Global hedge funds increasingly rotated within the artificial intelligence trade during July, reducing exposure to some of the sector’s most crowded names while favouring companies showing clearer evidence that heavy AI investment is translating into revenue and earnings growth.
Hedge funds and other currency investors are increasing their use of options to navigate heightened uncertainty around the yen ahead of key US inflation data, with traders split over whether the dollar is poised for further gains against the Japanese currency, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Hedge funds are rebuilding equity exposure after sharply reducing risk in late July, with investors once again adding to long positions as the latest market rally gains momentum, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal citing a note from the prime brokerage division at Goldman Sachs.
Technology-focused hedge funds suffered their steepest monthly decline since the global financial crisis in July as a sharp reversal in AI-related equities hit managers concentrated in the sector, according to a the latest data from HFR.
The evolution of hedge fund financing since the global financial crisis has shifted risk away from banks’ balance sheets but concentrated it within highly leveraged investment vehicles.
Oil prices moved higher on Friday as uncertainty over plans to reopen the Strait of Hormuz continued to unsettle energy markets, with proposed restrictions on shipping through the strategic waterway raising doubts over how quickly normal crude flows can resume, according to a report by Reuters.
A number of the world’s largest hedge funds were recently targeted in a coordinated cyberattack campaign that relied on AI-enabled voice phishing techniques to try to gain access to internal systems, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Ironshield Capital Management CIO David Nazar explains why Europe’s lower-rated credit market continues to offer compelling opportunities through deep fundamental analysis, disciplined risk management and a focus on complexity over market themes.
Global hedge funds surrendered almost three percentage points of performance in July as a sharp reversal in technology stocks triggered losses across multiple strategies, although the industry remains up around 8% for the year, according to a report by users citing JPMorgan analysis.
Coatue Management suffered its steepest monthly decline in more than a year in July, as the sharp sell-off in artificial intelligence and semiconductor stocks weighed heavily on the technology-focused hedge fund, according to a report by Bloomberg.