Activist investor Flashlight Capital Partners has offered to buy the stakes held by five Samsung affiliates in South Korean security-services company S-1 Corp at a 45% premium, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Balyasny Asset Management is continuing to expand its London operation, adding specialist roles focused on integrating and supporting portfolio managers as the hedge fund recruits across commodities, quantitative strategies and other areas, according to a report by eFinancial Careers.
Hedge funds are increasing bets that the Australian dollar will outperform the New Zealand dollar through the end of the year, as stronger Australian inflation expectations revive the prospect of further Reserve Bank of Australia rate increases, according to a
Commodity markets are being driven by an increasingly diverse set of structural and short-term forces, putting a premium on strategies that combine systematic models with fundamental and on-the-ground research.
US Treasuries rallied as a sharp decline in oil prices helped ease inflation fears, giving Treasury secretary Scott Bessent some relief after months of rising long-term borrowing costs, according to a report by Bloomberg.
US Treasury secretary Scott Bessent’s decision to ramp up purchases of long-dated government debt is raising concerns among investors that fiscal policy could increasingly conflict with the Federal Reserve’s efforts to contain inflation, according to a report by the Financial
Brazilian hedge fund SPX Capital has lost its two main portfolio managers in Singapore as the firm continues to reshape its global operations following a period of weaker performance and investor outflows, according tp a report by Bloomberg.
RockawayX, the Prague-based digital-asset investment firm overseeing about $2bn, is targeting $150m for a new liquid strategies hedge fund as it expands beyond venture investing into cryptocurrencies and crypto-related equities, according to a report by Forbes.
Amsterdam-based electronic trading firm Optiver has hired Alexis Le Montagner as a global strategy manager in London, bringing in an executive with experience expanding financial businesses across international markets, according to a report by eFinancial Careers.
Alex Gerko, the billionaire founder of quantitative trading firm XTX Markets, is taking steps to wind up the investment partnership at the centre of a long-running UK tax dispute, according to a report by Bloomberg.
