12 Feb 2024
Hedge funds flip from bearish to bullish on US dollar bet
Hedge funds’ bets have switched from bearish to bullish after the US economy’s unexpected job surge in the first six weeks of 2024 boosted…
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New SEC regulation requires hedge funds to disclose strategies
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have jointly approved new regulations which…
09 Feb 2024
Quant hedge funds affected by China’s economic woes
Quantitative hedge funds may have outperformed the human traders at rival funds over the past three years, but even algorithm-driven…
Hudson Bay Capital Management chooses SS&C for fund admin
Hudson Bay Capital Management (Hudson Bay), a global multi-strategy investment firm headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut, with $20bn in…
Muddy Waters shorts Fairfax following alleged asset manipulation
Short seller Muddy Waters Capital has placed bets against the shares of Canadian insurance company Fairfax Financial Holdings after…
Brevan Howard Rates Trader joins Goldman Sachs
Antonio Belgioioso has joined Goldman Sachs as a Rates Trader, having spent the past four years in a Macro Rates Portfolio Manager role at…
CCData and BMLL Technologies partner on digital asset data access
CCData, an FCA-authorised benchmark administrator and provider of digital asset data solutions and settlement indices, has partnered with…
Fixed income strategies lead early 2024 hedge fund gains
Hedge funds continued their end-of-year momentum into the first month of 2024 amid escalating geopolitical tensions, with fixed…
Pershing Square Capital Management exits Lowe's to free up capital
Pershing Square Capital Management's Bill Ackman exited his position in US home improvement retailer Lowe's, after it generated a net…
Bloomberg launches first fully automated basis trade and reporting workflow
Bloomberg has launched a fully automated electronic workflow for the trading and reporting of EUR Interest Rate Swap (IRS) v Bond Future…
Man Group CIO stands firm on ESG returns
Rob Furdak, Man Group's CIO overseeing ESG assets, believes screening for environmental, social and governance risks is not “just to try to…
08 Feb 2024
Hedgeweek announces winners of European Awards 2024
Hedgeweek has announced the winners of the European Awards 2024, which recognise excellence among fund managers and service providers in…
Coatue MD to start new hedge fund
Aaron Weiner, a Managing Director at Coatue Management, the $40bn hedge fund founded by Philippe Laffont, will leave the firm at the end of…
Ackman looking to widen investor base with new 'cut-price' fund
Pershing Square Founder Bill Ackman is set to launch a new US investment portfolio that will offer retail investors access to an investment…
07 Feb 2024
LiquidityBook appoints trading technology veteran as President
LiquidityBook, a provider of cloud-native buy- and sell-side trading solutions to hedge funds and other sophisticated clients, has…
