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Man Group, the world’s largest publicly listed hedge fund, is maintaining a bearish view on emerging market (EM) hard currency debt, warning that this year’s rally is built on shaky foundations as US inflation limits the Federal Reserve’s capacity to cut rates, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Hedge funds are enjoying their strongest fundraising year in more than a decade, with investors allocating fresh capital in search of resilient, uncorrelated returns amid volatile markets, according to a report by Bloomberg citing data from Hedge Fund Research.
Valbonne Capital, a new Miami-based quant hedge fund firm led by Managing Partner Aidan Ranzieri is preparing to launch publicly in September, following months of internal trading and strategy development.
Activist Hedge fund firm Toms Capital Investment Management has requested a meeting with the board of CSX after building a stake in US railroad operator, according to a report by Reuters citing unnamed people familiar with the matter.
Australian hedge fund manager Regal Partners delivered strong returns in July across several of its strategies, buoyed by a large position in defence technology firm DroneShield, according to a report by the Financial Review.
Crypto hedge fund manager Re7 Capital is aiming to raise $100m for a new multi-strategy vehicle, with the firm’s founder Evgeny Gokhberg set to serve as Chief Investment Officer, according to a report by Financial News.
The BlackRock Investment Institute has recommended its largest-ever boost to hedge fund allocations, advising institutional investors to add up to 5 percentage points more to the asset class compared with pre-2020 levels, according to a report by the Financial Times.
Hedge fund performance softened slightly in July after a strong first half, though the majority of funds remained in positive territory, according to the latest data from Citco, the asset servicer with more than $2tn in assets under administration.
Anthony Scaramucci’s SkyBridge Capital is set to tokenise approximately $300m from two of its funds on the Avalanche blockchain, as the firm embraces the growing trend of real-world asset tokenisation, according to a report by Fortune.
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has committed $250m to New York-based hedge fund Taproot Management, backing a novel model that replaces traditional portfolio managers with teams of senior analysts, according to a report by Bloomberg.
