Pascal Guttieres, a former UBS Group banker, is launching a new Hong Kong-based hedge fund, Viridian Asset Management, that will bet on a revival in Asia stock sales after volumes last year fell to the lowest seen in a decade,
Hedge funds achieved double-digit returns in 2023, led by equity strategies with a weighted average return of 21.91%, according to research from asset servicer Citco, which has over $1.8tn in assets under administration.
The Court of Appeal has granted Argentina permission to appeal a lawsuit brought by four hedge funds – Palladian Partners, HBK Master Fund, Hirsh Group and Virtual Emerald International, which left the country facing a potential €1.56bn bill, according to
Two Sigma Investments recorded mixed returns across its family of hedge funds last year, with the firm’s macro Compass Enhanced fund falling 16% while its Absolute Return fund, which trades across several strategies, gained 12%, according to a report by
Former Goldman Sachs Group Managing Director Jamie Goodman has secured backing from Millennium Management for his upcoming Asia hedge fund firm, with Izzy Englander’s $61m multi-strategy firm committing $500m to the new fund, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Record losses last year incurred on the back of bullish bets on oil have prompted Pierre Andurand to reduce the risk in his Commodities Discretionary Enhanced hedge fund investment portfolio, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Gains on activist investments helped cancel out losses on cryptocurrency wagers and generate an 18.2% annual return for Canadian hedge fund manager Anson Funds Management’s main strategy last year, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Digital asset investment products saw significant outflows from a global perspective last week, totalling some $500m, despite strong ETF inflows, according to the latest Digital Asset Funds Flow Weekly Report from CoinShares.
Hedge funds upped their acquisitions of Chinese stocks to the fastest pace seen in over five years during a three-day period last week, according to a report by Reuters which cites a client note from Goldman Sachs.
A cryptocurrency hedge fund run by Parataxis Capital Management recorded a bumper 341% return last year, net of fees, on the back of winning bets on both bitcoin and solana, according to a report by Bloomberg.
