22 Jan 2024
Balyasny adds two business development MDs
Balyasny Asset Management has appointed two new business development Managing Directors to its team in New York – David Matz and Daniel…
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US hedge funds beat local China rivals in 2023
The China operations of US hedge funds Bridgewater Associates and Two Sigma Investments saw a big surge in assets last year as they…
Blackwells seeks support for Disney board nominees
Activist hedge fund Blackwells Capital is seeking support for three board director nominees at Walt Disney, saying in a preliminary proxy…
Clear Street launches corporate access offering
Clear Street, a New York-based diversified financial services firm founded in 2018, has added a corporate access offering as part of its…
Top performing hedge funds see record returns in 2023
The world's 20 most successful hedge fund firms generated their biggest profits on record last year on the back of a stock market surge,…
19 Jan 2024
Trian formally nominates Peltz for Disney board seat
Activist hedge fund firm Trian Fund Management has formally nominated founder Nelson Peltz and former Disney executive Jay Rasulo for seats…
Hedge funds up 2.14% in December, says S&C GlobeOp
Global hedge funds recorded an average gain of 2.14% in December according to the gross return of the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund…
Point72 names new General Counsel
Point72 Asset Management, the systematic hedge fund firm founded by Steve Cohen, has started the year with a rejig of its legal team, with…
Jain makes quant appointment
Jain Global, former Millennium co-CIO Bobby Jain’s much anticipated hedge fund launch, may be struggling to hit its original fundraising…
Hedge funds up 2% in December, says Citco
Hedge funds continued their run of positive performance last December, notching up an overall weighted return of 2% for the month according…
Hintze preps for launch of new hedge fund firm following CQS sale
Lord Michael Hintze, who recently sold the majority of his credit-focused investment firm CQS to a unit of Manulife Financial Corporation…
Market rebound and regulatory breakthrough drives interest in Hedgeweek's US Digital Assets Summit
Pioneers within the digital asset industry will gather in New York this March at the Hedgeweek US Digital Assets Summit to discuss the…
Carmakers – old and new – among most shorted stocks in 2023
Electric vehicle pioneer, Tesla, and the granddaddy of mass-produced motor manufacturing, Ford, were among the most shorted large-cap…
18 Jan 2024
Light Street hedge fund up 46% in 2023
Light Street Capital, a California-based alternative investment firm focused on equity investments in the technology and media sectors,…
Citadel Securities taps banking staff for new credit business
Citadel Securities, the market making business founded by Citadel hedge fund boss Ken Griffin, has bolstered its new credit business with…
