Rokos Capital Management’s macro hedge fund, which is one of the world’s biggest with $14bn in assets, has fully recouped the losses it suffered  earlier in the year having racked up a gain of  3.7% in July, according to a
Hedge funds have upped their short positions in US Treasuries as yields approach the highest seen so far this year, increasing their divergence from asset managers who are taking the long side of the trade, according to a report by
Managed Funds Association (MFA) has written a comment letter to His Majesty’s Treasury endorsing the UK government’s proposed changes to its Short Selling Regulation (SSR) relating to sovereign debt and credit default swaps (CDS).
Akin has added to its investment management practice in the firm’s New York office with the appointment of Max Carpal as a Partner. Karpel was previously chair of Lowenstein Sandler’s emerging managers practice and co-chair of its family office practice.
MarketAxess Holdings, the operator of an electronic trading platform for fixed-income securities, is to acquire Pragma, a quantitative trading technology provider specialising in algorithmic and analytical services in equities, FX and fixed-income.
26 Degrees Global Markets, the multi-asset prime broker previously known as Invast Global, has appointed Japanese industry veteran Hiroaki Nagakura as Head of Prime Services – Japan, effective immediately.
Hedge funds extended their June performance surge through July, again led by technology, AI and growth, with gains in these areas complemented by shareholder activist, financials and commodity sub-strategies, according to data from HFR.
Hedge funds Brevan Howard, Citadel, Millennium Capital Partners, Rokos Capital Management and Capula Investment Management are on a list of more than 50 City institutions to take part in the Bank of England’s first-ever stress tests involving the shadow banking
Point72 Asset Management, the hedge fund firm founded by Steve Cohen, now employs more than 100 people in Singapore having upped its headcount in the city state by more than 50% since early 2022, according to a report by the
Digital assets investment products saw outflows this week totalling $107m as the profit taking seen in recent weeks continued to gather pace, according to the latest Digital Asset Funds Flows Weekly report from CoinShares.
