Barclays’ head of US dollar swaps trading, Justin Firmino, has left the bank and is set to join a hedge fund, according to market sources. While the destination has not been confirmed, industry chatter points to Brevan Howard, according to
London-based distressed and special situations hedge fund Shiprock Capital Management has appointed Mauro Roca – previously head of Latin America Sovereign Strategy at TCW Group – as senior sovereign strategist, according to a report by Alternatives Watch.
Renaissance Technologies, the systematic hedge fund firm founded by mathematician and former Cold War code breaker Jim Simons, saw its difficult summer continue in July, as the quant pioneer posted further losses across key strategies, according to a report by
Carl Icahn’s private investment fund posted another quarterly loss in Q2, falling 0.5% and taking year-to-date declines to 8.8%, according to a report by Institutional Investor citing Icahn Enterprises’ latest filing.
Hedge funds are increasingly approaching private equity firms to trade complex “deal-contingent” currency derivatives directly, threatening to sideline investment banks that have long dominated this niche market, according to a report by IFR.
A surge in investor appetite for artificial intelligence exposure is driving a new generation of hedge funds targeting the sector, with several high-profile launches amassing multi-billion-dollar asset bases in record time, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
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
