Activist hedge fund Engine Capital has taken a roughly 3% stake in life-sciences company Avantor and is poised to press for significant changes, including the possibility of a sale, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal citing sources
DE Shaw’s $60bn hedge fund platform saw a sharp late-month rebound in July, with its macro-focused Oculus fund surging 4.6% in the final week to finish the up 4.4% for the month, according to a report by Bloomberg citing an
UK regulators are sounding the alarm over a sharp rise in leveraged hedge fund positions in the gilt market, warning of potential systemic risks if trades unwind suddenly, according to a report by the Daily Telegraph.
Syz Capital, the $2bn alternatives investment arm of the family-owned Syz Group, is set to reopen its bitcoin-denominated fund of crypto hedge funds, the BTC Alpha Fund, to new and existing investors from 1 October 2025 in response to growing
Hedge funds are pivoting on energy trades, cutting long-standing bullish positions in oil stocks while easing off shorts in renewables, according to a report by Bloomberg citing new data from alternative investment analytics firm Hazeltree.
Systematic hedge funds recovered some ground in the final week of July, offsetting what had been a difficult month for the sector, according to a report by Business Insider citing the latest prime brokerage data from Morgan Stanley and Goldman
Hedge fund Two Seas Capital is preparing to launch a proxy battle to block CoreWeave’s planned all-stock acquisition of computing infrastructure provider Core Scientific, warning that the deal’s current structure “undervalues” the target and fails to protect its shareholders, according
Hazeltree, a treasury and liquidity management platform serving the alternative investment industry, has acquired Siman Systems, a specialist in margin replication and financing analytics, in a move set to deepen its offering for hedge funds and asset managers.
Institutional appetite for hedge funds is holding firm – and even gaining relative ground – as big investors scale back enthusiasm for passive equities and private credit, according to a report by Reuters citing the findings of Goldman Sachs’ latest
Menos AI, a fintech start-up founded by investment and AI veterans, has launched its flagship product—Sonαr, an intelligent research agent built specifically for hedge funds and institutional asset managers.
