Funds
Pantera Capital Management’s Bitcoin Fund, one of the earliest crypto-focused investment vehicles, has achieved a staggering milestone: a 1,000-fold return on its original investments since its launch in July 2013, according to research by CoinDesk.
Digital asset investment products saw the largest weekly inflows on record last week, totalling $3.13bn, bringing total year-to-date inflows to a record $37bn, according to the latest Digital Assets Fund Flows Weekly Report from CoinShares.
GAM has partnered with Arcus Investment to distribute the Arcus Zensen hedge fund, a long-short strategy focused on Japanese equities managed for over two decades by Arcus co-founder Mark Pearson, according to a report by Portfolio Advisor.
GCQ Funds Management, a Sydney-based hedge fund with an impressive annualised return of 30% since its 2022 launch, is betting on Japan’s burgeoning cloud accounting market as its next major growth driver, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Redwood Capital Management, an opportunistic credit-focused hedge fund with $9.4bn in assets under management, is preparing to raise $2.25bn for a new distressed debt drawdown fund, according to a report by Bloomberg.
While stock markets have surged this year in an historic rally, Man Group’s AHL Trend Alternative Fund, a prominent trend-following strategy at the world’s largest publicly listed hedge fund, is seeing some of the worst returns in it’s history, according to a report by MarketWatch.
Hedge fund performance dipped marginally (-0.4%) in October ending a run of positive returns that stretched back to May, with a number of strategy types experiencing declines, according to the latest Monthly Hedge Fund Update from Citco.
Bridgewater Associates, one of the world’s largest hedge funds, is teaming up with State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) to bring its investment strategies to retail investors, marking a significant shift in its approach to the market, according to a report by the Financial Times.
The Arini Credit Master Fund jumped 23.4% through the end of October benefiting from bets against European manufacturers facing US and China headwinds, Reuters reports, citing an unnamed source and a September investor letter.
Hedge funds are playing an increasingly influential role in Europe’s bond markets, particularly in Italy, where they are seen as providing liquidity and enhancing market efficiency, according to a report by Reuters citing Italy’s debt chief, Davide Iacovoni.
