11 Sep 2025
Altai Capital preps for proxy fight at OraSure Technologies
Altai Capital Management is preparing for a potential boardroom battle at OraSure Technologies after increasing its stake in the…
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Hedge funds boost yen option bets on BOJ rate-hike signals
Hedge funds are ramping up bullish wagers on the Japanese yen through options trades after Bank of Japan officials signalled they remain…
Point72 taps ex-WorldQuant CIO to lead Cubist
Steve Cohen’s Point72 Asset Management has appointed Geoffrey Lauprete, former Chief Investment Officer of WorldQuant, as head of its…
10 Sep 2025
SimCorp partners with Axyon AI to deliver predictive AI analytics to PMs
Financial technology specialist SimCorp – a subsidiary of Deutsche Börse Group – has formed a strategic partnership with Axyon AI, a…
VistaShares debuts ETF tracking Pershing Square bets
VistaShares has launched a new exchange-traded fund designed to mirror the equity positions of Pershing Square Capital Management founder…
Hedge funds profit from EchoStar spectrum sale
Hedge funds including Silver Point Capital, Redwood Capital Management, and Monarch Alternative Capital, are in line for potentially…
Hedge funds maintain momentum with August gains
Hedge funds delivered another month of positive returns in August, lifted by surging equity markets in the US and Asia and strong…
Activist Elliott takes stake in Kansai Electric
Activist hedge fund Elliott Investment Management has acquired a 4-5% stake in Japanese regional utility Kansai Electric Power Co, and is…
Arini tightens grip on Europe’s distressed debt market
Hamza Lemssouguer’s Arini Capital Management has quickly become a dominant force in Europe’s distressed and high-yield credit markets,…
Welwing adds Morgan Stanley exec to Dubai team
Hong Kong-based hedge fund Welwing Capital Group has hired Rikhil Agarwal, a rates trader from Morgan Stanley Singapore, to join its…
Blackstone seeds new credit hedge fund Covara with $250m
Blackstone, the world’s largest hedge fund investor, has committed $250m to Covara Capital, a newly launched opportunistic long-short…
Ex-King Street Partner preps for launch of new $1bn hedge fund
Former King Street Capital partner Paul Goldschmid is preparing to roll out one of 2025’s largest hedge fund launches, with his new…
09 Sep 2025
Digital assets funds see $352m in outflows
Digital asset investment products shed $352m last week, with trading volumes down 27%, though YTD inflows remain strong at $35.2bn, as weak…
Ex-Millennium high-yield trader to depart JPMorgan
JPMorgan is set to part ways with Sean George, the high-yield trader it hired from Millennium Management in 2023. Details surrounding his…
Short sellers ramp up pressure on new Kering CFEO
Hedge funds have ramped up short bets against Kering to their highest levels in more than a decade, adding to the challenges facing…
