LA-based $25bn credit hedge fund firm Canyon Partners has closed two collateralised loan obligations totalling over $1bn – the €550m European CLO, Canyon Euro CLO 2023-1, and the $500m US CLO, Canyon CLO 2023-2.
With a weakening yuan and fragile economy driving demand for foreign assets in China — the latest sign of low confidence among domestic investors — global fund launches in the country have hit a record high, according to a report
GoldenTree Asset Management has closed a $500m collateralised loan obligation – GoldenTree Loan Management US CLO 20 – to be managed by GLM III, taking the total issued under the firm’s GLM strategy to over $14bn via 26 CLOs.
Man Group, the world’s largest listed hedge fund, is among a number of investment firms increasing their exposure to convertible arbitrage, which seeks to capitalise on price discrepancies between a convertible bond and its underlying stock, according to a report
Hedge funds sold off US cyclical stocks at the fastest rate seen so far this year last week, also kicking off their largest sell-off of US industrial stocks in more than 10 years, according to a report by Morningstar.
Hedge funds have increased their exposure to the so-called Magnificent Seven tech stocks to a record high on the back of Nvidia’s latest earnings report, which surpassed analyst expectations, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Nelson Peltz, the boss of activist hedge fund firm Trian Fund Management, has sold his entire stake in Walt Disney Co weeks after losing a proxy battle in April at the entertainment giant, according to a report by CNBC.
Gold futures rose 1% to $2,358 a troy ounce yesterday, making gains ahead of inflation data, as hedge funds ramped up their bullish bets on precious metals, ahead of the latest US inflation data, according to a report by Barron’s.
Jefferies Financial Group, the main creditor of hedge fund Weiss Multi-Strategy Advisers, which went bust in April after over 40 years of trading, says the fund should claw back about $30m that it paid employees just before filing for bankruptcy,
Activist hedge fund firm Elliott Investment Management has disclosed a stake of more than $2.5bn in chipmaker Texas Instruments, and has written a letter to the company’s board urging the business to improve its free cashflow.
