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New hedge fund launches are on the increase across Dubai and Abu Dhabi, as Senior Portfolio Managers from global multi-strats set up their own ventures – with many backed not by local sovereign wealth, but by major allocators in the US and Europe, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Hedge fund investors holding Brightline’s $1.1bn corporate debt are preparing a restructuring plan that could give them priority over other creditors while providing new financing to the struggling high-speed rail project, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Global short sellers continued to focus on consumer and Software & Services sectors in November, according to Hazeltree’s latest Shortside Crowdedness Report, which tracks anonymised data from over 600 asset managers globally.
London-based systematic digital asset manager Temple Capital, which manages around $120m in assets, has joined the collateral mirroring programme offered by digital asset exchange OKX in partnership with Standard Chartered.
Hedge fund firm Point72’s quant arm, Cubist Systematic Strategies, has seen another senior departure as Jae Ho Kim, head of portfolio research, has gone on gardening leave, according to a report by eFinancial Careers.
Hedge funds with heavy exposure to biotech, including Perceptive Advisors, have posted some of the industry’s strongest returns in 2025, fuelled by a surge in large-cap pharma M&A and the sector’s sharpest rally in a decade, according to a report by the Financial Times.
Warner Bros shares climbed sharply this week as event-driven hedge funds ramped up positions in anticipation of a bidding war between Paramount and Netflix, with merger arbitrage managers suggesting that at least one bidder is likely to raise its offer, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
Activist investor Jana Partners has urged Alkami Technology, the fintech platform serving banks and credit unions, to explore a potential sale to either a rival firm or a private equity buyer, according to a report by reuters.
Geopolitics, policy uncertainty and diverging rate cycles are setting up a strong environment for macro and volatility-oriented hedge funds next year, according to a Bloomberg report citing senior leaders from Man Group, Brevan Howard and the Abu Dhabi Investment Council.
Activist hedge fund Starboard Value has acquired a nearly 5% stake in Clearwater Analytics (CWAN.N), pressuring the investment accounting software provider to unlock shareholder value, according to a report by Reuters.
