Managers
The Bank of England is examining whether investment banks operating in the UK are overly exposed to Asian equities through their prime brokerage businesses, amid growing concerns over concentrated leveraged positions in AI-related stocks held by hedge funds and other investors, according to a report by the Financial Times.
Hedge funds and other institutional investors are continuing to back one of Europe’s most widely held fixed income trades despite repeated setbacks caused by geopolitical tensions and shifting interest rate expectations, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Wall Street’s leading prime brokers including Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase are demanding additional collateral from hedge fund clients as the sharp sell-off in AI-related stocks drives losses across some of the industry’s most crowded trades, according to a report by the Financial Times.
Goldman Sachs believes the recent sell-off in Japan’s AI-related equities has created an attractive entry point for investors, arguing that a strong earnings season could reignite interest in the country’s semiconductor sector despite heightened market volatility, according to a report by Bloomberg
Global hedge funds are on track to deliver another year of strong performance after the AI investment boom helped lift returns well above historical averages during the first half of 2026, according to a report by Bloomberg citing new research from Goldman Sachs.
Traders have built record positions in futures linked to the Federal Reserve’s benchmark interest rate ahead of this week’s policy announcement, underlining the unusually high level of uncertainty surrounding the central bank’s next move, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Global semiconductor stocks extended their decline on Tuesday as investors reacted to reports of China’s growing capabilities in advanced chip manufacturing and increasing concerns that the rapid pace of artificial intelligence investment may be becoming unsustainable, according to a report by Bloomberg.
A long-established hedge fund trading strategy centred on stock index rebalancing has generated outsized profits for hedge funds this year, helped by record trading volumes and the landmark public listing of SpaceX, according to a report by the Financial Times
Meridiem Capital Partners, the equities-focused hedge fund founded by former Citadel portfolio manager Khalid Malik, has rebuilt its assets to around $1.6bn after losing a $1.5bn investment from Millennium Management more than two years ago, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Activist hedge fund Donerail and private investment major Blackstone are among the investment firms competing in the final round of bidding for US yacht retailer MarineMax, according to a report by Reuters citing unnamed people familiar with the matter.
