08 Sep 2026
Toscafund-backed consortium agrees £1bn Spire healthcare takeover
Toscafund Asset Management is set to take private UK hospital operator Spire Healthcare as part of a consortium deal valuing the listed…
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07 Sep 2026
Citadel explores acquisition of US shale production assets
Citadel is exploring opportunities to acquire US oil production assets, signalling a potential further expansion by the hedge fund and…
Point72 plans to double Japan workforce and capital allocation
Point72 Asset Management plans to roughly double the size of its Japan operation to around 100 employees while increasing the amount of…
Dutch pension fund nearly doubles hedge fund allocation to 21%
Stichting Pensioenfonds Mars has almost doubled its allocation to hedge funds as the €1.5bn Dutch pension scheme reshaped its portfolio to…
Hedge funds raise bullish oil exposure as Iran conflict threatens Hormuz flows
Hedge funds have lifted their bullish positioning in Brent crude to its highest level since May as renewed fighting between the US and Iran…
Kirkoswald to launch new emerging markets credit hedge fund
Greg Coffey’s Kirkoswald Asset Management is preparing to launch a new hedge fund focused on emerging markets credit, as strong investor…
Jump Trading expands Hong Kong footprint
Jump Trading is expanding its presence in Hong Kong as rising trading volumes and a strong pipeline of equity capital markets activity…
Third Point set to lead Nscale’s $1.5bn pre-IPO convertible funding
Hedge fund Third Point is set to play a leading role in a planned $3.5bn pre-IPO fundraising by AI cloud infrastructure provider Nscale, as…
GQG’s Adani Energy sale disrupts hedge funds’ MSCI rebalancing trade
GQG Partners’ sale of a large block of Adani Energy Solutions shares during India’s closing auction disrupted a trade that hedge funds had…
04 Sep 2026
Hedge funds unwind yen shorts as carry trade comes under pressure
Hedge funds are unwinding bearish yen positions as expectations for further Bank of Japan tightening drive a sharp rally in the Japanese…
Hedge funds cut dollar exposure amid yen rally
Hedge funds and other investors have sharply reduced their bullish dollar positions as changing Federal Reserve rate expectations and a…
Tycho Capital opens first US office
Alternative investment specialist Tycho Capital has opened its first US office in West Palm Beach, Florida, as the research-led firm…
Citadel, Millennium and peers post muted August returns
Multi-strategy hedge funds delivered generally subdued returns in August, with several of the industry's largest managers posting flat or…
Quant Goku Technologies selects SS&C for fund admin
Singapore-based quantitative investment manager Goku Technologies has selected SS&C Technologies to provide fund administration…
Citadel’s star natural gas trader to step down
Citadel natural gas trader Chris Foster is stepping down from his trading role at Ken Griffin’s hedge fund after almost two decades, as…
