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Dylan Haggart, a former Partner at activist investment firm ValueAct Capital Management, is gearing up to launch his own investment firm in what will be one the highest profile activist launches in years, according to a report by Reuters.
Institutional digital asset prime broker FalconX and FalconX Bravo, the first cryptocurrency focused CFTC-registered swap dealer, have appointed Ravi Doshi as Head of Markets, to support the expansion of its derivatives trading business.
Quantitative hedge fund Qube Research & Technologies has continued its recent hiring spree with the appointment of Francois Jeulin, Citadel Securities’ Hong Kong-based Global Head of Arbitrage, according to a report by eFinancial Careers.
Unlimited, an investment firm using proprietary technology to provide lower-cost access to hedge fund and other alternative investment strategies, has appointed hedge fund veteran John K E Morris as Chief Commercial Officer.
Pantera Capital, a US hedge fund firm focused in investments in cryptocurrencies and digital assets, is looking to raise capital for a new fund that will acquire discounted solana tokens from the beleaguered FTX estate, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Derivatives marketplace CME Group saw average daily volume (ADV) hit 29.6m contracts in February, an increase of 5% on the figure reported for February 2023 and the second highest ADV on record for the month.
Balyasny Asset Management, the multi-strategy hedge fund firm co-founded by Dmitry Balyasny, Taylor O’Malley, and Scott Schroeder, has announced three Partner promotions – Portfolio Managers Wade Clark, Max Zaraisky and Steve Brown, according to a report by eFinancial Careers.
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.
Hedge funds surged in February, with technology, AI and cryptocurrency exposures leading broad-based gains across all strategies and extending the industry’s four-month return to 8.75%, the strongest seen since the four-month period ending March 2021.
Hedge funds upped their acquisitions of global equities to the fastest pace seen in since March 2023 last month as sentiment towards stock markets across the world — including the US and Japan — turned more bullish, according to a report by Reuters.

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