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Multi-strategy hedge fund manager Verition Fund Management has signed a lease for new office accommodation at Piccadilly Circus in the heart of London’s West End, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Quantitative Investment Management, a Virginia-based quantitative trading firm with $1bn in AUM, has appointed Chris Obenshain and Bland Painter as Co-Portfolio Managers of its Quantitative Cipher Program.Â
Bill Ackman, the CEO and Portfolio Manager at hedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management, and his Israeli-born wife Neri Oxman, have paid $25m to acquire a 4.9% stake in the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, according to a report by Reuters.
Crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX has launched Margin+, an exclusive programme aimed at allowing professional traders to tap the current bullish market sentiment by expanding their positions without the need to bolster their accounts with extra capital.
FlexTrade Systems, a specialist in multi-asset execution and order management systems, has launched a new offering for traders of public equity to plan, manage and execute equity offerings via a new issue management system, FlexNIMS.
Activist investment firm Trian Fund Management’s $3bn bet on Walt Disney impacted performance in 2023, as the firm, founded by Nelson Peltz, underperformed relative to its activist hedge fund peers, according to a report by Reuters.
For the first time in 10 weeks as of last week, hedge funds bought more stocks of US companies than they sold, adding $554m to their portfolios, according to a report by Reuters citing data from the Bank of America.
Qube Research & Technologies has built a short position against German companies of more than $1bn as Europe’s biggest economy slows in response to a downturn in global demand, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Options Technology, an infrastructure and market data provider for capital markets businesses, has successfully deployed JPX’s latest Layer 1 Multicast offering as part of its ongoing ultra-low latency expansion.
China’s securities regulators have asked a number of hedge fund managers to restrict short selling of stock index futures as part of wider plans to stabilise the country’s declining markets, according to a report by Reuters.
