Standard Chartered has launched a dedicated global financial sponsors team focused on hedge funds, private equity firms, and sovereign wealth funds, marking a strategic expansion of its investment banking franchise and a push to deepen ties with alternative asset managers,
Daniel Loeb’s hedge fund Third Point has disclosed significant positions in US Steel and Kenvue, signalling potential activist interest in two companies currently under strategic and regulatory pressure, according to a report by Reuters.
Speaking at the Sohn Investment Conference in New York, Discovery Capital founder and macro hedge fund manager Rob Citrone highlighted Mexico’s America Movil as his top stock choice, citing the company’s broad exposure across Latin America, according to a report
In a significant portfolio overhaul during Q1, Michael ‘Big Short’ Burry’s Scion Asset Management almost liquidated its entire listed equity holdings while simultaneously increasing bearish wagers on Nvidia and key Chinese technology stocks, according a report by Bloomberg.
TOP STORY: Brazilian hedge funds, notched their strongest monthly performance in nearly two decades in April, as falling interest rates fuelled outsized gains with the Anbima Hedge Fund Index surging by 4% over the month, according to a report by
Multi-strategy hedge fund major Millennium Management has added another senior investment banking veteran to its growing Asia-Pacific operation, appointing Ernest Ng, former Head of Asia-Pacific Equity Derivatives at UBS, as a Senior Portfolio Manager, according top a report by Bloomberg.
Activist hedge fund H Partners is claiming a partial victory in its campaign to force change at Harley-Davidson, despite the re-election of three incumbent board members at the firm’s annual meeting, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Hedge fund Fermat Capital Management is forecasting a 20% expansion in the catastrophe bond market in 2025, as institutional and retail investors increasingly allocate to insurance-linked securities (ILS), according to a report by Bloomberg.
David Einhorn, founder and president of hedge fund Greenlight Capital, is doubling down on gold and inflation-linked trades, citing persistent fiscal irresponsibility and long-term macroeconomic risks as tailwinds for defensive positioning, according to a report by CNBC.
Trading Technologies International, a global provider of capital markets technology solutions, has launched TT Strategy Studio, a multi-asset algorithmic trading platform for institutional trading firms, hedge funds, quantitative firms, and energy companies.
