04 Jan 2024
AIMA voices concerns over Hong Kong's draft 'market sounding' rules
AIMA, one of the world’s largest hedge-fund associations has voiced concerns over Hong Kong’s proposed rules for “market soundings”, saying…
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Hedge fund short covering fails to halt oil price slide
The downward trend in oil prices continued in the last days of 2023 despite a bout of short-covering by hedge funds in the final two weeks…
03 Jan 2024
Hedge fund withdrawals slow to $4bn in November
Hedge fund withdrawals slowed significantly in November to an estimated $4bn from the $7.6bn seen in the previous month as customer…
Akin appoints hedge funds partner in New York
Akin has appointed hedge fund lawyer James Munsell as a partner in its investment management practice in the New York office. Munsell joins…
Activist Blackwells makes three Disney board nominations
Activist investment firm Blackwells Capital, and a shareholder of The Walt Disney Company (Disney), has nominated three candidates for…
DE Shaw's main hedge fund up 10% in 2023
Investors in DE Shaw's largest hedge fund saw a return of almost 10% in 2023, after fees, as multi-strategy and macroeconomic funds chalked…
November hedge fund returns best since January, says Citco
Hedge funds chalked up their best returns since January in November, with Citco's latest Monthly Hedge Fund Update revealing that funds…
Discovery Capital's macro hedge fund up 48% in 2023
Discovery Capital Management, the hedge fund firm led by 'Tiger cub' Rob Citrone, recorded a 48% return with its macro hedge fund in 2023,…
02 Jan 2024
Point72 joins Hargreaves Lansdown short-sellers
Point72 Asset Management, the hedge fund firm run by Steve Cohen, has joined a group of investors that have built up a big bet against…
Prosecutors decide against second Bankman-Fried trial
Prosecutors have opted not to pursue a second trial against Sam Bankman-Fried, the former boss of collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX and…
CoinShares adds Head of Hedge fund Solutions to Executive Management Committee
CoinShares International Limited (CoinShares), one of Europe’s leading alternative asset manager specialising in digital assets, has added…
Seward & Kissel makes four private investment funds partner promotions
US law firm Seward & Kissel LLP has promoted four private investment fund lawyers – Counsels Jay Baroody, and Kevin Cassidy, and…
Hedge funds power up uranium bets as price surges
A surge in the price of raw uranium to 16-year highs has prompted tens of hedge fund firms to begin buying and stockpiling barrels of the…
29 Dec 2023
Hedge fund industry continues to grow
New hedge fund launches and liquidations were steady into the fourth quarter as managers positioned for the peak of generational inflation…
Hedge funds set to profit from retail slowdown
A report by The Times notes that the online fashion retailers Boohoo and Asos, as well as Kingfisher, the owner of B&Q, J Sainsbury and…
