Equity long-short strategies outperformed others with average gains of 2.7% for the second quarter of the year with global macro managers in particular underperforming, according to investment firm Unlimited’s Hedge Fund Barometer.
Digital asset investment products saw further buying on price weakness with inflows of $1.44bn, the fifth highest weekly total on record, according to the latest Digital Assets Fund Flows Weekly Report from CoinShares.
Astant Global Management, a macro-focused alternative investment manager based in London, is gearing up to launch a new quantitative hedge fund strategy later this year which will leverage proprietary AI models, according to a report by Alternatives Watch.
Hedge funds, led by tech-centric firms including Whale Rock Capital Management and Light Street Capital Management, are on track for a year of bumper returns having recoded big gains in the first half of 2024, according to a report by
Lombard Odier Investment Managers has launched a new DataEdge fund, a market-neutral alternatives strategy that combines big data analysis and systematic investment expertise to identify trends in consumer behaviour and their impact on company earnings forecasts.
Hedge funds posted mixed performance in June as election and political risks surged throughout Asia, Europe and the US, with European and Asian central banks cutting interest rates despite inflationary pressures, and gains in US large cap tech stocks hitting
Steve Cohen’s Point72, Ken Griffin’s Citadel and Izzy Englander’s Millennium Management emerged as the top performers in the first six months of 2024, marking a strong recovery for major Wall Street hedge funds after a sluggish 2023, according to a
ANZ has launched the Graphene Alternative Fund, an absolute return strategy for high net worth investors that is designed and managed by Blackstone’s Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing division.
Hedge funds saw mixed performance in the first half of the year, with macro fund Caxton Associates struggling to maintain its gains, while some multi-strategy and systematic funds excelled, according to a report by Reuters.
Hedge fund majors Citadel and Millennium have posted solid gains in the first half of the year, continuing a strong performance trend for the multi-strategy firms that dominate the industry, according to a report by the Financial Times.
