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TOP STORY: Rokos Capital Management, the hedge fund run by Brevan Howard Co-Founder Chris Rokos, has extended its year-to-date gains to around 20%, affirming its position as one of the best performing macro firms so far in 2024, according to a report by Bloomberg.
- 02/05/2024
Intel
Hedge fund allocations by ultra high net worth individuals (UHNWIs) have fallen to 2% of their investment portfolios from around 12% over the past 16 years, and the asset class is effectively “dead” as an investment opportunity for the super rich, according to a report by CNBC citing Michael Sonnenfeld, Founder and Chairman of Tiger 21 — a network of UHNWIs and entrepreneurs.
- 01/05/2024
Intel
New multi-strategy hedge fund launches took a big tumble in the first three months of the year, accounting for less than 10% of all new funds and down from about 25% in the last quarter of 2023, according to a report by Reuters.
- 30/04/2024
Intel
Elliott Investment Management, the activist hedge fund firm led by Paul Singer, holds an approximately $1bn stake in Anglo American, the UK-listed mining company that is the subject of an unsolicited takeover bid from Australia’s BHP Group, according to a report by Bloomberg.
- 29/04/2024
Intel
The controversial cum-ex trades that allegedly defrauded the Danish tax authorities of £1.4bn were “completely legal”, according to Sanjay Shah, the founder of hedge fund firm Solo Capital Partners and the man accused of masterminding the scheme, according to a report by Bloomberg.
- 26/04/2024
Intel
Soaring cocoa prices and a slump in the Japanese yen are among several financial market trends that have helped computer-driven quant hedge funds to rack up strong returns in the first quarter of the year, according to a report by the Financial Times.
- 25/04/2024
Intel
JANA Partners, the activist hedge fund firm founded by Barry Rosenstein, has written a letter to Wolfspeed, the world’s largest manufacturer of silicon carbide, to consider all options for improving shareholder value including a sale of the company, according to a report by Reuters.
- 24/04/2024
Insights Report
April 2024 | This data-led report provides an update on the rebounding hedge fund launch market. With 2024 set to be a historic year for new hedge fund launches, as an unprecedented number of well-pedigreed managers starting up, Hedgeweek selects the Top 20 prospects and analyses the wider environment facing new hedge funds – from ops to fundraising, strategy considerations to performance. Get all the intel, plus insights from the sector’s leading firms, in this exclusive Hedgeweek special report, sponsored by Marex.
- 23/04/2024
Intel
Global hedge fund industry assets increased for the sixth successive quarter in Q1 2024, hitting a record $4.3tn on the back of strong performance and investor inflows, according to the latest figures from industry data provider HFR.
- 23/04/2024
Intel
Man Group, the world’s largest listed hedge fund firm, saw investors pull more than $1.6bn (£1.29bn) from its funds during the first three months of 2024, its second straight quarter of redemptions following outflows of $300m in Q4 2023, according to the group’s Q1 results.
- 22/04/2024
