14 Aug 2026
Hedge funds rebuild yen shorts as intervention creates fresh opportunities
Japanese authorities may be trying to prop up the yen, but for currency traders the resulting rallies are creating opportunities to rebuild…
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Hedge fund inflows reach 12-month high despite market volatility, SS&C data shows
Hedge fund investor flows climbed to their highest level in 12 months in August, with net subscriptions continuing to rise despite…
Ackman plans Pershing Square venture fund targeting pre-IPO companies
Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square is preparing to launch a new investment vehicle designed to give investors access to privately held companies…
Ackman reshapes Pershing Square portfolio with six new stock bets
Bill Ackman has made his biggest portfolio overhaul in years, adding six companies to Pershing Square’s holdings as the billionaire…
L1 Group backs former analyst to launch new long-short hedge fund
Australian investment firm L1 Group is backing former L1 Capital analyst Andrew Lin as he prepares to take his hedge fund strategy to…
Northern Star pushes back on Elliott boardroom challenge
Northern Star Resources has rejected activist investor Elliott Investment Management’s proposal to install six new directors, arguing that…
Citadel tightens staff restrictions with non-competes of up to two years
Ken Griffin’s Citadel is imposing non-compete periods of up to two years on some investment professionals, including analysts, as the…
Cevian urges UK companies to raise board pay to strengthen governance and growt
Activist investor Cevian Capital is calling for a substantial increase in remuneration for non-executive directors at UK-listed companies,…
Brevan Howard hires Goldman Sachs VP as emerging-markets macro portfolio manager
Brevan Howard has hired Goldman Sachs vice president Carlos Licon as a portfolio manager in New York, adding an emerging-markets macro…
13 Aug 2026
Peltz assembles investor group for potential Wendy’s take-private bid
Nelson Peltz’s activist investment firm Trian Fund Management is putting together a consortium of investors to pursue a potential…
OptionMetrics brings historical and intraday options data to Snowflake
OptionMetrics has made its suite of historical and intraday options data and analytics available through Snowflake’s private cloud…
Optical stocks surge again as hedge funds revive AI momentum trade
Optical component stocks are once again emerging as a favoured momentum trade as investors regain confidence in the scale of artificial…
Hong Kong rules out prop trading firms from planned fund tax breaks
Hong Kong’s proposed tax concessions for performance fees and carried interest will not be available to proprietary trading firms, putting…
Hedge funds shift from AI infrastructure to monetisation plays, says Hazeltree
Global hedge funds increasingly rotated within the artificial intelligence trade during July, reducing exposure to some of the sector’s…
Elliott escalates Northern Star campaign with six board nominees
Activist hedge fund Elliott Investment Management has stepped up pressure on Australian gold producer Northern Star Resources, putting…
