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Hedge fund majors Citadel and Millennium have posted solid gains in the first half of the year, continuing a strong performance trend for the multi-strategy firms that dominate the industry, according to a report by the Financial Times.
The insider trading case involving Segantii Capital Management, its founder Simon Sadler and former trader Daniel La Rocca has been adjourned by a Hong Kong court until 15 October, according to a report by Reuters.
Digital asset investment products saw a third consecutive week of outflows last week although at $30m, the total represented a significant reduction in recent outflows, according to the latest Digital Assets Fund Flows Report from CoinShares.
Schonfeld Strategic Advisors’ flagship hedge fund, Strategic Partners, posted a 10.3% gain in the first six months of the year on the back of positive performance across multiple strategies, according to a report by Reuters.
Jonathan Xiong, the former co-CEO of Millennium’s Asia operations, has launched a new hedge fund, Arrowpoint Investment Partners, which began trading on Monday with over $1bn in assets and more than 15 portfolio managers, according to a report by Business Insider.
Bridgewater Associates, the hedge fund major led by CEO Nir Bar Dea, has launched a new strategy that uses machine learning as the primary basis for its investment decision making process, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Hedge funds missed out on Monday’s post-French election surge in banking sector stocks after exiting their positions betting on a rise in sector prices last week at the fastest rate seen since May 2021, according to report by Reuters.
In a significant restructuring of its real estate and equities divisions, Seth Klarman’s Baupost Group has cut approximately 19% of its investing staff, the largest staffing in the hedge fund’s 42-year history, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Citadel has appointed Nathan Perrone from multi-strategy rival Millennium as its new Chief Compliance Officer for its global equities and Ashler Capital businesses – two of the firm’s four fundamental long/short strategies – according to a report by eFinancial Careers.
The European Energy Exchange and European Commodity Clearing are to offer a six-month transaction and clearing fee waiver for market participants trading their EEX Nordic Zonal Power Futures and EEX Nordic System Price Power Futures.
