05 Feb 2025
Hedge fund investors find appetite for alternative trades amid market volatility, says Barclays survey
Hedge fund investors are increasingly shifting away from traditional strategies that rely on broader market movements for returns towards…
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Quest Partners rebrands as AlphaQuest, forms strategic advisory board
Quest Partners, a $2.2bn alternative asset manager, has rebranded as AlphaQuest as the company expands beyond its managed futures focus to…
Bridgewater’s flagship fund up 8.2% in January amid market volatility
Bridgewater Associates' flagship macro fund, Pure Alpha, achieved an 8.2% gain in January, navigating a volatile month marked by a sell-off…
Promeritum calls time on EM distressed debt trade
Promeritum Investment Management, a hedge fund that has reaped over 30% returns from distressed emerging market (EM) dollar bonds, is…
04 Feb 2025
Walleye and Balyasny lead January hedge fund gains
Despite a turbulent start to the year marked by geopolitical uncertainty and market volatility, major hedge funds posted positive returns…
Activist Starboard wants Becton Dickinson to spin off $33bn life sciences unit
Activist hedge fund Starboard Value has taken a stake in Becton Dickinson (BD) and is pushing the $72bn medical technology company to sell…
Pershing Square boss Ackman to relocate management company from Delaware
Bill Ackman, the founder of hedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management, is to relocate his management company from Delaware to Nevada…
Northern Trust AAM expands global quant investment strategies team
Northern Trust Asset Management (NTAM), a global investment management firm with $1.3tn in assets under management as of 31 December, 2024,…
Greenlight Capital posts strong January gains
David Einhorn’s Greenlight Capital started 2025 on a strong note, delivering a 4% gain in January, a return that saw the form outpace both…
ExtractAlpha acquires ESG Analytics, appoints Head of ExtractAlpha Labs
ExtractAlpha, a provider of alternative data and analytics solutions to hedge funds and other asset managers, has acquired ESG Analytics, a…
Saba suffers further setbacks in UK Investment Trust campaign
Saba Capital has suffered further blows in its ongoing effort to shake up Britain’s £269bn investment trust sector, as shareholders in two…
Hedge funds cut US equity exposure ahead of Trump tariffs
Hedge funds aggressively sold off US equities for a fifth consecutive week last week, anticipating market turbulence ahead of President…
03 Feb 2025
Hedge fund trader's prison sentence cut in Cum-Ex tax fraud case
Guenther Klar, a former trader at Solo Capital Management who was convicted for his role in the massive Cum-Ex trading scandal, which…
UK Investment Trust sector set for more votes in activist Saba's campaign
US activist investor Saba Capital Management may have lost the first battle in it bid to overhaul Britain’s £269bn ($333bn) investment…
JPMorgan's top trading executive joins hedge fund Rokos
Jason Sippel, co-Head of Global Markets at JPMorgan Chase, is set to leave the US bank after more than 20 years to take on a high-profile…
