Elliott Investment Management’s campaign at Southwest Airlines is emerging as one of the more successful activist investments in the airline industry, with the carrier significantly outperforming both rival activist-backed JetBlue and the broader US equity market since the hedge fund
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.
AQR Capital Management’s rapid rise to become the world’s largest hedge fund manager has been driven not only by investment performance but also by surging demand for sophisticated tax-aware investment strategies among wealthy individuals, according to a report by Bloomberg.
In Alternative Views Hedgeweek®,goes behind closed doors with those in the know to get the latest on hedge funds. Today, we speak to David Nazar, CIO and Managing Partner Ironshield Capital Management, a hedge fund exclusively invested in European credit
The Japanese yen surged on Monday, extending last week’s sharp gains as traders and hedge funds continued to unwind bearish positions amid growing expectations that Japanese authorities could intervene again to support the currency, according to a report by Reuters.
Jefferies’ Point Bonita Capital fund is facing renewed scrutiny after launching a review of its exposure to iron ore trader Radiant World, adding to the challenges surrounding a strategy that is already in the process of winding down following heavy
Hedge funds increased their bullish positions in crude oil at the fastest pace since March, even as oil prices fell sharply on Monday after signs of renewed diplomatic efforts between the US and Iran eased concerns over global energy supplies,
South Korean equities fell sharply on Monday as investors took profits in semiconductor stocks following last week’s historic rally, with hedge funds and other leveraged investors reducing exposure after a period of extreme market volatility, according to a report by
Citadel’s acquisition of a discounted equity portfolio from embattled AI-focused hedge fund Situational Awareness is the latest example of founder Ken Griffin capitalising on periods of market stress, reinforcing a strategy that has repeatedly generated returns during hedge fund dislocations,
The semiconductor trade that has dominated equity markets this year has entered a far more volatile phase, forcing hedge funds and institutional investors to reassess one of the market’s most crowded AI-driven themes, according to a report by Bloomberg
