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MarketAxess Holdings, the operator of a leading electronic trading platform for fixed-income securities, has appointed John Maggiacomo to the newly-created role of Head of Client Sales in North America.
Appaloosa Management, the distressed debt-focussed hedge fund founded by David Tepper, boosted its holdings in beaten-down Chinese stocks in Q1 while cutting its exposure to US tech stocks, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Peconic Partners, the $1.8bn long-short hedge fund firm run by Bill Harnisch, has continued a four-year winning run so far in 2024, with the fund up 18% year-to-date, extending a run of outperformance that includes a 26% gain in 2022 when the S&P 500 lost nearly 20%, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Ashford Hospitality Trust’s CEO Monty J Bennett and director Kamal Jafarnia have tendered their resignations following the results of the REIT’s annual stockholders meeting on Tuesday, and a month-long “Monty Must Go” campaign by shareholder and activist hedge fund firm Blackwells Capital. 
TOP STORY: As well as proving popular with retail investors, bitcoin ETFs have caught the attention of hedge fund majors including Millennium Management, Schonfeld Strategic Advisors and Point72 Asset Management, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Hong Kong-listed company Wealthink AI-Innovation Capital has invested in a hedge fund run by Tide Capital, an investment firm focused on bitcoin and bitcoin ecosystem investments.
Hedge fund Coatue Management ditched its holding in Apple during the first three months of the year, while fellow Tiger cub Viking Global built a sizeable new position in the tech giant, according to a report by Reuters.
The world’s largest futures exchange CME Group is aiming to capitalise on this year’s surge in money managers’ demand for cryptocurrency exposure with the launch of bitcoin spot trading on its platform, according to a report by the Financial Times.
Hyperion Decimus, a digital asset management firm and a sponsor of a multi-strategy crypto hedge fund, has launched the HD CoinDesk Acheilus Fund, a strategy that will invest in digital assets leveraging institutional grade fiduciary management.
BCA Research, a provider of independent macro investment research to hedge funds and other asset management firms, has appointed Jing Sima as China Strategist. Sima will work closely with Arthur Budaghyan, BCA Chief EM/China Strategist.

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