Liquid Alternatives News

Hedge funds that pivoted from China to Japan in 2023 have struggled to make money, according to a report by Reuters. The report notes that even though Japan is the third largest economy, fund managers have struggled to make sense of the market.

Dubai is seeing a boom in hedge funds setting up shop in the city, according to a report by Arabian Business. The report cites data from Dubai International Financial Center as confirming that the numbers of funds setting up shop is unprecedented.

Hedge funds have limited their exposure to healthcare equities, while opting for small-cap stocks in the last week, according to a report by Reuters, that cites a BofA Securities note about its clients flow trends.

Hedge funds and other money managers have only the equivalent of 3 million barrels in the six most important petroleum futures and options contracts in the week up to Nov 21, according to a report by Reuters.

A recent survey by Broadridge Financial Solutions and the Money Management Institute found that 82 percent of wealth managers are already using non-liquid alternatives and 73 percent are using semi-liquid alternatives. But while investment firms dedicated to alts make progress, most other asset managers aren’t catering to those needs. Less than 50 percent of investment […]

BNP Paribas’ Securities Services business has signed an exclusive agreement to integrate HSBC’s hedge fund administration business.The strategic move aims to strengthen BNP Paribas’ position as an asset servicer for liquid alternatives and hedge fund managers.

Hedge fund crowding has hit its highest on record, as asset managers have upped their bets on the “Magnificent 7” tech stocks that have juiced up portfolio returns this year, Goldman Sachs said in a report on Tuesday. Megacap growth and technology stocks accounted for 13% of the aggregate hedge fund long portfolio, twice their […]

Wie die Stars der Finanzbranche anlegen, ist meist unbekannt. Nur viermal im Jahr müssen sie ihre Depots veröffentlichen. So haben sich die Profis positioniert.

Hedge fund Qube Research & Technologies has made a 672 million pound ($835.43 million) bet against the shares of HSBC (HSBA.L), a regulatory filing showed. The hedge fund, spun out from Credit Suisse, has taken a short position in HSBC shares worth 0.57% of the lender’s market capitalisation, the filing with Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority […]

Obwohl es keine öffentlich verfügbaren Echtzeitdaten gibt, die uns genau sagen, wann Short-Positionen eingedeckt beziehungsweise verringert werden, kann man versuchen, die Verbreitung von Short-Eindeckungen während einer Rallye zu erkennen, berichtet die Bespoke Investment Group.

„Makro-Hedgefonds erzielten im volatilen Oktober Gewinne, da die Volatilität aufgrund eines Anstiegs der geopolitischen und Zinsrisiken in die Höhe schoss, während Aktien und Anleihen die gleichen gefährlichen, korrelierten Rückgänge wie im Vormonat verzeichneten“, berichtet HFR-Präsident Kenneth J. Heinz aus dem aktuellen HFR-Report.