
Systematic strategies favour optimisation amid macro instability
Systematic investing adapts to a higher-rate, more volatile market regime by prioritising robustness, defensiveness, and explainable models over optimisation.

Systematic investing adapts to a higher-rate, more volatile market regime by prioritising robustness, defensiveness, and explainable models over optimisation.

Investors are increasingly favouring hedge funds and multi-strategy vehicles over private credit amid ongoing market uncertainty, according to a report by Bloomberg citing comments from UBS Global Wealth Management co-presidents Iqbal Khan (pictured) and Robert Karofsky.

Schonfeld Strategic Advisors is preparing to establish a new office in Zurich, further expanding its presence in Europe as competition intensifies among multi-strategy hedge funds seeking to attract and retain investment talent, according to a report by Bloomberg.

AI is an increasingly important tool for hedge funds and asset managers operating in credit markets, but the tech is being used primarily to enhance investment processes rather than replace investment professionals, according to report by the Financial Times citing
Hedge funds are intensifying bearish bets against a range of customer experience and business process outsourcing companies as concerns mount that advances in artificial intelligence could fundamentally reshape the sector, according to a report by the Financial Times.
Bloomberg has added Apptopia as a key provider of mobile app intelligence on its Terminal, expanding the availability of alternative data signals used by institutional investors to track corporate performance and consumer behaviour in near real time.
Universal Music Group shares came under pressure after Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Capital Management completed the sale of its remaining stake in the company, ending a multi-year investment that had previously included an unsuccessful takeover attempt, according to a report
Interest in hedge fund careers continues to intensify, with Millennium Management’s newly launched investment internship programme already fully subscribed more than a year before participants are due to begin, according to a report by eFinancial Careers.
Bloomberg has launched Options IOI, a price monitoring tool designed to help equity derivatives investors cut through pricing information overload, streamline the liquidity screening process, and quickly surface decision-ready insights.

DE Shaw & Co is lengthening investor withdrawal periods on two of its largest hedge funds while closing smaller vehicles, reflecting a broader industry shift among multi-strategy managers toward tighter liquidity controls and more stable capital bases, according to a