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TOP STORY: The University of Virginia’s investment portfolio benefited from an early investment in AI-focused hedge fund Situational Awareness, helping the university’s long-term investments deliver a record 27% return in the year to the end of June, according to a report by Bloomberg citing unnamed people familiar with the matter.
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Renewed fighting between the US and Iran is sending another shock through global markets, with rising oil prices and a sharp increase in government bond yields threatening to complicate the outlook for hedge funds and other risk-focused investors, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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US regulators have postponed the implementation of expanded hedge fund reporting requirements for a fourth time, giving private fund managers more time before they must comply with additional Form PF disclosures, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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US equity futures edged lower and Treasury yields were broadly steady on Friday as investors held back from making major moves ahead of Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh’s closely watched speech at the Jackson Hole symposium, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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As market volatility widens the appeal of tail-risk hedging beyond pension funds and endowments, Berouz Fatemi explains how systematic strategies are bringing down the cost of protection.
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Saba Capital has stepped up its campaign against Gore Street Energy Storage Fund, calling on shareholders to support proposals to wind up the £244m investment trust and demanding greater transparency around the recent sale of two Irish battery storage assets.
Insight
Commodity markets are being driven by an increasingly diverse set of structural and short-term forces, putting a premium on strategies that combine systematic models with fundamental and on-the-ground research.
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US Treasuries rallied as a sharp decline in oil prices helped ease inflation fears, giving Treasury secretary Scott Bessent some relief after months of rising long-term borrowing costs, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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Hedge funds reduced their exposure to global equities at the fastest rate in two months last week, with investors selling existing long positions more aggressively than they established new short bets, according to a report by Investing.com citing data from Goldman Sachs’ Prime Services business.
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Hedge funds are stepping up bearish positions against the US dollar as investors assess Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s plans to contain elevated US borrowing costs and manage the government’s debt profile, according to a report by Bloomberg.
