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The US Treasury market – long viewed as the global bedrock of financial safety – is flashing red as hedge funds dump positions en masse, triggering sharp selloffs and prompting fears of a broader liquidity crunch, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Global hedge funds tracked by Morgan Stanley posted sharp losses last week as financial markets reeled from escalating US-China trade tensions, prompting managers to rapidly cut risk and push net leverage to near historic lows, according top a report by Reuters.
Cryptocurrencies staged a dramatic intraday recovery on Monday after an early sell-off triggered by sweeping US tariffs rattled global markets and dashed expectations of digital assets decoupling from broader macroeconomic pressures, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Singapore-based alternative asset manager Vulpes Investment Management has launched a new AI/ML-powered tail risk strategy fund, marking a deepening of its partnership with Noviscient’s technology platform, FundBox.
The UK government is set to unveil sweeping changes to its regulatory framework for hedge funds and private equity firms, proposing a new lighter-touch regime for managers with less than £5bn in assets under management rather than the £100m threshold currently, according to a report by the Financial Times.
Saba Capital Management founder Boaz Weinstein has warned that the global credit markets could be facing an “avalanche” of stress, as escalating trade tensions threaten to accelerate bond market declines and trigger a sharp uptick in corporate bankruptcies, according to a report by Bloomberg.
US government bonds came under sharp pressure on Monday, as hedge funds aggressively unwound risk and investors sought the safety of cash, triggering one of the steepest selloffs in Treasuries since the height of the Covid-19 crisis, according to a report by the Financial Times.
Pershing Square Holdings, the London-listed investment trust run by hedge fund manager Bill Ackman, has dropped 15% year-to-date as the escalating US trade war reverberates through global markets and punishes the fund’s concentrated equity positions, according to a report by the Financial Times.
Hedge funds recorded their largest-ever one-day net sales of global equities following President Donald Trump’s sweeping announcement of new tariffs, according to a report by Bloomberg citing data from Goldman Sachs’ prime brokerage unit — marking a historic moment in hedge fund positioning.
Anson Funds has formally named its slate of three director candidates in an ongoing push to overhaul the board at Match Group, the parent company of popular dating platforms Tinder, Hinge, and OkCupid, according to a report by Reuters.
