23 Oct 2026
Hedge fund hiring slows as multistrategy firms expand external allocations
Hiring growth at major multistrategy hedge funds has slowed as firms increasingly allocate capital to external portfolio managers through…
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Hedge fund short bets near five-year highs as Goldman warns of squeeze risk
Hedge funds have increased bearish equity positions to near five-year highs, raising the risk of a sharp short squeeze if markets rebound,…
Hedge funds suffer broadest daily losses since Covid as tech stocks tumble
Global hedge funds suffered one of their broadest daily selloffs since the Covid pandemic on Thursday, with fundamental, systematic and…
Hedge fund assets edge to record $5.64tn
Global hedge fund assets edged up to a record $5.64tn in the third quarter, as investors kept allocating capital through a period of rising…
22 Oct 2026
Norway’s $2.3tn sovereign wealth fund loses $30bn amid global bond selloff
Norway’s $2.3tn sovereign wealth fund, the world’s largest, recorded a $30bn investment loss in the third quarter as rising interest rates…
Arini and Sona hit by sharp losses as credit selloff deepens
Hedge funds Arini Capital Management and Sona Asset Management have suffered sharp October losses as a selloff in lower-rated corporate…
Chinese quant fund Lingjun attracts $300m in overseas capital
Chinese quantitative hedge fund Lingjun Investment has secured more than $300m from international investors as it resumes fundraising…
Former Sequoia investor raises over $1bn for new tech hedge fund
Jeff Wang, a former senior investment manager at Sequoia Capital, has raised more than $1bn for his new technology-focused hedge fund,…
Former Brevan Howard PM sued over $3.5m in unpaid trading profits
Former Brevan Howard portfolio manager Robert Sicari is facing a lawsuit from a quantitative researcher who claims he was denied up to…
Bessent dismisses systemic AI risks at private hedge fund investor gathering
US Treasury Secretary and former hedge fund manager Scott Bessent has dismissed concerns that the artificial intelligence investment boom…
Hedge fund demand for leverage drives Wall Street equities revenue to record highs
Surging demand for financing from hedge funds, partly driven by leveraged investments in artificial intelligence, has pushed Wall Street's…
Ken Griffin urges growth reforms as US debt reaches $40tn
Citadel founder Ken Griffin has warned that the US faces an increasingly unsustainable fiscal trajectory, calling for productivity-driven…
21 Oct 2026
Sachem Head sees 140% upside in Ionic Digital shares amid AI pivot
Activist hedge fund Sachem Head Capital Management sees nearly 140% upside in Ionic Digital as the former bitcoin miner shifts into AI data…
Schonfeld triples London business development team amid PM hiring push
Schonfeld Strategic Advisors has more than tripled its London business development headcount since 2022, reflecting increased investment in…
Barclays reallocates capital to meet hedge fund financing demand
Barclays shifted capital from its macro rates trading business to expand lending to hedge fund clients in Asia after reaching internal…
