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Hedge funds have become a dominant force in Canada’s government bond market, improving liquidity but also creating potential financial stability risks due to the scale and concentration of their activity, according to a report by them Globe & Mail citing new research from the Bank of Canada.
Hong Kong-based Polymer Capital has added Balyasnay Asset Management’s Watson Lau as a portfolio manager, strengthening the fund’s long-short equities capabilities in Asia, according to a report by eFinancial Careers.
Rokos Capital Management has terminated discussions with Lord Peter Mandelson regarding a potential advisory role, following renewed revelations concerning Mandelson’s past association with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to a report by the Financial Times.
Henrik Stille’s Global Rates Opportunity Fund at Nordea Asset Management and Nicolai Rasmussen’s MIRA fund at Nykredit Bank delivered standout performance in 2025 by applying significant leverage to some of the safest debt markets, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Hedge funds are looking to expand both their investment teams and business development capabilities in preparation for a busy 2026, with a record 45% of asset allocators planning to increase exposure to the sector, according to report by eFinancial Careers citing the findings of a recent survey by Goldman Sachs.
ARR Investment Partners, a $60m London-based investment advisor that has been backed by over 70 investors via separately managed accounts, including Fasanara Open Quant Fund and a major New York-based multi-strategy investment firm, has launched a Cayman-domiciled global long-short equity fund.
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TOP STORY: Chaitanya Mehra, head of a diversified commodities platform at Millennium Management, is spinning out to launch Echion Capital with $1.5bn in backing from Izzy Englander’s multi-strategy hedge fund firm, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Hedge fund DE Shaw has become the second activist investor to call on CoStar Group to abandon its Homes.com-led residential business, echoing demands made recently by Daniel Loeb’s Third Point, according to a report by RisMedia.
Multi-strategy hedge fund Jain Global has strengthened its macro trading capability with the hire of Jiujiu Xiong, a senior rates trader formerly at Barclays, according to a report by Financial News London citing unnamed people familiar with the move.
