29 Aug 2025
Activist Parvus makes Jersey move
Activist hedge fund Parvus Asset Management, which manages about $11bn and counts Chris Hohn’s TCI Fund Management among its minority…
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Elliott builds stake in Rexford Industrial
Elliott Investment Management has taken a significant active stake in Rexford Industrial Realty, making the hedge fund one of the top five…
Point72 taps JPMorgan exec to lead Japan expansion
Point72 Asset Management has hired Shinji Ogawa, a senior equities executive from JPMorgan, as its new Head of Japan amid intensifying…
ValueWorks ups Orsted bet after Trump pulls plug on wind farm project
New York-based hedge fund ValueWorks has significantly increased its stake in Danish offshore wind developer Orsted A/S, seizing on this…
Hedge fund allocators pivot from US to Europe
Hedge funds in Europe are seeing renewed investor demand as allocators shift exposure away from the US amid heightened policy uncertainty…
28 Aug 2025
Walleye Capital adds two PMs to lead new financial sector equities strategy
New York-based hedge fund firm Walleye Capital has appointed Portfolio Managers Jared Baker and Conor McDonnell to lead a new financial…
Activist Plantro pressures Calian to consider sale
Activist investor Plantro Ltd has called on Canadian tech and services group Calian to consider a sale of all or part of its business,…
The tipping point: Are prime services ripe for a strategic reset?
The hedge fund industry faces a strategic paradox: operational diversification that delivers resilience but creates inefficiency. This…
ExodusPoint hires Point72’s Head of Generative AI
ExodusPoint Capital has appointed Sridhar Nimmagadda as its new Head of AI Transformation, marking another high-profile move in the hedge…
Gold Reserve mounts challenge to Elliott-backed bid in Citgo parent auction
Gold Reserve has filed a motion to disqualify a rival offer from Elliott Investment Management affiliate Amber Energy in the high-profile…
Quant hedge fund Numerai secures $500m JPMorgan allocation
Numerai, the San Francisco-based quantitative hedge fund backed by Paul Tudor Jones, has secured up to $500m from JPMorgan Asset Management…
Hedge funds up China stock buying to six month high
Global hedge funds are increasing exposure to Chinese equities, with August set to record the strongest monthly inflows since February,…
27 Aug 2025
Hedge funds ramp up VIX shorts to highest level since 2022
Hedge funds are betting heavily that calm will persist in US equities, with short positions in Cboe Volatility Index (VIX) futures climbing…
US appeals court orders SEC to reassess short-selling transparency rules
A US appeals court has ordered the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to conduct a fresh cost-benefit analysis of its short-selling…
Turkey to lift short-selling ban
Turkey is preparing to let its five-month ban on short-selling stocks expire on 29 August, a move expected to boost trading activity and…
