Activist investors mounted a record number of campaigns globally in 2025, as market volatility, improved financing conditions and a rebound in dealmaking created fertile conditions for shareholder agitation, according to a report by Reuters citing data from Barclays.
DE Shaw & Co has suspended returning profits to clients despite strong performance across its flagship hedge funds last year, marking a departure from its longstanding practice of distributing gains to manage fund size, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Tribeca Investment Partners is exploring investment opportunities in Venezuela following a strong performance in its natural resources strategy, as the hedge fund positions itself to capitalise on what it views as a rapidly opening market, according to a report by
New York-based investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald has said the closing of its acquisition of UBS Group’s O’Connor hedge fund business will extend into 2026, with assets and strategies transferring in stages over the coming months.
Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust has called for greater transparency from activist hedge fund Saba Capital Management as tensions escalate ahead of a shareholder vote on a proposed board overhaul, according to a report by Alliance News.
Ilex Capital, the hedge fund founded by former Citadel traders Jonas Diedrich and Dave Sutton, sharply increased compensation for its highest-paid individual during its most recent financial year, alongside a significant rise in profits and assets under management, according to
Pressure is mounting on US retailer Target after activist hedge fund Toms Capital Investment Management built a stake in the company, as the retailer grapples with an extended period of weak sales and a sharply lower share price, according to
Alan Howard, co-founder of hedge fund firm Brevan Howard Asset Management, has become a resident of Switzerland, joining a growing list of hedge fund founders and financial entrepreneurs relocating from the UK in response to sweeping tax changes, according to
Hedge funds have turned increasingly cautious on US healthcare stocks, stepping up short positions as political uncertainty builds around the future of government health insurance subsidies, according to a report by Reuters citing a note from Goldman Sachs.
Michael Hintze’s newly launched hedge fund, Deltroit Asset Management, could face exposure to historic tax liabilities linked to his former firm, CQS, as a closely watched UK Supreme Court case approaches, according to a report by Bloomberg.
