Liquid Alternatives News

Peconic Partners, the New York-based hedge fund run by veteran investor Bill Harnisch, delivered a 79% return in 2025 despite maintaining a cautious macro outlook and low net exposure throughout the year, according to a report by Bloomberg. To a report by hedgeweek. 15.12.2025

Dubai’s status as a global hedge fund hub continues to strengthen, with the number of hedge funds operating in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) exceeding 100 for the first time, according to a report by Bloomberg. 15.12.2025

Millennium Management has committed more than $3bn of capital to two external hedge fund managers, continuing the $84bn AUM firm’s strategy of backing specialist teams as part of its multi-manager platform, according to a report by Bloomberg. 15.12.2025

Ilex Capital Partners, the equity long-short multi-manager launched in London by former Citadel traders Jonas Diedrich and Dave Sutton, has grown to around $7bn in assets following a fresh capital raise and continued performance gains, according to a report by Bloomberg. 12.12.2025

Hedge fund performance and inflows strengthened into year-end, according to the latest SS&C GlobeOp indices, with the firm reporting a 1.22% gross return for November and continued positive capital movements in December. To a report by hedgeweek. 12.12.2025

A growing number of hedge funds – including Elliott Investment Management, Man Group and an AQR Capital Management affiliate – are returning to appraisal arbitrage, a strategy that challenges M&A deal prices in Delaware’s Chancery Court in pursuit of higher valuations, according to a report by Bloomberg. 12.12.2025

Warner Bro shares climbed sharply this week as event-driven hedge funds ramped up positions in anticipation of a bidding war between Paramount and Netflix, with merger arbitrage managers suggesting that at least one bidder is likely to raise its offer, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. 11.12.2025

Activist fund Ananym Capital – co-founded last year by veteran campaigners Charlie Penner and Alex Silver – has built a significant stake in Siemens Energy and is pressing the German group to separate its loss-making wind business, according to a report by the Financial Times. 10.12.2025

Geopolitics, policy uncertainty and diverging rate cycles are setting up a strong environment for macro and volatility-oriented hedge funds next year, according to a Bloomberg report citing senior leaders from Man Group, Brevan Howard and the Abu Dhabi Investment Council. To a report by hedgeweek. 10.12.2025

Abu Dhabi is preparing a $16bn expansion of its financial free zone, Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), as global hedge funds continue to scale up in the emirate and office space hits capacity, according to a report by Bloomberg. To a report by hedgeweek. 09.12.2025

A London judge has ordered Evolution Capital Management to pay former hedge-fund trader Robert Gagliardi a $5.4m bonus after ruling the firm wrongfully withheld his payout during a US block-trading investigation that ultimately brought no charges, according to a report by Bloomberg. 09.12.2025

Man Group is set to expand its Middle East footprint with plans to open an office in Abu Dhabi, joining a wave of global hedge fund managers building out operations in the UAE’s fast-growing financial centres, according to a report by Bloomberg. 08.12.2025

Institutional digital assets manager CV5 Capital has teamed with Arkangel Wealth Management to launch Arkangel Fund SP, a new digital assets hedge fund that employs a systematic, market-neutral quantitative investment strategy. To a remote by hedgeweek. 08.12.2025

Two Sigma Investments has launched three new hedge funds this year and brought in more than $1.1bn in fresh capital, as investors remain largely unfazed by ongoing internal tensions between its billionaire founders, according to a report by Bloomberg. Assets under management have reportedly risen to a record level of more than $70bn, up from […]