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Discipline has dethroned genius in the hedge fund allocation game.
When Hedgeweek® asked 50 global hedge fund allocators in November what separates winning from losing funds heading into 2026, the responses clustered around a clear winner: investment discipline. One in three offered some variation of this phrase, unprompted, making it the single most common answer.
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Starboard Value has fully exited its position in Pfizer, winding down the activist campaign it began last year to push for governance and performance improvements at the US drugmaker, according to a report by Reuters.
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Major hedge-fund firms are expanding into private-markets investing, leveraging their risk-pricing capabilities and talent infrastructure to compete in areas traditionally dominated by buy-out and venture-capital players, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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Hedge fund manager Two Sigma Investments has emerged as a leading investor in China after its equity strategy in the country rose approximately 52% through 30 September, according to a report by Bloomberg. The company’s total assets under management in China has reached CNY10bn ($1.4bn).
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Activist investor Elliott Investment Management has quietly built a significant stake of almost 5% in Toyota Industries Corp, joining a growing chorus of shareholders opposing the proposed JPY16,300-per-share ($30.5bn) buyout offer led by Akio Toyoda as too low, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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Brevan Howard, one of the world’s largest hedge funds, has made a $200m allocation to Catalio Capital Management’s Public Equities Fund, a healthcare-focused strategy, according to a report by Reuters, citing people familiar with the matter.
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Point72 Asset Management, the $41.5bn hedge fund led by billionaire Steve Cohen, is planning to expand into private credit, joining a growing number of hedge funds targeting longer-term, less liquid markets, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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October proved largely positive for major hedge funds, including Millennium Management, Citadel, and Balasny Asset Management, despite brief market volatility tied to US-China trade developments, according to a report by Business Insider.
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Bobby Jain is expanding his Jain Global multi-strategy platform with a new $600m fund targeting bank capital relief trades, led by former DE Shaw portfolio manager Syril Pathmanathan, according to a report by Bloomberg.
