Managers
Rokos Capital Management and Bridgewater Associates were among several big hedge funds to up their holdings in shares on Nvidia at the end of last year, positioning themselves to benefit from the stock’s almost 50% gain so far in 2024, according to a report by Reuters.
Following a year of record losses, Element Capital Management, the global macro hedge fund firm founded by Jeffrey Talpins is planning to downsize its operation in terms of external investments and run mainly in-house capital, according to a report by Bloomberg.
An electricity failure and subsequent shutdown of a BP refinery in the US sparked an oil sell-off as hedge funds and other money managers sold the equivalent of 86m barrels in the six most important petroleum-related futures and options contracts over the past week, according to a report by Reuters.
Luis Stuhlberger, the CEO and CIO of Verde Asset Management, a Sao Paolo-based hedge fund managing BRL24bn ($4.8bn) and one of the country’s largest independent asset managers, is looking to China’s smaller companies after the selloff in China’s equity market at the start of 2024, according to a report by Bloomberg citing an investor note.
Soaring energy supplies coupled with subdued demand means that a further slump in EU carbon permits is on the cards, according to a report by Bloomberg citing veteran hedge fund manager Per Lekander, CEO of Clean Energy Transition.
Global hedge funds bought more stocks than they sold for the second consecutive week last week, mainly in ‘cyclical’ sectors such as energy, industrials and materials, amid an “almost no panic” market, according to a report by Reuters.
London-based asset management firm Silchester International Investors has built a 5% stake worth around £120m ($152m) in ITV, the UK’s largest commercial television broadcaster, according to a report by Morningstar citing regulatory filings.
Alternative fund managers are concerned about the growing threat they face from money laundering risks and their organisation’s focus on anti-money laundering management is set to increase over the next 24 months, according to new research from Ocorian, a provider of regulation and compliance services for funds, corporates, capital markets and private clients.
AGF Management has made a strategic investment in New Holland Capital, a New-York based multi-strategy investment manager with more than $5bn in AUM and more than 17 years of experience in absolute return investment strategies.
New hedge fund managers are struggling to attract investment to their funds with inflows in 2023 falling to new lows, according to a report by Reuters, citing a client report published by Goldman Sachs on Friday last week.
