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Hedge fund veteran Ricky Mewani is leaving Citadel to join rival multi-stratgey firm Balyasny Asset Management following a $50m drawdown in his healthcare portfolio, according to a report by Bloomberg citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter.
Hedge funds with short positions in Kingfisher, including AKO Capital, are facing significant paper losses after the UK home improvement group, which owns B&Q, raised profit guidance for the first half of the year, according to a report by the Financial Times.
Verition Fund Management has appointed Alex Mouturat, a former senior portfolio manager at Millennium Capital Partners, to build a dedicated energy trading team focused on European natural gas, power, carbon, and oil, according to a report by Bloomberg.
TOP STORY: Activist Elliott Investment Management’s proposal to spin-off PepsiCo’s global bottling operations as part of its plan to increase shareholder value, could face opposition from other investors in the business, according to a report by Reuters.
Soren Gandrud, a former healthcare Portfolio Manager at Millennium and Citadel, is launching his own hedge fund, Jones Hill Capital, with backing from $12bn multi-strategy firm Walleye Capital, according to a report by Business Insider.
US activist hedge fund Greenlight Capital has called on Brighthouse Financial Inc to move forward with a potential sale to Aquarian Holdings, in a deal that would value the insurer at around $70 per share, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Risk-parity strategies, long associated with Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio and often viewed as lagging, are seeing a notable rebound in 2025, with multi-asset funds following the approach returning 12–15%, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Activist investor Anson Funds Management is pressing outdoor advertising specialist Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings to consider a sale, according to report by Bloomberg citing unnamed sources. The firm, which owns roughly 3.6% of Clear Channel, has communicated its views directly to the board.
Quant-focused investment firm Squarepoint is expanding into physical metals trading, combining its data-driven strategies with traditional commodity operations to compete with established players like Glencore and Trafigura, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Fasanara Capital has now raised $100m in its hybrid One Fasanara (F-ONE) offering, which combines tactical private credit and crypto strategies since its launch in January 2025. The strategy gained 7.9% in the first-half of 2025, according to sources.
