Activist hedge fund firm Trian Fund Management has formally nominated founder Nelson Peltz and former Disney executive Jay Rasulo for seats on the board at Walt Disney, two days after the entertainment giant nominated a different slate of directors, according
Global hedge funds recorded an average gain of 2.14% last December according to the gross return of the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index for the month, while hedge fund flows as measured by the SS&C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index
Point72 Asset Management, the systematic hedge fund firm founded by Steve Cohen, has started the year with a rejig of its legal team, with Deputy General Counsel Jason Colombo taking on the role of General Counsel, according to a report
Jain Global, former Millennium co-CIO Bobby Jain’s much anticipated hedge fund launch, may be struggling to hit its original fundraising target, but recruitment is continuing apace, with Adil Hayat as the firm’s latest new recruit, according to a report by
Lord Michael Hintze, who recently sold the majority of his credit-focused investment firm CQS to a unit of Manulife Financial Corporation, has begun initial preparations for the launch of a new hedge fund firm, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Hedge funds continued their run of positive performance last December, notching up an overall weighted return of 2% for the month according to new data from Citco, the global alternative investment asset servicer with over $1.8tn in AUM.
Pioneers within the digital asset industry will gather in New York this March at the Hedgeweek US Digital Assets Summit to discuss the opportunities and challenges facing fund managers as they navigate this dynamic landscape.
Electric vehicle pioneer, Tesla, and the granddaddy of mass-produced motor manufacturing, Ford, were among the most shorted large-cap stocks in the Americas during 2023, according to a new report by Hazeltree.
Activist investor Nelson Peltz, a co-founder of hedge fund Trian Partners, has failed to present “a single strategic idea” to Walt Disney throughout two years of campaigning for a seat on the board of the entertainment giant, according to a
Two of the main funds at Caxton Associates, one of the oldest and best-known global macro hedge fund managers, lost money last year as 2023 proved to be a turbulent year for bond markets, according to a report by the
