While retail traders double down on their “buy-the-dip” mantra, hedge funds are taking the opposite tack — cutting risk and buying protection as market volatility creeps higher, according to a report by Bloomberg citing data from Citadel Securities.
Hedge funds domiciled in the Cayman Islands may hold $1.4tn more in US Treasuries than official data indicates, with the discrepancy underscoring how basis trades and repo financing mask the scale of hedge fund exposure, according to a report by
Traders at leading hedge funds are now pocketing almost a quarter of the profits they generate for investors, according to report by the FT citing a Goldman Sachs report, as multi-manager firms like Citadel and Millennium extend their dominance in
Man Group Plc, the world’s largest publicly traded hedge fund, reported record assets under management of $213.9bn in the three months to the end of September, driven by strong inflows into long-only strategies and a recovery in flagship quant funds,
Ken Griffin, founder of multi-strategy hedge fund major Citadel, has expressed skepticism over the ability of generative artificial intelligence to help hedge funds outperform the market, according to a report by Bloomberg.
The International Monetary Fund has warned that banks in the US and Europe hold $4.5tn in exposures to hedge funds, private credit, and other non-bank financial institutions, raising concerns about systemic risk, according to a report by the Financial Times.
MQT Asset Management, a next-generation macro investment manager, is gearing up to launch both funds and segregated managed accounts in early November backed with with initial investment from the firm’s partners and a seed capital provider.
Activist hedge fund Shah Capital has called on the board of Novavax to pursue a sale, citing ongoing operational challenges and marketing missteps that have hindered the vaccine maker’s performance for a third consecutive year, according to a report by
Hedge funds are ramping up exposure to calendar spread options (CSOs) across oil and gas markets, betting on shifts in futures curves rather than outright prices – a once-niche strategy now gaining momentum among multi-strat and macro funds, according to
Hedge fund pioneer Clint Carlson, founder of one of the first multi-strategy firms back in 1993, is aiming to stage a comeback, joining a wave of industry veterans seeking to revive once-prominent firms after years of asset declines, according to
