Hedge funds and banks are accelerating hiring in insurance-linked securities (ILS) and catastrophe modelling as climate volatility, extreme weather events and emerging tail risks reshape how financial institutions assess portfolio exposure, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Investors are increasingly favouring hedge funds and multi-strategy vehicles over private credit amid ongoing market uncertainty, according to a report by Bloomberg citing comments from UBS Global Wealth Management co-presidents Iqbal Khan (pictured) and Robert Karofsky.
AI is an increasingly important tool for hedge funds and asset managers operating in credit markets, but the tech is being used primarily to enhance investment processes rather than replace investment professionals, according to report by the Financial Times citing
Major US fund management firms are backing a proposal that would allow retirement savers to allocate portions of their 401(k) plans into alternative assets such as private credit and cryptocurrencies, according to a report by Reuters.
Galaxy Digital has launched an institutional over-the-counter (OTC) trading service for prediction markets, extending its digital assets platform into event-driven derivatives, and enabling hedge funds and other clients to bet on political, economic and geopolitical outcomes.
Digital asset investment products across all issuers saw $1.67bn of outflows last week, marking a third consecutive negative week and the second-largest weekly outflow of 2026, according to a the latest Digital Assets Fund Flows Weekly Report from CoinSheres.
Capula Investment Management has allocated approximately $450m to Cinctive Capital Management through a separately managed account, marking another example of large multi-strategy firms expanding their use of external portfolio managers to deploy capital, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Hedge fund managers are increasingly looking beyond China’s artificial intelligence boom, instead focusing on overlooked domestic champions and niche sectors as they search for differentiated opportunities in the region, according to a report by Fund Selector Asia.
Digital asset investment products saw US$1.07bn of outflows, the first negative week in seven and the third-largest weekly outflow of 2026, according to the latest Digital Assets Fund Flows Weekly Report from CoinShares.
Hong Kong-based Kuark Capital is preparing to launch a new hedge fund focused on Asian technology and artificial intelligence equities after securing at least $400m in early commitments, according to a report by Reuters.
