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TOP STORY: London-based activist hedge fund firm Bluebell is planning to up its opposition to $10tn funds giant BlackRock’s high-profile environmental, social and governance investment agenda, according to a report by The Times.

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Hedge fund firms that invest in credit are of more interest to allocators than any other strategy for the second year running, according to the Goldman Sachs prime services hedge funds insights and analytics team’s 2024 Hedge Fund Industry Outlook.

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Steve Cohen’s Point72 Asset Management is limiting new investor inflows in a bid to ensure it secures the best possible returns for existing clients, with AUM already sitting at a record high of $32bn, according to a report by Bloomberg.

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TOP STORY: Qube Research & Technologies, the London-based quant hedge fund firm spun out of Credit Suisse in 2018, has built the largest ever short position against Barclays, representing 0.73% of the bank’s stock, according to a report by The Times.

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George Weiss, Founder of Weiss Multi-Strategy Advisers, unsuccessfully tried to find a buyer for his $3bn firm holding talks with several potential suitors including Millennium Management, before finally deciding to close the business, according to a report by Bloomberg.

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London-based activist hedge fund firm Parvus Asset Management has increased its holding in budget airline Ryanair to over 7% from around 6%, with the acquisition of an additional €230m worth of shares, according to a report by The Irish Times.

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For International Women’s Day this year, Hedgeweek spoke to Trudi Usher Boardman (pictured), Head of Hedge Funds at Pictet Alternative Advisors, and Hedgeweek’s sister title Private Equity Wire spoke to Meryem Bensaid, a Principal at Blackstone.

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Infini Capital Management, a Hong Kong-based multi-strategy hedge fund firm, has been granted in-principle approval from the Abu Dhabi Financial Services Regulatory Authority to open an office in the Abu Dhabi Global Market.

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A failed bet that US interest rates would fall left Brevan Howard’s flagship fund with an estimated 3.2% loss in February, making it one of the worst months since the firm started trading in 2002, according to a report by Bloomberg.

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British broadcaster GB News, which is jointly owned by hedge fund giant Sir Paul Marshall and Dubai-based private investment firm Legatum via holding company All Perspectives, posted a £42.4m loss, forcing its owners to provide a further £41m in funding to cover operating costs, according to a report by the Financial Times. 

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