Activist hedge fund Blackwells Capital is seeking support for three board director nominees at Walt Disney, saying in a preliminary proxy filing that all three have skills and experience that would help the business, according to a report by Reuters.
The China operations of US hedge funds Bridgewater Associates and Two Sigma Investments saw a big surge in assets last year as they weathered market turbulence to outperform their local rivals, according to a report by the Financial Times.
The world’s 20 most successful hedge fund firms generated their biggest profits on record last year on the back of a stock market surge, making a combined $67bn for investors, according to a report by Reuters citing data from LCH
Global hedge funds recorded an average gain of 2.14% last December according to the gross return of the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index for the month, while hedge fund flows as measured by the SS&C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index
Hedge funds continued their run of positive performance last December, notching up an overall weighted return of 2% for the month according to new data from Citco, the global alternative investment asset servicer with over $1.8tn in AUM.
Two of the main funds at Caxton Associates, one of the oldest and best-known global macro hedge fund managers, lost money last year as 2023 proved to be a turbulent year for bond markets, according to a report by the
Light Street Capital, a California-based alternative investment firm focused on equity investments in the technology and media sectors, posted a 46% gain for its Mercury hedge fund in 2023, according to a report by Reuters.
Bobby Jain’s new multi-manager hedge fund firm Jain Global may come up short in its bid to be crowned the industry’s largest ever launch, with the fund struggling to reach its original $8bn to $10bn fundraising target, according to a
Gains from a series of winning bets on catastrophe bonds helped hedge fund Fermat Capital Management, one of the world’s largest investors in insurance-linked securities, record its best annual performance since the firm launched over 20 years ago, according to
Sandbar Asset Management, the investment firm founded by former Millennium Management trader Michael Cowley, has shut down its hedge fund after struggling to grow assets, according to a report by Bloomberg.
