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Sound Point Capital Management, a credit-oriented alternative investment manager overseeing approximately $43bn in total assets, has appointed Dan Fabian as Global Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately succeeding Kevin Gerlitz who is retiring.
The European Energy Exchange, part of the EEX Group is introducing new financial-physical spread contracts from 1 October 2025 to enable more efficient price hedging opportunities as well as to boost overall market liquidity.
UK hedge fund Helikon Investments is reaping major rewards in 2025 after making a bold contrarian bet on Poland’s long-ignored coal utility sector, with the firm’s Long Short Equity Fund Master ICAV up 36% year-to-date, according to a report by Bloomberg.
AXA IM Prime, the hedge fund platform recently acquired by BNP Paribas, has significantly expanded its exposure to Asia-focused hedge funds, now allocating up to 30% of its $5bn hedge fund portfolio to managers in the region, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Hedge funds posted encouraging results for the first half of 2025, overcoming market turbulence tied to US trade policy uncertainty and capitalising on surging equity markets, according to a report by Reuters citing new data from Goldman Sachs.
AQR Capital Management, led by billionaire investor Cliff Asness, has delivered double-digit returns across multiple strategies in the first half of 2025, according to a report by Reuters citing an unnamed source familiar with the matter.
King Street Capital Management has closed its latest European real estate special situations fund at $950m, reaching its hard cap in just 12 months as signs of distress return to the continent’s property market, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Quantitative investment management firm PanAgora Asset Management has appointed Tim Stanton as Managing Director, Head of Global Distribution, with responsibility for leading the firm’s institutional growth initiatives.
Ken Griffin’s $66bn hedge fund Citadel posted a modest 2.5% gain in the first half of 2025, falling behind smaller multi-manager rivals Balyasny and ExodusPoint, which returned 7.3% and 9.3%, respectively, according to a report by the Financial Times.
Whetstone Capital, the $250m hedge fund known for its contrarian deep-value approach, posted a 21% return in May – its best monthly performance since inception – by doubling down on unloved and mispriced growth names left behind during recent market dislocations, according to a report by MarketWatch.
