Element Capital Management, the global macro hedge fund firm founded by Jeff Talpins, is planning to return around $4bn in external capital to clients as it looks to improve performance and focus on managing its own funds, according to a report by Reuters.
Global proprietary trading firm Jane Street Capital has taken legal action against multi-strategy hedge fund major Millennium Management and two former employees over the alleged theft of trader secrets, according to a report by the Financial Times.
A Dutch arbitration court has ordered South Korea to pay New York hedge fund Mason Capital Management more than $32m in a dispute over the merger of two Samsung affiliates back in 2015, according to a report by Reuters.
Brevan Howard Asset Management’s cryptocurrency fund, BH Digital, which manages around $1.7bn in assets, returned 34.5% in the first three months of the year, bringing total gains since it debuted in March 2022 to nearly 51%, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Losses incurred from failed bets on telecom network Altice have prompted multi-strategy major Millennium Management to liquidate wagers made by Portfolio Manager and credit trading specialist Jason Feasey, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Switching holdings from bitcoin and ether to solana and other ‘minor’ cryptocurrencies helped digital assets hedge fund firm Pantera Capital’s roughly $300m Liquid Token Fund record a 66% Q1 return, according to a report by Bloomberg.
London-based activist hedge fund Bluebell Capital Partners has set its sights on BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, with a proposal to oust Larry Fink, the company’s Founder, from his position as Chairman, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.Â
The Walt Disney Company says its full slate of 12 directors was elected by a substantial margin over the nominees of activist hedge funds Trian and Blackwells at the entertainment giant’s 2024 annual meeting of shareholders on Wednesday.
Multi-strategy major Citadel saw positive performance across all of its investment strategies in the first quarter of the year, with the firm’s flagship investment vehicle, the Wellington fund, posting a 5.75% gain, according to a report by Reuters.