Funds
Hedge funds continued their end-of-year momentum into the first month of 2024 amid escalating geopolitical tensions, with fixed income-based strategies leading the way in terms of returns, according to performance data from HFR.
Pershing Square Capital Management’s Bill Ackman exited his position in US home improvement retailer Lowe’s, after it generated a net $1.3bn profit for his fund’s investors, according to a report by Reuters.
Aaron Weiner, a Managing Director at Coatue Management, the $40bn hedge fund founded by Philippe Laffont, will leave the firm at the end of the year to start his own hedge fund, according to a report by Bloomberg citing people with knowledge of the matter.Â
Pershing Square Founder Bill Ackman is set to launch a new US investment portfolio that will offer retail investors access to an investment strategy that mimics his existing hedge fund but with lower fees and faster access to capital, according to a report by Reuters.
Alternative asset, equity and fixed income fund managers have identified private equity, renewable energy and hedge funds as the alternative asset classes most likely to increased inflows in 2024, according to new research by fund management solutions specialist Carne Group.
Amid dizzying wrong-way bets and paltry gains for those with an eye on China and Asia more broadly, funds Sino Vision, Ubiquant, Toroa Management and Long Corridor Asset Management all saw gains exceeding 25% in 2023, according to a report by Bloomberg.Â
Multi-strategy major Citadel’s flagship Wellington fund recorded a 1.9% gain in January on the back of increased market volatility and amid uncertainty over the timing of interest rate cuts by the US Federal Reserve, according to a report by CNBC.
Pascal Guttieres, a former UBS Group banker, is launching a new Hong Kong-based hedge fund, Viridian Asset Management, that will bet on a revival in Asia stock sales after volumes last year fell to the lowest seen in a decade, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Hedge funds achieved double-digit returns in 2023, led by equity strategies with a weighted average return of 21.91%, according to research from asset servicer Citco, which has over $1.8tn in assets under administration.
The Court of Appeal has granted Argentina permission to appeal a lawsuit brought by four hedge funds – Palladian Partners, HBK Master Fund, Hirsh Group and Virtual Emerald International, which left the country facing a potential €1.56bn bill, according to a report by Reuters.
