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Hedge funds have ramped up bullish bets on crude at the fastest pace in three months, with escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and Eastern Europe driving a renewed risk premium into oil markets, according to a report by Bloomberg citing data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
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Man Group, the world’s largest publicly listed hedge fund manager, has entered the US ETF market with the launch of its first standalone products — a move that brings hedge fund-style credit strategies to a broader investor base.
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DE Shaw & Co, the New York-headquartered tech-driven hedge fund giant, is raising $3bn–$5bn for its new Cogence Fund, marking the firm’s first multi-strategy hedge fund run entirely by human traders rather than algorithms, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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Global quantitative hedge fund firm Qube Research & Technologies has begun charging some employees performance fees on their personal allocations to the firm’s funds, bringing them in line with external investors, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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Ahead of the 2025 US Hedgeweek® Funds of the Future Summit, Manas Pratap Singh, Head of Research, Hedgeweek® asks whether hedge fund conferences are worth the cost in 2025? Here’s what the data tells us.
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Taconic Capital Advisors is closing its $1.8bn multi-strategy Opportunity Fund in a sweeping overhaul that will see the $4.5bn manager refocus on North American credit and merger arbitrage investments, according to a report by Bloomberg citing a recent letter sent to investors.
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Schonfeld Strategic Advisors is expanding into Latin America with plans to open a São Paulo office led by Andre Laport, co-founder of Vinland Capital and a former Goldman Sachs partner, establishing the New York-based firm’s first foothold in Brazil, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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Hedge funds are ramping up bullish wagers on the Japanese yen through options trades after Bank of Japan officials signalled they remain open to further rate hikes this year, despite political uncertainty in Tokyo, according to data from the CME Group.
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Private investment giant Blackstone, the world’s largest hedge fund investor, has committed $250m to Covara Capital, a newly launched opportunistic long-short credit fund founded by former Fir Tree Partners portfolio manager Sachin Gupta, according to a report by Reuters.
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Citadel founder and CEO Ken Griffin has publicly criticised President Trump’s efforts to undermine the Federal Reserve, highlighting potential risks for investors and businesses in an opinion piece for the Wall Street Journal.
