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Hedge fund giant Citadel has appointed Keith McNulty, a former McKinsey director and PhD mathematician, to lead its talent assessment function in London, reflecting the growing role of data-driven approaches in hedge fund hiring, according to a report by eFinancial Careers.
Activist investor Engaged Capital is preparing to launch a proxy contest at financial software provider BlackLine, as it steps up pressure on the company to pursue strategic alternatives, including a potential sale, according to a report by Reuters.
Zhejiang High-Flyer Asset Management, the quantitative hedge fund founded by DeepSeek creator Liang Wenfeng, delivered average returns of nearly 57% in 2025, reinforcing a standout year for China’s systematic managers, according to a report by Business Times.
SimCorp has launched a new global equity factor risk model designed to help hedge funds and active asset managers manage short-horizon trading strategies following a year marked by sharp market swings and crowded trades.
Squarepoint Capital has provided a $200m anchor investment to a newly launched hedge fund – Hong Kong-based Invictus Investment Partners – led by former senior portfolio managers from Point72 Asset Management and Citadel, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Schonfeld Strategic Advisors has provided seed capital to a Sarda Capital, a London-based investment firm offering investors exposure to Indian equity markets through allocations to local hedge funds, according to a report by Bloomberg.
London-based credit specialist Sona Asset Management attracted approximately $6.6bn in additional assets in 2025, highlighting continued investor appetite for focused hedge fund strategies beyond the large multi-strategy platforms, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Unifi Asset Management, the hedge fund launched by former One William Street partner Omer Gundogdu, has surpassed $1bn in assets under management less than a year after beginning to trade, marking a rare fundraising success for a newly established manager, according to a report by Bloomberg.
D1 Capital Partners recorded a 39 per cent gain across its private investment portfolio last year, driven largely by its long-standing investment in Elon Musk’s SpaceX following a sharp uplift in the company’s valuation, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Global fintech Broadridge Financial Solutions’ Distributed Ledger Repo (DLR) platform processed an average of $384bn in daily repo transactions during the month of December, with volumes totalling nearly $9tn overall.
