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London-based macro hedge fund Rokos Capital Management saw a 12.5% gain in Q1 2024, with a 3.8% gain in March alone, benefiting from other macro traders’ wrong-way bets on the US Federal Reserve potentially lowering interest rates, according to a report by Bloomberg. 
A second straight year of losses has prompted Antara Capital, a $1.3bn hedge fund backed by Blackstone, to block redemptions from its illiquid assets by placing them in a so-called side-pocket, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Switching holdings from bitcoin and ether to solana and other ‘minor’ cryptocurrencies helped digital assets hedge fund firm Pantera Capital’s roughly $300m Liquid Token Fund record a 66% Q1 return, according to a report by Bloomberg.
The Swiss franc is beginning to attract long interest from hedge funds after weeks of wagers against the currency, according to a report by Bloomberg citing the latest data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
EEX Group’s global power markets continued their strong growth in March 2024, with a total of 1,057 TWh traded on the spot and derivatives markets (39% YoY). Volumes on the European power spot markets increased by 12% YoY, reaching a total of 72.9 TWh.
Market data distributor Quincy Data has launched an ultra-low latency QED market data service between the largest US and Canadian equities exchanges and is now distributing content from over 200 equities and ETFs from NYSE-Arca and Nasdaq at the TMX data centre in Markham, Ontario.
Global fintech specialist Broadridge Financial Solutions has appointed Frank Troise as President of Broadridge Trading & Connectivity Solutions and Vice Chairman of Broadridge Capital Markets, effective 29 April 2024.
Hedge fund assets at global alternative investment firm Hillhouse Investment, which operates out of offices in Singapore, Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, New York and London, plummeted by a third last month to $27.5bn, according to a report by Reuters.
Patrick Dowd, Head of Credit at Viking Global Investors, a US-based hedge fund firm focused on early and late stage venture investments, has left the company after three years, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Hedge funds are increasingly eyeing opportunities in the UK’s £200bn investment trust sector, capitalising on its struggle with investor disinterest and competition from more cost-effective alternatives, according to a report by the Financial Times. 

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