Asian and emerging markets hedge funds delivered strong performance into the final quarter of 2025, successfully navigating a sharp correction in cryptocurrency markets as falling interest-rate expectations, improving trade dynamics and easing geopolitical risks buoyed broader investor sentiment.
Ilex Capital, the hedge fund founded by former Citadel traders Jonas Diedrich and Dave Sutton, sharply increased compensation for its highest-paid individual during its most recent financial year, alongside a significant rise in profits and assets under management, according to
Pressure is mounting on US retailer Target after activist hedge fund Toms Capital Investment Management built a stake in the company, as the retailer grapples with an extended period of weak sales and a sharply lower share price, according to
Hedge fund Element Capital Management has won an arbitration ruling allowing it to enforce a non-competition agreement against a former senior trader, delaying his move to rival firm Squarepoint Capital, according to report by Bloomberg.
King Street Capital Management, a US alternative investment firm operating arbitrage/relative value, event-driven, and directional strategies, has promoted Kris Mastronardi, the firm’s COO and Global Head of Strategy, to Partner.
JPMorgan Asset Management is launching a new strategy aimed at wealthy investors seeking to maximise after-tax returns, drawing on techniques popularised by quantitative hedge funds AQR Capital Management and Two Sigma Investments, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Crypto hedge funds are facing their toughest year since the 2022 market crash, as extreme price swings, thin liquidity, and political shocks have disrupted strategies across the sector, according to a report by the Economic Times.
Ken Griffin’s Citadel is set to return approximately $5bn of profits to hedge fund investors, reducing assets under management to around $67bn, according to a report by CNBC citing an unnamed person familiar with the matter.
Alan Howard, co-founder of hedge fund firm Brevan Howard Asset Management, has become a resident of Switzerland, joining a growing list of hedge fund founders and financial entrepreneurs relocating from the UK in response to sweeping tax changes, according to
Citadel’s flagship fund looks set to record its lowest annual return in seven years this year amid a fall in gains from its gas trading bets, formerly a major source of profits for the multi-strategy major, according to a report
