Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania is launching its first new degree in 50 years – a master’s in quantitative finance – funded by a record $60m gift from Bruce Jacobs, co-founder of Jacobs Levy Equity Management, according to
In an unusual twist in the multi-strategy hedge fund hiring battle, portfolio managers coming off significant losses are increasingly in demand among the industry’s biggest players, including Citadel, Millennium Management, Point72 and Balyasny Asset Management, according to a report by
Hedge funds including Eisler Capital and quant trading shops including Squarepoint Capital are aggressively hiring traders who specialise in commodity volatility as global market swings create opportunities for profit, according tom a report by Financial News.
Hedge funds posted a 1.71% gross return in August 2025, according to the latest SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index, while net investor flows in September rose 0.46%, as measured by the SS&C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index.
Atsushi Sakano, a former Partner at Hong Kong-based Aspex Management, is launching Tenucia Partners, a new long-short hedge fund focused on Asian equities, according to a report by Reuters citing unnamed sources familiar with the plans.
Macro hedge funds are ramping up bullish option positions on the Australian dollar after the currency rallied to its strongest levels against the US dollar since November, according to a report by Bloomberg citing trading data from the the Depository
Hedge funds including Citadel are emerging as some of the most aggressive tenants in the City of London’s office market, helping fuel a boom in leasing activity that has defied long-standing concerns about a post-Brexit financial exodus, according ton a
Hedge funds have cut bullish wagers on crude oil to the lowest level on record, with investor concerns over a looming supply glut deepening after OPEC+ agreed to raise production, according to a report by Bloomberg citing data from the
Arrowpoint Investment Partners is seeking to raise up to $400m by the first quarter of 2026 as the multi-strategy hedge fund scales its platform and adds new investment teams, according to a report by Bloomberg citing an unnamed person familiar
Ahead of the 2025 US Hedgeweek® Funds of the Future Summit, Manas Pratap Singh, Head of Research, Hedgeweek® asks whether hedge fund conferences are worth the cost in 2025? Here’s what the data tells us.
