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In Alternative Views Hedgeweek®,goes behind closed doors with those in the know to get the latest on hedge funds. Today, we speak to Aline Carnizelo, CEO of Frontier Commodities. A $1bn + long/short commodity shop just two years after inception.Â
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TOP STORY: Quantitative hedge funds suffered their sharpest daily decline in more than two years ton Wednesday as violent market rotations battered momentum strategies, adding to pressure on systematic managers following last month’s technology sell-off, according to a report by the Financial Times.
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Rokos Capital Management and Brevan Howard Asset Management were among a group of prominent hedge funds to suffer losses in July as sharp swings in artificial intelligence stocks disrupted strategies across the industry, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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Ahead of the Hedgeweek US Summit in New York on 8 October, George Evans of Aksia, Jackie Rosner of PAAMCO Prisma and Paul Zummo of J.P. Morgan Alternative Asset Management joined Hedgeweek for a pre-event Coffee Chat on manager selection, due diligence and portfolio construction.
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Hedge funds suffered their first monthly loss since the start of the second quarter in July, with weakness in equity and fixed-income arbitrage strategies dragging the industry’s weighted average return down 0.8%, according to Citco’s latest monthly hedge fund update.
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A prolonged selloff in US Treasuries is creating a potential opportunity for hedge funds and other relative-value traders to exploit pricing discrepancies between Treasury futures and the underlying bonds, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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Jane Street suffered a roughly $15bn setback in July as the sharp reversal in artificial intelligence stocks hit the trading firm’s exposure to hedge fund Situational Awareness and other technology positions, according to a report by Reuters.
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Bill Ackman has made his biggest portfolio overhaul in years, adding six companies to Pershing Square’s holdings as the billionaire investor broadens his exposure to businesses he expects to deliver strong earnings growth, according to a report by Reuters.
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For the release of our infrastructure report, Hedgeweek sat down with Aani Nerlakar, Managing Director, SS&C to discuss the operational infrastructure that is required for funds to be successful in this environment. The discussion highlights, the importance of infrastructure pre-launch, meeting allocator due diligence requirements and the operational complexities of SMAs.
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Global hedge funds increasingly rotated within the artificial intelligence trade during July, reducing exposure to some of the sector’s most crowded names while favouring companies showing clearer evidence that heavy AI investment is translating into revenue and earnings growth.
