Jain Global has hired Jon Stead, Morgan Stanley’s head of high-yield trading in London, in a move that could see the multi-strategy hedge fund expand its European credit trading operation, according to a report by eFinancial Careers.
US hedge fund manager DLD Asset Management is establishing a presence in Hong Kong as it seeks to expand its relative-value trading activities across Asia, hiring Maso Capital Partners co-founder Sohit Khurana as its first senior recruit in the city,
Chinese quantitative hedge fund managers are increasing investments in their own products, with 25 private fund firms committing more than RMB1.4bn ($195m) since the beginning of July, as managers seek to demonstrate confidence in their strategies and reassure investors during
Albar Capital Partners is to return external cash to investors and continue running its London-based market-neutral equities strategy exclusively for founder Javier Velazquez’s former employer Millennium, according to a report buy Bloomberg.
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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.
AI-focused hedge fund Situational Awareness has resumed deploying capital just days after surviving a liquidity crisis that forced it to sell most of its public equity portfolio, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Singapore-based systematic hedge fund Quantedge is emerging as one of the industry’s strongest performers in 2026, combining market-leading returns with an unconventional talent strategy that focuses on recruiting graduates rather than experienced portfolio managers, according to a report by eFinancial
Point72 has strengthened its global macro investment platform with the appointment of a senior trading executive from AQR Capital Management, continuing the hedge fund’s investment in discretionary macro capabilities, according to a report by eFianncial Careers.
Millennium Management has reportedly hired natural gas trader Ryan Sheffler from Castleton Commodities International, a move that underscores the fierce competition among multi-strategy hedge funds to build out commodities trading teams, according to With Intelligence.
