Liquid Alternatives / Trends
Trian sells £25m in Unilever shares amid ongoing activist campaign
Activist hedge fund Trian Partners, led by billionaire investor Nelson Peltz, has sold £25.6m worth of Unilever shares as part of a “portfolio management” move, while maintaining a significant stake in the consumer goods giant, according to a report by the Financial Times.
Discovery Capital makes big bet on AMC
Discovery Capital Management, the macro hedge fund led by Tiger Cub Robert Citrone, has made a bold move into the media and entertainment space by acquiring a significant equity stake in AMC Entertainment, according to a report by Institutional investor.
Bitcoin: Rekord folgt auf Rekord – Lohnt sich jetzt noch der Einstieg?
Wer vor zehn Jahren in Bitcoin investierte, hat eine Rendite von 43.000 Prozent erzielt. Einige Experten sehen auch in Zukunft Potenzial. Was für und gegen ein Investment spricht.
Berliner Zahnärzte – Millionenverlust durch Versicherungspleite
An diesem Samstag versammeln sich die Vertreter des Versorgungswerks der Zahnärztekammer Berlin. Gesprächsstoff gibt es genug. So soll allein die Insolvenz von Element Insurance 60 Millionen Euro kosten.
Artemis launches market neutral long-short fund
Artemis has launched the Artemis Atlas Fund, which will be managed by former hedge fund equity analyst Ambrose Faulks, marking a first step into the market neutral, long-short equity space for the UK-based active investment manager.
Man Group deploys agentic AI for quant signal discovery
Man Group’s quant arm, Man Numeric, has begun using a new agentic AI system capable of autonomously generating, coding, and backtesting trading strategies — a significant step in automating the quantitative research pipeline at the world’s largest listed hedge fund, according to a report by Bloomberg.
AQR outpaces trend-following peers with double-digit H1 gains
AQR Capital Management, the $142bn quantitative hedge fund led by Cliff Asness, delivered standout returns across its trend-following and multi-strategy platforms in the first half of 2025 — sharply outperforming major industry benchmarks, according to a report by MarketWatch.
What the World Is Asking ChatGPT in 2025
In under two years, ChatGPT has gained 500 million monthly active users (MAUs). Software development queries are the top prompt category, with a 29% share, although it has fallen from 44% in April 2024. History and society is the second-most popular category, at 15% of prompts, up from 13% in April 2024.
FSB urges global regulators to rein in hedge fund leverage
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has called for global regulators to consider placing direct limits on hedge fund leverage and size, as part of sweeping recommendations aimed at strengthening oversight of the fast-growing non-bank financial sector, according to a report by Reuters.
Auswertung: Letzter Platz – nur jeder vierte Milliardär in Deutschland ist selfmade
Während in China 97 Prozent der UHNWI ihr Vermögen selbst aufbauten, dominiert in Deutschland das Erbe. Selfmade-Milliardäre wie Reinhold Würth oder SAP-Gründer Hasso Plattner sind vergleichsweise selten. Ein Überblick über die globale Milliardärslandschaft.
Hedge funds log best monthly gains since 2023, says HFR
Hedge funds delivered their strongest monthly performance in more than a year in June, driven by sharp gains in equity hedge and event-driven strategies, according to the latest data released by hedge fund research and analysis specialist HFR.
Finanzierungsrunden bei PropTechs dauern länger
Die auf Innovation im Bau- und Immobiliensektor spezialisierte blackprintpartners GmbH (blackprint) mit Sitz in Frankfurt am Main hat gemeinsam mit dem Institut für Immobilienwirtschaft und -management der Technischen Hochschule Aschaffenburg die „PropTech Germany Studie 2025“ veröffentlicht. Die seit 2020 jährlich erscheinende Untersuchung gilt inzwischen als Benchmark für die Entwicklungseinschätzungen des Tech-Sektors der Bau- und Immobilienwirtschaft. […]
PropTech Germany Studie 2025
Hürden nehmen weiter zu – erfolgreiche PropTechs setzen auf Zugang, Netzwerk, Positionierung.
Fermat sees $1.7bn in inflows following GAM split
Fermat Capital Management has secured $1.7bn in new inflows to two of its catastrophe bond-focused funds since early April, rebounding quickly after parting ways with GAM Holding AG, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Affluent investors eye hedge funds as alt allocations double, says HSBC survey
Affluent investors globally are significantly ramping up their exposure to alternative investments – with hedge funds increasingly in demand – and the trend looks set to continue, according to the findings of HSBC’s 2025 Affluent Investor Snapshot.
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