Funds
Digital asset investment products saw a fifth consecutive week of outflows last week, totalling $1.7bn, and bringing the total outflows over this negative run to $6.4bn, according to the latest Digital Assets Fund Flows Weekly report from CoinShares.
Bridgewater Associates’ Pure Alpha II fund has surged 11.3% year-to-date, capitalising on market turbulence triggered by President Donald Trump’s trade policies, according to a report by Bloomberg citing a source familiar with the fund’s performance.
Polymer Capital Management, a Hong Kong-based hedge fund with $4bn in assets, is set to launch two Japan-focused funds this year, capitalising on growing investor demand for the world’s third-largest stock market, according to a report by Reuters.
DBi has launched Europe’s first exchange-traded fund designed to replicate the performance of managed futures hedge funds – at a fraction of the cost – marking a significant milestone for the region’s liquid alternatives market, according to a report by the FT.
Russell Clark, the prominent short seller who took a step back from the hedge fund world three years ago, is coming out of retirement to launch a new hedge fund, hoping to capitalise on the market turbulence caused by President Donald Trump’s re-election, according to a report by Bloomberg.
TT International , an alpha-driven specialist investment manager headquartered in London, has launched the TT Credit Opportunities Strategy on its Irish UCITS platform, following the recent merger from a Luxembourg UCITS.
Asia-focused hedge funds have fared better than their US counterparts during the recent market downturn, benefiting from a relative outperformance in Chinese equities as global investors shift capital into the region, according to a report by Reuters.
Syz Capital, the $2bn investment arm of the family-owned Syz Group, has launched the Syz Capital BTC Alpha Fund, a new bitcoin-denominated fund of cryptocurrency hedge funds, with Coinbase acting as prime broker and custodian.
San Francisco City & County Employees’ Retirement System (SFERS) has allocated $100m to Qube Research & Technologies’ flagship Qube Fund, further strengthening its exposure to the multi-strategy hedge fund space, according to a report by Pensions and Investments Online.
Hedge funds posted mixed performance in February as financial market volatility surged due to new trade and tariff policies, with equity market declines led by steep drops in the growth and technology sectors, according to HFR.
