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Hedge funds are increasingly approaching private equity firms to trade complex “deal-contingent” currency derivatives directly, threatening to sideline investment banks that have long dominated this niche market, according to a report by IFR.
A surge in investor appetite for artificial intelligence exposure is driving a new generation of hedge funds targeting the sector, with several high-profile launches amassing multi-billion-dollar asset bases in record time, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
Activist hedge fund Engine Capital has taken a roughly 3% stake in life-sciences company Avantor and is poised to press for significant changes, including the possibility of a sale, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal citing sources familiar with the matter.
DE Shaw’s $60bn hedge fund platform saw a sharp late-month rebound in July, with its macro-focused Oculus fund surging 4.6% in the final week to finish the up 4.4% for the month, according to a report by Bloomberg citing an investor letter.
UK regulators are sounding the alarm over a sharp rise in leveraged hedge fund positions in the gilt market, warning of potential systemic risks if trades unwind suddenly, according to a report by the Daily Telegraph.
Despite geopolitical tensions and market volatility, institutional investors are actively hunting for new hedge fund managers whilst raising return expectations. Our latest Hedgeweek-AIMA survey reveals 40% seek fresh partnerships, 46% plan increased allocations, and SMAs are gaining ground for capital efficiency. Tom Kehoe from AIMA joins Hedgeweek’s Manas Singh to discuss why uncertainty is driving opportunity, not retreat.
Syz Capital, the $2bn alternatives investment arm of the family-owned Syz Group, is set to reopen its bitcoin-denominated fund of crypto hedge funds, the BTC Alpha Fund, to new and existing investors from 1 October 2025 in response to growing institutional demand.
Hedge funds are pivoting on energy trades, cutting long-standing bullish positions in oil stocks while easing off shorts in renewables, according to a report by Bloomberg citing new data from alternative investment analytics firm Hazeltree.
Systematic hedge funds recovered some ground in the final week of July, offsetting what had been a difficult month for the sector, according to a report by Business Insider citing the latest prime brokerage data from Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs.
Hedge fund Two Seas Capital is preparing to launch a proxy battle to block CoreWeave’s planned all-stock acquisition of computing infrastructure provider Core Scientific, warning that the deal’s current structure “undervalues” the target and fails to protect its shareholders, according to a report by the Financial Times.
