Balyasny Asset Management delivered a 2.5% gain in November, bringing year-to-date performance to 15.3%, according to a report by Reuters. The $31bn multi-strategy manager has been ahead of many of its competitors through the first 10 months of the year.
Marshall Wace will introduce a new fee across its systematic TOPS funds from 1 January, shifting a portion of rising technology, trading and staffing costs onto investors amid increased competition for quantitative and AI talent, according to a report by
The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) and the Managed Funds Association (MFA) have pushed back against Bank of England proposals to impose minimum haircuts on gilt repo transactions, arguing the measures would reduce liquidity, make gilts less attractive, and be
Quantitative hedge fund Qube Research & Technologies, which has $36bn in assets under management, has begun reducing headcount following several years of aggressive hiring, according to a report by eFinancialCareers citing people familiar with the matter.
After forecasting strong growth for the litigation finance industry last year, several funders have halted capital raising and are seeking alternative cash sources as hedge funds and private investors retreat from the $20bn sector, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Lauro Asset Management’s David Mercurio has criticised what he called “timid” leadership after Greggs’s shares fell 44% this year, valuing the company at £1.6bn, with almost 10% of the stock is now on loan to short sellers, according to a
Boaz Weinstein has revived his effort to replace the board of the Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust, less than a year after shareholders rejected similar proposals from his firm, Saba Capital Management, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Coatue Management has co-led a $2.3bn Series D financing round in coding-automation company Anysphere, backing its AI programming platform Cursor and pushing the firm’s valuation to roughly $29.3bn, according to a report by Institutional Investor.
Hedge funds ramped up bearish positions on UK domestically focused equities in the run-up to Wednesday’s Budget, according to a report by Reuters citing a Goldman Sachs client note circulated prior to Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s statement.
New York–based hedge fund Engine Capital has begun a proxy contest at UniFirst, aiming to persuade the lead family trustees — who control the US uniform supplier through super-voting shares — to consider a sale of the business, potentially to
