Managers
Global hedge funds, including Elliott Investment Management, and private equity firms are zeroing in on Japanese companies, aiming to unlock as much as JPY25tn ($165bn) in undervalued real estate assets, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Ocean Leonid Investments, a hedge fund reportedly linked to Iranian oil trader Hossein Shamkhani, has informed staff in its Curzon Street office in London’s Mayfair that the firm is preparing to liquidate its operations in the UK, according to a report by Reuters.
Balyasny Asset Management, the multi-strategy hedge fund firms founded by Dimitri Balyasnay, is making waves in the artificial intelligence space with its in-house tools tailored for financial services, according to a report by eFinancial Careers.
Diego Megia, a former senior money manager at Millennium Management, is set to expand his hedge fund, Taula Capital Management, by raising an additional $1bn following the firm’s $5bn launch earlier this year, one of the largest in hedge fund history, according to a report by Bloomberg.
RTW Investments, a $6.5bn hedge fund focused on investment in the life sciences sector, is under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for its role in a contentious proxy fight involving medical technology company Masimo Corp, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Pershing Square Capital Management, the hedge fund founded by Bill Ackman, has built a significant $2.6bn stake in Toronto-based Brookfield, making it the second-largest position in the firm’s investment, according to a report by the Globe & Mail.
Global hedge funds accelerated their exit from US electric and water utility stocks last week, marking the fastest pace of sales in two months, while heavily investing in US materials stocks, according to a report by Reuters citing a recent note from the prime brokerage desk at Goldman Sachs.
Employee perceptions of diversity and inclusion efforts at hedge funds have dropped to their lowest level in four years, according to a report by Reuters citing Reboot Financial Services’ Race to Equality 2024 report released on Tuesday.
Marshall Wace, the UK-based hedge fund major founded by Paul Marshall and Ian Wace, has adopted Bloomberg’s machine learning-powered real-time pricing data service, IBVAL Front Office, to enhance its systematic credit strategies, according to a report by FTF News.
Two Sigma Investments, one of the world’s leading quantitative hedge funds, is laying off approximately 200 employees following a comprehensive review of its operations by its new Co-Chief Executive Officers, according to a report by Bloomberg.
