Managers
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.
A former senior executive east Davidson Kempner Capital Management has alleged that HM Revenue & Customs challenged arrangements used by the hedge fund to reduce partners’ tax liabilities, according to a report by Bloomberg.
CME Group is bringing back single-stock futures in the US, giving investors a new way to take leveraged long or short positions in major companies without directly trading their shares, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Hedge funds have amassed their most negative positioning on the Canadian dollar in nearly two years as renewed US tariff threats add to pressure on the loonie, according to a report by Bloomberg citing the latest data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
Hedge funds and other institutional investors are reassessing the sustainability of the artificial intelligence investment boom after a sharp selloff in the technology sector wiped nearly $800bn from the combined market value of the so-called Magnificent Seven, according top a report by Bloomberg.
