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Edge Funds | Some strategies aren’t new, but what gives them an edge is how they are applied. Such is the case with Regents Gate Capital, co-founded by Joshua White (pictured), Yi-Sung Yen, and Dane Vrabac. By integrating artificial intelligence into a traditional market-neutral approach, they’ve created a unique investment proposition in an already crowded hedge fund landscape.
Momentum-driven hedge funds are facing a brutal start to 2025 as shifting economic conditions and geopolitical tensions trigger sharp reversals in previously high-flying trades, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Hedge fund giant Citadel has hired John Szatmary, a longtime Google engineering leader, as its new Head of Product Security. Szatmary, who is based in New York, has over eight years of experience in the tech sector, according to a report by eFinancial Careers.
Britain’s water regulator, Ofwat, has come under fire over claims that it has allowed hedge funds and other creditors to assume control of Thames Water without a formal transfer of ownership, according to a report by the Financial Times.
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.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has authorised US hedge fund 683 Capital Partners to acquire Russian corporate securities from select foreign investors, marking a rare transaction amid ongoing geopolitical tensions, according to a report by Reuters.
Hedge fund short sellers have amassed a potential $16.2bn in profits as Tesla’s stock price has plummeted by 50% over the past three months, according to a report by the Financial Times citing data released by S3 Partners.
Global hedge funds are regaining their appetite for US equities, cautiously adding exposure after a significant selloff in Wall Street’s major indexes, according to a report by Reuters citing a client note from Goldman Sachs.
The rise of artificial intelligence in trading, led by Chinese hedge fund High-Flyer, has ignited a competitive AI arms race among mainland asset managers, potentially reshaping China’s $10tn fund management sector, according to a report by Reuters.
Newly revealed court documents indicate that FTX secretly liquidated $1.53bn worth of Three Arrows Capital (3AC) assets just two weeks before the crypto hedge fund’s 2022 collapse – challenging previous narratives that fund’s failure was market-driven, according to a report by CoinTelegraph.
