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Qube Research & Technologies, the quantitative hedge fund spun out of Credit Suisse, is continuing its strategic pivot beyond pure quant by poaching top-ranked equity researchers from the sell side, including veterans from Barclays, according to a report by eFinancial Careers.
Digital asset products saw all-time high weekly inflows of $4.39bn last week, bringing YTD inflows to US$27bn, pushing AuM to a record $220bn, according to a the latest Digital Assets Fund Flows Weekly report from CoinShares.
Global derivatives and securities exchange Cboe Global Markets, is to wind down its Japanese equities business, including the operations of its Cboe Japan proprietary trading system and Cboe BIDS Japan block trading platform.
Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio has issued one of his starkest warnings yet about the US economy, likening the country’s $37tn debt burden to an impending “economic heart attack” and urging a return to fiscal discipline akin to the 1990s, according to a report by Fortune.
Hedge funds delivered strong performance in the first half of 2025, returning 11% year-to-date after a sharp Q2 rebound that saw average returns reach 8.3%, according to new data from asset servicing solutions specialist Citco.
Wall Street banks, including Morgan Stanley, are increasingly turning to complex synthetic risk transfer (SRT) deals to unlock capital and expand lending to hedge funds, as they compete for a larger slice of a booming prime brokerage market, according to a report by the Financial Times.
Third Point, the New York-based hedge fund firm founded by Daniel Loeb, has held a $400m first close for its Insurance Solutions Fund I, marking the firm’s first dedicated private credit strategy tailored for insurance companies, according to a report by Alternative Credit Investor.
Alex Blanchard, a veteran short-term interest rate (STIR) trader and former Goldman Sachs executive, has joined hedge fund giant Millennium Management as a portfolio manager in Dubai – his second hedge fund role in the city this year, according to a report by eFinancial Careers.
Sean Murphy, a former portfolio manager at Citadel, is launching Jerpoint Capital, a new hedge fund backed by Qube Research & Technologies, which is providing $200m in seed capital to the venture, according to a report by Bloomberg.
China-focused hedge funds including Triata Capital delivered standout gains in the first half of 2025, outperforming global peers on the back of a sharp rebound in Hong Kong-listed equities and bets on AI and emerging consumption trends, according to a report by Reuters.
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