Managers
Peconic Partners, the $1.8bn long-short hedge fund firm run by Bill Harnisch, has continued a four-year winning run so far in 2024, with the fund up 18% year-to-date, extending a run of outperformance that includes a 26% gain in 2022 when the S&P 500 lost nearly 20%, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Ashford Hospitality Trust’s CEO Monty J Bennett and director Kamal Jafarnia have tendered their resignations following the results of the REIT’s annual stockholders meeting on Tuesday, and a month-long “Monty Must Go” campaign by shareholder and activist hedge fund firm Blackwells Capital.
As well as proving popular with retail investors, bitcoin ETFs have caught the attention of hedge fund majors including Millennium Management, Schonfeld Strategic Advisors and Point72 Asset Management, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Hong Kong-listed company Wealthink AI-Innovation Capital has invested in a hedge fund run by Tide Capital, an investment firm focused on bitcoin and bitcoin ecosystem investments.
Hedge fund Coatue Management ditched its holding in Apple during the first three months of the year, while fellow Tiger cub Viking Global built a sizeable new position in the tech giant, according to a report by Reuters.
Quant hedge fund Renaissance Technologies was positioned to benefit from the meme stock mania sweeping the US this week, having added a new long position in GameStop and significantly increased its position in AMC Entertainment during Q1, according to a report by Reuters.
A 3.8% decline in April has prompted Brazilian hedge fund Verde Asset Management, which has a track record of strong performance since launching in 1997, to pare its bets on both domestic stocks and falling interest rates, according to a report by Bloomberg.
The prospect of softer US inflation bringing the outlook for monetary policy on both sides of the Atlantic closer in sync has pushed demand for options that pay out if the euro strengthens against the dollar over the next week to the highest seen since February, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Neil Phillips, the co-founder of hedge fund Glen Point Capital who was convicted of manipulating the US dollar-rand exchange rate to trigger a payout on a $20m option, should not be sent to prison, according to his lawyers.
The sudden re-emergence of “Roaring Kitty” – aka Keith Gill – on social media triggered a huge surge in the price of GameStop shares that left short sellers facing losses approaching $1bn, according to a report by CNBC citing figures from data provider S3 Partners.
