Activist hedge fund firm Soroban Capital Partners has succeeded in its efforts to force a leadership change at US rail company Union Pacific (UP) after Jim Vena was announced as the company’s new Chief Executive officer, according to a report
Bets on shares in AI-related companies, plus wagers on the wider Japanese and US stock markets, helped several Asia-based hedge fund firms outperform their peers during the first half of the year, according to a report by Bloomberg. The report
Point72 topped a list of 14 different financial institutions making a total of 46 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to the US Food and Drug Administration last month about adverse events and drug-manufacturing-facility inspections, according to a report by
Hedge funds’ net purchases of Chinese stocks accelerated to the highest pace seen in nine months this week as the government revealed plans to stimulate economic growth in the world’s second largest economy, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Spain’s first locally regulated crypto hedge fund, which will be overseen by the country’s financial markets regulator, Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores has been launched by Spanish private bank A&G, according to a report by Crypto News.
As regulatory scrutiny intensifies in the cryptocurrency industry, Cboe Global Markets has secured regulatory approval from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission for clearing margined digital asset futures.
Hedge fund Marshall Wace has made a multi-million pound gain on a bet against NatWest as the bank’s stock tumbled in value following the departure of Chief Executive Alison Rose and Peter Flavel, the boss of private bank subsidiary Coutts,
Canadian asset management firm Brookfield Corporation is closing down Brookfield Hedge Solutions Advisors, a $1.3bn multi-strategy hedge fund platform within the $825 billion conglomerate, according to a report by Business Insider.
Hedge funds continued their resurgence in Q2, recording positive performance for a third consecutive quarter, with equities and multi-strategy funds once again driving returns to take their YTD weighted average gains to over 10%, according to data from Citco.
Managed Funds Association has raised significant concerns about the Financial Stability Oversight Council’s Proposed Risk Analytic Framework and Nonbank Designation Guidance Proposal in a comment letter sent to FSOC.
