13 Jan 2026
Citadel hires PhD talent scientist from McKinsey to lead hiring assessments
Hedge fund giant Citadel has appointed Keith McNulty, a former McKinsey director and PhD mathematician, to lead its talent assessment…
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Engaged Capital preps for proxy fight at BlackLine
Activist investor Engaged Capital is preparing to launch a proxy contest at financial software provider BlackLine, as it steps up pressure…
High-Flyer posts 57% gain as China’s quant hedge funds outperform
Zhejiang High-Flyer Asset Management, the quantitative hedge fund founded by DeepSeek creator Liang Wenfeng, delivered average returns of…
SimCorp launches short-horizon Axioma equity risk mode
SimCorp has launched a new global equity factor risk model designed to help hedge funds and active asset managers manage short-horizon…
Bridging the operational divide: When asset managers become loan agents
PARTNER CONTENT By Aani Nerlekar, Managing Director, Solutions Management, SS&C AdventThe credit markets remain a key strategic growth…
Squarepoint backs Japan-focused hedge fund launch with $200m anchor investment
Squarepoint Capital has provided a $200m anchor investment to a newly launched hedge fund – Hong Kong-based Invictus Investment Partners –…
Schonfeld seeds Indian hedge fund access platform Sarda Capital
Schonfeld Strategic Advisors has provided seed capital to a Sarda Capital, a London-based investment firm offering investors exposure to…
12 Jan 2026
Credit specialist Sona Asset Management adds $6.6bn
London-based credit specialist Sona Asset Management attracted approximately $6.6bn in additional assets in 2025, highlighting continued…
Unifi Asset Management breaks $1bn AUM mark with pension fund support
Unifi Asset Management, the hedge fund launched by former One William Street partner Omer Gundogdu, has surpassed $1bn in assets under…
D1 Capital up 39% on SpaceX valuation surge
D1 Capital Partners recorded a 39 per cent gain across its private investment portfolio last year, driven largely by its long-standing…
Broadridge’s Distributed Ledger Repo platform processes nearly $9tn in December
Global fintech Broadridge Financial Solutions' Distributed Ledger Repo (DLR) platform processed an average of $384bn in daily repo…
Viking Global trading chief to step down after 18 years
Viking Global’s long-serving head of trading, Stuart Brown, is stepping down from the $55bn asset manager, marking the latest senior…
Hedge funds ramp up bullish oil positions amid Venezuela and Iran unrest
Hedge funds have increased their bullish exposure to crude oil amid rising geopolitical risk that is feeding supply concerns, according to…
Commodity hedge fund Conductor Capital to wind down operations
Conductor Capital, a London-based commodity-focused hedge fund founded in 2022 by former EDF Trading executive Marcello Romano, is set to…
09 Jan 2026
Rokos Capital posts 21% gain as macro funds benefit from volatile markets
Chris Rokos’ macro hedge fund delivered another year of double-digit returns in 2025, gaining around 21% as volatility across equities,…
