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The Hedgeweek European Leadership Summit is set to return to London on Thursday, 29 February, as operational leaders from some of the world’s leading hedge fund firms discuss their current challenges and key priorities for 2024.Â
Third Point, the $10.6bn hedge fund founded and run by Daniel Loeb, plans to invest in private credit, having bet on positive conditions for both equity and credit markets for 2024, according to a report by Reuters citing an investor note.Â
Options Technology, a specialist in capital markets infrastructure, has promoted Marlena Efstratopoulou, who previously held the roles of Chief Risk Officer and Chief Security Officer as the firm’s new Chief Information Security Officer.
Treasury transaction values and volumes among alternative and institutional fund clients of the Citco group of companies climbed 14% to a record $1.55tn in 2023, driven by increased demand for outsourced treasury management.
Rokos Capital Management and Bridgewater Associates were among several big hedge funds to up their holdings in shares on Nvidia at the end of last year, positioning themselves to benefit from the stock’s almost 50% gain so far in 2024, according to a report by Reuters.
British hedge fund trader Anthony Mark Peterson will admit to his part in a scheme that defrauded the Danish tax authorities of more than DKK9bn ($1.2bn) when his case is heard in court later this month, according to a report by Reuters.
Following a year of record losses, Element Capital Management, the global macro hedge fund firm founded by Jeffrey Talpins is planning to downsize its operation in terms of external investments and run mainly in-house capital, according to a report by Bloomberg.
An electricity failure and subsequent shutdown of a BP refinery in the US sparked an oil sell-off as hedge funds and other money managers sold the equivalent of 86m barrels in the six most important petroleum-related futures and options contracts over the past week, according to a report by Reuters.
On the heels of topping the Americas large-cap list for most shorted stock of 2023, Tesla was the most crowded security in January, with a score of 99, according to the latest Shortside Crowdedness Report from Hazeltree.
Genesis Global, a software provider geared towards financial markets organisations, has launched a web version of its multi-asset class middle-office solution, Trade Allocation Manager (TAM).
