Hedge funds delivered mixed results in April, with equity hedge strategies leading the way as they navigated a month marked by historic market volatility and sharp swings in investor sentiment, according to data from Hedge Fund Research.
GAM Investments has ceded full control of its jointly managed catastrophe bond hedge fund to Fermat Capital Management, resolving a months-long dispute that had unsettled investors and significantly reduced the fund’s assets, according to a report by CityWire.
The proxy fight between Harley-Davidson and activist hedge fund H Partners has intensified ahead of the company’s 14 May annual meeting, with major proxy advisory firms split over the future of the motorcycle maker’s board.
Activist hedge fund Glenview Capital has reduced its stake in CVS Health after the insurer reported robust first-quarter results and a raised 2025 earnings outlook, the firm disclosed on Tuesday, according to a report by Reuters.
Phil King, Co-Founder and CIO of Regal Partners, has acknowledged the misjudgment behind the firm’s high-profile investment in Opthea Ltd, which has been written down to zero, but says the biotech blowup has not triggered any investor redemptions, according to
Paul Tudor Jones, founder of macro-focused hedge fund firm Tudor Investment Corporation, expects US President Donald Trump to reduce tariffs on Chinese goods by 50%, but says such a move may not be enough to prevent equity markets from retesting
Activist hedge fund Farallon Capital Management has deepened its involvement with Japanese pharmaceutical giant Astellas Pharma, prompting the company’s leadership to publicly acknowledge ongoing engagement efforts, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Haidar Capital Management’s flagship Jupiter Fund posted a 25% loss in April, marking one of the worst monthly performances in its more than two-decade history, as macro volatility tied to President Donald Trump’s renewed trade war rattled global markets, according
Systematic hedge funds, including commodity trading advisers (CTAs) and volatility control strategies, are poised to ramp up equity exposure in the coming weeks, regardless of short-term market moves, according to a report by Bloomberg citing new analysis from Goldman Sachs.
Sandglass Capital, an alternative investment firm focused in event-driven investments in emerging market sovereign and corporate credit, has appointed Charles-Antoine Wauters as a Director on the firm’s Investment Team.
