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A group of hedge funds with exposure to mortgage bonds and average gross leverage in excess of 2,000% has attracted the attention of the European Securities and Markets Authority over concerns of potential market risk, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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Record losses last year incurred on the back of bullish bets on oil have prompted Pierre Andurand to reduce the risk in his Commodities Discretionary Enhanced hedge fund investment portfolio, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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Hedge funds upped their acquisitions of Chinese stocks to the fastest pace seen in over five years during a three-day period last week, according to a report by Reuters which cites a client note from Goldman Sachs.Â
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Millennium Management, the multi-strategy major founded by Izzy Englander, has pulled cash from Meridiem Capital Partners, three years after backing the stock-focused hedge fund to the tune of $1.5bn, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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The Dubai Financial Services Authority has described 2023 as an “exceptional growth year”, with the regulator having licensed and registered a record-breaking 117 firms, including a big increase in hedge funds during the 12-month period, an increase of 25% over 2022.
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Bill Ackman, the CEO and Portfolio Manager at hedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management, and his Israeli-born wife Neri Oxman, have paid $25m to acquire a 4.9% stake in the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, according to a report by Reuters.
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China’s securities regulators have asked a number of hedge fund managers to restrict short selling of stock index futures as part of wider plans to stabilise the country’s declining markets, according to a report by Reuters.
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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.
