The world’s nine biggest multi-strategy hedge fund firms – Citadel, Millennium, Balyasny, Point72, Verition, Schonfeld, Walleye, Eisler and ExodusPoint – now employ a combined 15,665 people, with almost half that total (7,103) being in investment roles, according to a report
Multi-strategy major Citadel saw positive performance across all of its investment strategies in the first quarter of the year, with the firm’s flagship investment vehicle, the Wellington fund, posting a 5.75% gain, according to a report by Reuters.
Disney’s board has secured the backing of T Rowe Price – and the votes attached to the mutual fund’s firm’s 11.7m shareholding in the entertainment giant – in its battle with Nelson Peltz’s activist hedge fund firm Trian Fund Management,
Successful activist bets have helped Third Point, the New York-based hedge fund firm founded by Daniel Loeb, to record an 8% return for its main offshore fund and a 8.7% gain for its Ultra strategy so far this year, according
Lawsuits brought by Aurelius Capital Management and other hedge funds seeking payments on securities linked to the performance of Argentina’s economy, have been dismissed by a federal court in Manhattan, according to a report by Bloomberg.
New hedge fund launches fell while liquidations were steady in Q4 to conclude 2023 as managers positioned for falling inflation and an improving economic outlook, albeit with geopolitical risk rising to historic levels, according to the latest HFR Market Microstructure
Clients of ExodusPoint Capital Management, the $12bn multi-strategy hedge fund firm founded by Michael Gelbrand, pulled about $1bn in funds from the New York-based firm during 2023, the second straight year of withdrawals, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Amid an ongoing debate over the cost of US equities, global hedge funds have been upping their exposure to European stocks while reducing portfolio holdings in North American companies, according to a report by Reuters.
Optimism that Saudi Arabia and its OPEC+ allies will continue to restrict production, coupled with an improving economic outlook boosting consumption, has prompted investors to purchase oil at the fastest rate seen in over four years, according to a report
London-based, emerging markets-focused hedge fund firm Gemcorp Capital is putting together a 15-strong team to run its new new trading office, which is due to open in Abu Dhabi later this year, according to a report by Bloomberg.
