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January 2024 | This Hedgeweek report provides 14 dynamic and insightful perspectives from industry leaders on the key trends, trades and themes which will shape the hedge fund industry in 2024. The report is divided into three sections – macro outlook, allocator views and key trends – and designed to help industry professionals navigate the year ahead.Â
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Hedge fund capital surged beyond the historic $4tn milestone to begin 2024, with investors remaining focused on inflation, higher interest rates, and macroeconomic uncertainty, but increasingly much more focused on uncertain geopolitical risk and acceleration in M&A.
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The world’s 20 most successful hedge fund firms generated their biggest profits on record last year on the back of a stock market surge, making a combined $67bn for investors, according to a report by Reuters citing data from LCH Investments.
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Electric vehicle pioneer, Tesla, and the granddaddy of mass-produced motor manufacturing, Ford, were among the most shorted large-cap stocks in the Americas during 2023, according to a new report by Hazeltree.
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Bobby Jain’s new multi-manager hedge fund firm Jain Global may come up short in its bid to be crowned the industry’s largest ever launch, with the fund struggling to reach its original $8bn to $10bn fundraising target, according to a report by the Financial Times.
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Activist investment firms bounced back to notch an average 20.2% return in 2023 following a previous year of losses, with ValueAct Capital (39%), Caligan Partners (37%), and Legion Partners Asset Management (35%), leading the way, according to a report by Reuters.
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Rokos Capital Management, the hedge fund firm founded by macro trader Chris Rokos in 2015, is looking to increase its asset base and is reportedly in talks with investors over raising up to $2bn in additional funds, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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Sean Gambino, who closed his own Heron Bay Capital hedge fund firm in 2022 to join Eisler Capital, is leaving the multi-strategy investment firm to set up on his own again, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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Multi-strategy major Citadel has parted company with two of its portfolio managers – Matthew Carter-Tracy and Jospeh DiGiacomo – while another – Ben Shapiro – is rejoining Ken Griffin’s $62bn firm, according to a report by Bloomberg.
