Liquid Alternatives News

Digital assets funds saw inflows of $2.48bn last week, lifting August inflows to $4.37bn and YTD flows to $35.5bn, though AUM slipped 10% to $219bn, according to a the latest Digital Assets Fund Flows Weekly Report from CoinShares. 02.09.2025

Hedge funds are increasing wagers that the Chinese yuan will extend its rally against the dollar, with options market activity pointing to expectations of the offshore yuan (CNH) strengthening to 7 or firmer by year-end, according to a report by Bloomberg citing SGX Derivatives Exchange data. To a report by the Hedgeweek. 01.09.2025

Hedge funds are stepping up wagers that the Japanese yen is poised to break higher against the US dollar, after weeks of trading in a tight range around 147/USD, according to a report by Bloomberg citing recent data from derivatives exchange operator CME Group. 01.09.2025

An affiliate of Elliott Investment Management has been recommended as the winning bidder in a US court-supervised auction of shares in the parent of Venezuela-owned Citgo Petroleum, with a $5.89bn offer, according to a report by Reuters citing filings released on Friday. 01.09.2025

New York-based hedge fund ValueWorks has significantly increased its stake in Danish offshore wind developer Orsted A/S, seizing on this week’s record share price slump as a buying opportunity, according to a report by Bloomberg. 29.08.2025

Ning Jin, the former CIO of Viking Global Investors, is preparing to debut his long-awaited hedge fund spin-out, Avantyr Capital, with a team of nearly 20 professionals and more than $1bn in anticipated launch capital, according to a repot by Business Insider. 29.08.2025

Numerai, the San Francisco-based quantitative hedge fund backed by Paul Tudor Jones, has secured up to $500m from JPMorgan Asset Management – a commitment that will more than double the firm’s assets under management to nearly $1bn over the next year, according to a report by Bloomberg. 28.09.2025

Global hedge funds are increasing exposure to Chinese equities, with August set to record the strongest monthly inflows since February, according to a report by Reuters citing a recent note from Morgan Stanley’s prime brokerage desk. To a report by the Hedgeweek. 28.09.2025

Fivespan Partners, the activist investment firm launched last year by Dylan Haggart and Sarah Coyne, has disclosed a new stake in The New York Times Company and is urging the publisher to embrace artificial intelligence as a catalyst for growth, according to a report by Bloomberg. 27.08.2025

Hedge fund Windward Management has launched an activist campaign at Canadian movie theatre chain Cineplex Inc, urging the company to pursue aggressive share buybacks, divest non-core assets, and prepare for a potential outright sale, according to a report by Bloomberg. 26.08.2025

Sainsbury’s has overtaken all other listed companies to become the most shorted stock in the UK, with hedge funds betting heavily against the supermarket amid mounting concerns over an industry-wide price war, according to a report by the Telegraph. 26.08.2025

Wie sich mit Merger Arbitrage Geld verdienen lässt, während andere noch über Übernahmen rätseln, zeigt Candriam. Nach einem Report des Private Baking Magazin. 14.082.2025

Ken Griffin’s $68bn hedge fund firm Citadel is pushing deeper into Asia-Pacific commodities markets with the launch of an Australian trading desk, anchored by the hire of Keith Handbury, a senior trader from Shell, according to a report by Bloomberg. 25.08.2025

Hedgefonds-Investoren haben es satt, Milliarden von Dollar an undurchsichtigen Gebühren wie Passthrough Fees zu zahlen und wehren sich nun – mit ihrem Geldbeutel. Nach einem Report von Institutional Money. 21.08.2025