu Beginn des Jahres 2024 die historische Marke von 4 Billionen US-Dollar überschritten, sagt Kenneth J. Heinz, Präsident des Analysehauses HFR. Die Anleger würden sich weiterhin auf Inflation, höhere Zinssätze und makroökonomische Unsicherheiten konzentrieren, sich aber zugleich auf geopolitische Risiken und die Beschleunigung von Fusionen und Übernahmen einstellen.