09 Jul 2026
Verition parts company with quant portfolio manager
Multi-strategy hedge fund Verition has parted ways with London-based quantitative portfolio manager Damien Couture, little more than three…
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Seer Capital lines up $300m insurance-backed financing facility for SRT investments
Hedge fund Seer Capital Management is working with Cantor Fitzgerald and insurance broker Lockton on a proposed $300m insurance-backed…
RQI Investors launches UK UCITS vehicle for flagship Global Value strategy
Quantitative equities manager RQI Investors has expanded its UK fund range with the launch of the RQI Global Fund, a UK UCITS OEIC…
Japan's ruling party weighs tougher enforcement of activist investor disclosure rules
Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is preparing proposals to strengthen enforcement of shareholder disclosure requirements for…
BNP Paribas appoints former Jain Global PM to lead Americas FICC trading
BNP Paribas has named former Jain Global portfolio manager Kavi Gupta as head of fixed income, currencies and commodities (FICC) trading…
Brevan Howard hires Citi index flow trading head as senior portfolio manager
Brevan Howard has strengthened its investment team with the appointment of Marouen Ben Othman, the former head of index flow trading at…
Bank of England warns AI could become a growing source of financial system risk
The Bank of England has warned that the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence is creating new risks for financial stability,…
Hedge funds drive return to US equity buying, says BofA
Bank of America's clients returned to net buying of US equities during the week ended 3 July, bringing an end to a five-week run of net…
Bloomberg enhances fixed income trading analytics with new pre-trade TCA model
Bloomberg has expanded its fixed income trading analytics offering with the launch of a new pre-trade transaction cost analysis (TCA) model…
Cayman retains lead as preferred domicile for emerging hedge funds, AIMA survey finds
The Cayman Islands remains the dominant domicile for emerging hedge funds, with more than half of managers choosing the jurisdiction for…
Horizon Trading Solutions Adds Kalshi Connectivity to Support Institutional Market Making
Horizon Trading Solutions has expanded its electronic trading platform to support market making on Kalshi, the CFTC-regulated prediction…
08 Jul 2026
Why local knowledge remains the key to investing across Asia
Michel Lowy, CEO and Global Co-PM of SC Lowy, a specialist Asian credit investor, discusses understanding the region at a local level when…
Hedge funds post strongest first-half returns since 2021 despite March volatility
Global hedge funds delivered their strongest first-half performance in five years, overcoming a sharp market selloff in March to generate…
Regulatory complexity creates fresh opportunities for merger arbitrage hedge funds
A resurgence in US dealmaking and increasingly complex regulatory reviews are creating lucrative opportunities for merger arbitrage hedge…
Bridgewater hires Brevan Howard commodities strategist Kobi Platt
Bridgewater Associates has hired Kobi Platt as a commodities specialist in its New York office, adding a veteran oil markets investor from…
