Funds
Hedge fund firms that invest in credit are of more interest to allocators than any other strategy for the second year running, according to the Goldman Sachs prime services hedge funds insights and analytics team’s 2024 Hedge Fund Industry Outlook.
A series of bets against tech firms that went public via special purpose acquisition companies have helped Sylebra Capital, a tech-focused hedge fund founded by ex-Coatue Management Partner Daniel Gibson, chalk up a 22% gain so far this year, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Pantera Capital, a US hedge fund firm focused in investments in cryptocurrencies and digital assets, is looking to raise capital for a new fund that will acquire discounted solana tokens from the beleaguered FTX estate, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Hedge funds surged in February, with technology, AI and cryptocurrency exposures leading broad-based gains across all strategies and extending the industry’s four-month return to 8.75%, the strongest seen since the four-month period ending March 2021.
Hedge funds upped their acquisitions of global equities to the fastest pace seen in since March 2023 last month as sentiment towards stock markets across the world — including the US and Japan — turned more bullish, according to a report by Reuters.
Asia hedge fund launches fell to the lowest level seen in 14 years last year, with just 62 new funds making their debut. China-focused funds accounted for less than 25% of that total, with just 15 of the newcomers focused on the world’s second biggest economy, according to a report by Reuters.
Former AllianceBernstein CIO Bob Kim is to launch Ascendance Asset Management, a new multi-strategy hedge fund firm that will employ artificial intelligence across its investing and risk management processes, according to a report by Business Insider.
Brevan Howard Asset Management has added Tekmerion Capital Management’s macro hedge fund to its platform, with Tekmerion’s systematic macro team set to manage both its own capital and money for other Brevan Howard funds, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Hedge funds returns measured by 0.42% in January, according to the gross return of the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index for the month. Hedge fund flows, meanwhile, as measured by the SS&C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index, advanced 0.08% in February.
Nishant Gupta, a former Partner at Clean Energy Transition, the London-based hedge fund firm spun out of Lansdowne Partners by Per Lekander two years ago, is gearing up to launch a new long-short equity fund focused on the green economy, according to a report by Reuters.
