Liquid Alternatives News

Liquid Alternatives überzeugen im ersten Halbjahr mit einer guten Performance von 4,71%. Bei den Hedgefonds-Strategien im UCITS-Mantel standen im ersten Halbjahr 2024 spezialisierte Fixed-Income-Strategien im Fokus der Investoren und konnten als einzige Nettomittel einwerben. Aus dem Gesamtsegment flossen per 30. Juni netto -6,4 Mrd. Euro ab. Jedoch hat sich der Rückzug der Anleger gegenüber dem […]

July proved to be a polarizing month for hedge funds as the commodity rally reversed and tech stocks lost their luster. Market volatility defined hedge fund performance in July while late month developments spilled into August Commodity declines hit global macro and CTA performance, continuing their down trend Second quarter performance bolstered asset growth despite […]

Millennium Management is set to support Sone Capital Management, former Echo Street Capital portfolio manager George Panos’s new systematic market-neutral hedge fund firm, as part of a strategy to allocate more capital to external traders, according to a report by Bloomberg.

Investors such as wealth managers are increasing their allocations to hedge funds to protect themselves from bearish markets such as the collapse of global indices at the start of this month, an investment expert has said. Toby Goodworth, a managing director and head of liquid markets at bfinance, said the investment advisor’s clients are increasing […]

John Overdeck and David Siegel, the feuding Co-Founders and Co-Chairmen of hedge fund Two Sigma, are to step down from the day-to-management of the firm, and are handing over control to two new Co-Chief Executive Officers.

Bei den Hedge­fonds-Stra­tegien im UCITS-Mantel standen im ersten Halbjahr 2024 spezia­lisierte Fixed-Income-Strate­gien im Fokus der Inves­toren und konnten als einzige Netto­mittel einwerben. Aus dem Gesamt­seg­ment flossen per 30. Juni netto -6,4 Mrd. Euro ab. Jedoch hat sich der Rück­zug der Anleger gegen­über dem Vor­jahres­zeit­raum (-19,4 Mrd.) merklich abgeschwächt. Insgesamt lag die Anlageklasse mit einer durchschnittlichen […]

Hedge funds and other institutional investors sold off the equivalent of 48 million barrels in the six most significant oil futures and options contracts during the week ending 20 August, bringing to an abrupt end the brief rally of the previous week, according to a report by Reuters.

Hedge funds and large speculators have ramped up their bullish positions on gold to the highest level in more than four years, driven by expectations of earlier and more significant monetary easing by the Federal Reserve, according to report by Bloomberg.

Elliott Investment Management, the activist hedge fund with a significant stake in Southwest Airlines, has issued a stern warning to the airline – change leadership or face a potential proxy fight – ahead of a first meeting between the two parties on 9 September, according to a report by Reuters.

Senator Investment Group, the long-short, event-driven hedge fund firm founded by Alexander Klabin and Douglas Silverman in 2008, has taken the last available space at Zero Irving, a new development at 124 East 14th Street in Union Square, New York, according to a report by Commercial Observer.

Hedge funds, which have been heavily concentrated in the so-called “Magnificent Seven” tech stocks, are now gradually reducing their exposure to these high-flying companies, according to a report by the Financial Times citing analysis by Goldman Sachs.

Die fast vergessene Anlageklasse wird ihrem Ruf als Kriseninvestment und Portfoliostabilisator weiterhin gerecht. Das belegt eine aktuelle Untersuchung zweier Wissenschaftler der Universität Hamburg. Vor allem als Ergänzung zu Aktien spielen CTA-Strategien ihre Trümpfe aus.