As global markets face volatility driven by elections, central-bank policy shifts, and geopolitical tensions, hedge funds are increasingly investing in binary options — a high-risk, all-or-nothing strategy offering pre-determined payouts for accurate bets, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Pantera Capital Management’s Bitcoin Fund, one of the earliest crypto-focused investment vehicles, has achieved a staggering milestone: a 1,000-fold return on its original investments since its launch in July 2013, according to research by CoinDesk.
Digital asset investment products saw the largest weekly inflows on record last week, totalling $3.13bn, bringing total year-to-date inflows to a record $37bn, according to the latest Digital Assets Fund Flows Weekly Report from CoinShares.
Balyasny Asset Management, the multi-strategy hedge fund firms founded by Dimitri Balyasnay, is making waves in the artificial intelligence space with its in-house tools tailored for financial services, according to a report by eFinancial Careers.
GAM has partnered with Arcus Investment to distribute the Arcus Zensen hedge fund, a long-short strategy focused on Japanese equities managed for over two decades by Arcus co-founder Mark Pearson, according to a report by Portfolio Advisor.
The hedge fund industry is set to play a more prominent role in the Trump administration compared to previous administrations, according to Agecroft Partners, with Scott Bessent’s appointment as Treasury Secretary the most notable example.
Ocean Leonid Investments, a hedge fund reportedly linked to Iranian oil trader Hossein Shamkhani, has informed staff in its Curzon Street office in London’s Mayfair that the firm is preparing to liquidate its operations in the UK, according to a
RTW Investments, a $6.5bn hedge fund focused on investment in the life sciences sector, is under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for its role in a contentious proxy fight involving medical technology company Masimo Corp, according to
Diego Megia, a former senior money manager at Millennium Management, is set to expand his hedge fund, Taula Capital Management, by raising an additional $1bn following the firm’s $5bn launch earlier this year, one of the largest in hedge fund
Tidan Capital, the Stockholm-based hedge fund firm founded by three former Brummer and Partners execs, has appointed Dennis Karlsson as a Senior Portfolio Manager within its volatility and options arbitrage team.
