Wildcat Capital Management, originally established as the family office of billionaire David Bonderman, has invested over $200m in a new hedge fund, Whitebark Investors, which has been spun out of the firm under the leadership of Thomas McConnon.
The once-booming multi-manager hedge fund sector, pioneered by firms like Citadel and Millennium, has seen its first net outflows in seven years, signalling that investor interest may be fading, according to a report by the Financial Times citing data from
Investors are showing increased optimism toward hedge funds, with a large majority planning new allocations during the second half of 2024, a trend is fuelled by fresh capital inflows and the growing popularity of portable alpha strategies, according to a
Analog Century Management, the New York-based tech-focused hedge fund founded by Val Zlatev has joined the growing roster of external firms to secure capital from Izzy Englander’s Millennium Management, with the multi-strat major making a $1bn allocation, according to a
The University of Houston System’s endowment management committee has approved a $20m investment in the Broad Reach Master Fund, an emerging markets-focused global macro hedge fund, according to a report by Pensions & Investments.
Family offices are ramping up their investments in hedge funds, with allocations significantly increasing during the second quarter of 2024, according to a report by AlternativesWatch citing new analysis by Citi Private Bank.
US public pension plans with long-standing allocations to hedge fund strategies, including the Virginia Retirement System and the Texas County and District Retirement System, have reported strong gains as of June amid renewed interest in the asset class from institutional
Ahead of the Hedgeweek US Leadership Summit, Theodore Katramados, Director & Associate Portfolio Manager at TAG Associates, talks to us about the relationship between volatility and opportunity, niche strategies and the importance of investor education.
The number of institutional investors planning to reduce their portfolio exposure to hedge funds is on the increase, according to alternative investment data and insight provider Preqin’s Investor Outlook H2 2024 report.
More than 80 per cent of institutional investors surveyed at a recent event hosted by Northern Trust in Stockholm expect investor allocations to alternative assets to increase within the next five years, with private equity and infrastructure to receive the
