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Activists have chosen their past targets well, with their campaigns helping to produce above-market shareholder returns, according to the latest Activist Alert from global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M).
Tiger Global Management recorded a 28.5% gain last year bringing to an end of two-year run of losses and putting the firm ahead of  number of big-name stock-picking peers including Viking Global Investors and Coatue Management, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Nick Rustad, the former Global Head of Futures and Derivatives Clearing at JPMorgan Chase has made a switch to the buyside after an 11 month break from the industry, joining London-based hedge fund start-up Taula Capital Management.
A dramatic reversal in fortunes at macro trader Said Haidar’s Jupiter Fund has left investors nursing big double digital losses for last year, following record returns in the previous 12 month period, according to a report by Bloomberg.
While a long-running feud between Two Sigma Co-Founders John Overdeck and David Siegel was making headlines last year, the secretive quant major was quietly generating steady returns for its investors, according to a report by Business Insider.
Brevan Howard saw mixed results from its hedge funds last year with the firm’s digital currency fund surging to a 40%-plus gain while its flagship fund ended the year in negative territory, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Former Millennium Management executive Bobby Jain is offering steep fee discounts to investors ahead of the launch of Jain Global, which is widely expected to be the largest hedge fund debut ever, in July this year, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Peconic Partners, the $1.5bn hedge fund firm founded by Bill Harnisch has upped its short wagers against US listed companies in the belief that the recent stock market rally will soon run out of steam, according to a report by Bloomberg.
D1 Capital Partners, the hedge fund firm founded by Dan Sundheim, ran into trouble with its private equity and venture capital bets for the second year running in 2023, with the firm making down the value of 49 companies in its portfolio, according to a report by Bloomberg.
GoldenTree Asset Management, the US53bn credit-focused hedge fund firm founded by Steve Tananbaum, has appointed Markus Taubert as a Principal, in the firm’s new office in Munich, Germany.
