Liquid Alternatives / Trends
Hedge funds embrace high-stakes binary trades amid market uncertainty
As global markets face volatility driven by elections, central-bank policy shifts, and geopolitical tensions, hedge funds are increasingly investing in binary options — a high-risk, all-or-nothing strategy offering pre-determined payouts for accurate bets, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Warum Bitcoin zukünftig nach neuen Regeln spielt
Warum es zukünftig wie schon bei Gold auch ein neues „Bitcoin-Playbook“ braucht und wie dieses aussieht, erläutern Ronald-Peter Stöferle und Mark J. Valek.
„An Hedgefonds im Portfolio führt auch künftig kein Weg vorbei“
Seit einem guten Jahr ist Marcel Lähn Investmentchef von Feri. Welche Rolle Hedgefonds für ihn spielen, wie er zu China steht und warum wir in eine neue Ära wachsender Unsicherheit steuern.
Two Sigma veterans launch $25m crypto fund
Metalayer, a firm founded by veterans of Two Sigma Ventures – the VC arm of quantitative hedge fund firm Two Sigma, has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to launch a $25m cryptocurrency investment fund, according to a report by Fortune.
Balyasny’s AI outperforms OpenAI in financial applications
Balyasny Asset Management, the multi-strategy hedge fund firms founded by Dimitri Balyasnay, is making waves in the artificial intelligence space with its in-house tools tailored for financial services, according to a report by eFinancial Careers.
Digital assets funds see record weekly inflows of $31.13bn
Digital asset investment products saw the largest weekly inflows on record last week, totalling $3.13bn, bringing total year-to-date inflows to a record $37bn, according to the latest Digital Assets Fund Flows Weekly Report from CoinShares.
Ocean Leonid to shut down London operation
Ocean Leonid Investments, a hedge fund reportedly linked to Iranian oil trader Hossein Shamkhani, has informed staff in its Curzon Street office in London’s Mayfair that the firm is preparing to liquidate its operations in the UK, according to a report by Reuters.
Pantera Capital’s bitcoin fund surpasses 1,000x return
Pantera Capital Management’s Bitcoin Fund, one of the earliest crypto-focused investment vehicles, has achieved a staggering milestone: a 1,000-fold return on its original investments since its launch in July 2013, according to research by CoinDesk.
Hedge fund RTW under SEC investigation over Masimo proxy battle
RTW Investments, a $6.5bn hedge fund focused on investment in the life sciences sector, is under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for its role in a contentious proxy fight involving medical technology company Masimo Corp, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Megia’s Taula Capital reopens to raise additional $1bn
Diego Megia, a former senior money manager at Millennium Management, is set to expand his hedge fund, Taula Capital Management, by raising an additional $1bn following the firm’s $5bn launch earlier this year, one of the largest in hedge fund history, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Millennium allocates $1.8bn to two hedge fund teams
Millennium Management, one of the world’s largest multi-strategy hedge funds, is channelling approximately $1.8bn into two investment teams as part of a strategy to deploy capital both within and outside its organisation, according to a report by Bloomberg.
GreenTech-Startup Circly gewinnt PlanRadar Gründer als Investoren
Das 2021 in St. Pölten gegründete GreenTech-Startup Circly, das sich auf die Entwicklung und den Betrieb eines KI-gestützten Planungstools für Produktion und Handel spezialisiert hat, erhält von den PlanRadar Gründern Ibrahim Imam und Sander van de Rijdt ein sechsstelliges Investment in Form eines Wandeldarlehens. Gleichzeitig wird Sander van de Rijdt als neues Mitglied des Boards […]
Das sind die Top 11 der größten Pensionsfonds in Deutschland
34 Pensionsfonds werden von der Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (Bafin) überwacht. In unserer Bildergalerie zeigen wir die elf größten und wie sie sich entwickelt haben – neuer Spitzenreiter inklusive.
Hedge funds pull the plug on power and pile into materials
Global hedge funds accelerated their exit from US electric and water utility stocks last week, marking the fastest pace of sales in two months, while heavily investing in US materials stocks, according to a report by Reuters citing a recent note from the prime brokerage desk at Goldman Sachs.
War es das jetzt mit Gold?
Der Goldpreis hat eine Verschnaufpause eingelegt. „Offensichtlich hat so mancher Frevler den Zweck von Gold nicht verstanden“, urteilt Robert Halver in seiner aktuellen Kolumne. Schließlich gehe es nicht nur darum, Rendite zu erwirtschaften – Gold diene vor allem als Vollkaskoversicherung gegen allfällige Risiken des Finanzsystems.
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