Hedge funds drop short trades on U.S. regional banks – Goldman
By Nell Mackenzie LONDON (Reuters) – Hedge funds ditched short bets against U.S. regional banks as of the end of August and turned bullish on …
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Exclusive-Rare earths magnet firms turn to Vietnam in China hedge
By Francesco Guarascio and Ju-min Park HANOI/SEOUL (Reuters) – Korean and Chinese magnet firms, including an Apple supplier, are set to open factories in Vietnam, …
How hedge funds are positioning themselves for a soft landing
By Nell Mackenzie, Carolina Mandl and Summer Zhen LONDON (Reuters) – Bond, stock and currency market bears with portfolios designed to gain from a recession …
Hedge funds slow value exodus as AI hype drives up growth stocks
NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – Hedge funds have slowed their exit from value stocks and small-cap stocks over the past month, as enthusiasm for artificial intelligence …
Asian hedge funds see waning demand in the first half -data
By Summer Zhen HONG KONG (Reuters) – Money continued to flow out of Asian hedge funds in the first half of 2023 as a disappointing …
Hedge funds land bonuses despite returns below bank savings rates -Goldman
By Nell Mackenzie LONDON (Reuters) – Most investors still award bonuses to hedge funds even if their investments do not earn as much as a …
Tudor, Adage Capital among hedge funds making bets on NYC office space
By David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) – Basswood Capital, Adage Capital Partners and Paul Tudor Jones’ Tudor Investment Corp were among the hedge funds that …
Hedge fund Viking reopens flagship fund after decade -sources
By Carolina Mandl NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S.-based Viking Global Investors has reopened its flagship long/short hedge fund for new capital having closed it more than …
Analysis-Oil hedge funds place their bets on heat-fueled hurricane season
By Nell Mackenzie LONDON (Reuters) – Bullish gasoline positions have hit their highest since the day Russia invaded Ukraine and will almost certainly rise further …
AI mania, financials and energy stocks boost hedge fund gains
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Equity hedge funds ended July with gains of 7.83% so far this year, helped by technology, financials and energy stocks, data …
Hedge funds turn bearish again as yields spike
By Carolina Mandl NEW YORK (Reuters) – Global hedge funds increased their bets that stocks will fall in a week when bonds yields rose after …
Hedge fund investors hunt credit, equity portfolios
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Big investors, such as pension funds and insurance companies, are willing to increase their allocation to credit and equity hedge funds …
Lincoln National’s CRE exposure targeted by two hedge funds
By Carolina Mandl NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two hedge funds have placed bets that bonds issued by life insurance company Lincoln National Corp will fall …
European credit hedge funds top investor most-wanted list- Barclays
By Nell Mackenzie LONDON (Reuters) – European credit hedge funds topped a most-wanted list of global hedge fund strategies in the second half of this …
Hedge funds rush to buy China stocks on economy stimulus prospects – Goldman
By Summer Zhen HONG KONG (Reuters) – Global hedge funds snapped up Chinese equities following the politburo meeting this week, buying on Tuesday at their …
Drugmaker Mallinckrodt in talks with hedge funds to avoid opioid settlements – WSJ
(Reuters) – Drugmaker Mallinckrodt is talking to hedge funds about filing for bankruptcy and avoiding payments intended to help people addicted to opioids, the Wall …
How hedge funds would trade global real estate woes
By Nell Mackenzie and Carolina Mandl LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Property markets knocked by high interest rates and the end of cheap financing have caught …
Rithm Capital to acquire hedge fund Sculptor for $639 million
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Asset manager Rithm Capital has agreed to acquire hedge fund firm Sculptor Capital Management for $639 million, the companies said in …
Hedge fund industry lures $3.6 billion in fresh money in Q2 – HFR
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Investors poured $3.6 billion in fresh money into global hedge funds in the second quarter, data provider HFR said on Friday, …
European Union agrees post-Brexit rules for hedge funds
By Nell Mackenzie LONDON (Reuters) – The European Union said on Thursday it has reached a deal on revising its rules for managers of hedge …
Global hedge funds ditch losing trades after failing to beat the MSCI – Goldman
By Nell Mackenzie LONDON (Reuters) – Global hedge funds exited trades in the past week at their fastest pace since January and at one of …
Blackstone to invest $150 million in London-based hedge fund Astaris
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss NEW YORK (Reuters) – Blackstone Group LP is to invest $150 million in London-based Astaris Capital Management which will be split between …
Hedge funds rush to unwind bearish stock positions
By Carolina Mandl and Nell Mackenzie NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – Global hedge funds rushed to unwind bets that U.S.-listed stocks will fall, as a persistent …
US retail investors add equities, while hedge funds trim exposure
By Carolina Mandl NEW YORK (Reuters) – Retail investors bought roughly $7 billion of equities last week, showing a near record appetite for shares since …
Global hedge funds shine in June, driven by AI -HFR
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Global hedge funds posted gains of 2.2% in June, as artificial intelligence-related stocks surged and the banking crisis eased, data provider …
Hopes of political change, surging inflation lure hedge funds to Argentinian stocks
By Amruta Khandekar and Siddarth S (Reuters) – Foreign hedge funds have been lapping up Argentinian equities at cheap valuations in anticipation of a change …
Hedge fund Verition joins rush to Dubai financial hub
By Hadeel Al Sayegh DUBAI (Reuters) – U.S.-based Verition Fund Management is opening an office in Dubai, joining a raft of other hedge funds including …
Analysis-Macro hedge funds down at half-year point, pin recovery hopes on central banks
By Carolina Mandl and Nell Mackenzie NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – Many macro hedge funds that bet on global economic trends are ending the first half …
Odey suspends flagship hedge fund after redemption pressure – Bloomberg News
(Reuters) -Odey Asset Management has suspended its flagship hedge fund after it was hit with redemption requests following the removal of founder Crispin Odey, Bloomberg …
Hedge fund Two Sigma says rift poses material risk for the firm
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York-based hedge fund Two Sigma Investments said in a regulatory filing that a rift between its top managers poses governance …
New China-focused hedge fund bucks trend to raise more than $100 million
By Summer Zhen and Xie Yu HONG KONG (Reuters) – A new China-focused hedge fund, led by a former Hillhouse Capital Management fund manager, has …
Analysis-City distances itself from hedge fund boss Odey in tentative #MeToo shift
By Nell Mackenzie, Sinead Cruise and Naomi Rovnick LONDON (Reuters) – Big banks and investors quickly sought to distance themselves from Odey Asset Management after …
Brahman Capital shuts hedge fund as profits dry up – Bloomberg News
(Reuters) – New York-based investment management company Brahman Capital Corp is closing one of its equity hedge fund and returning cash to its clients, Bloomberg …
Higher interest rates boost hedge fund stock borrowing to record high – Goldman
By Nell Mackenzie LONDON (Reuters) – Borrowing across the global hedge fund industry has hit record highs, Goldman Sachs said in a note to clients …
Arrowstreet, Coatue Management among big hedge funds buying Meta in first quarter
By David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) – Prominent hedge funds including Arrowstreet Capital LLC, D1 Capital Partners and Coatue Management LLC were among the investors …
Hedge funds bet consumers will rein in U.S. spending – Goldman Sachs
By Nell Mackenzie LONDON (Reuters) – Global hedge funds’ bearish positions reached year highs in April, largely aimed at companies selling non-essential consumer products, in …
Recession-wary investors pour $9.1 billion into hedge funds in first quarter
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON (Reuters) – Hedge funds pulled in $9.1 billion in new money during the first three months of 2023, data showed on …
Hedge funds bought financial stocks amid banking turmoil, says S&P
By Carolina Mandl NEW YORK (Reuters) – Hedge funds increased their exposure to stocks in the financial sector amid the banking turmoil in March, as …
Hedge fund Pura Vida urges peace at Cutera board, pushes for new CEO search
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss NEW YORK (Reuters) -Investment firm Pura Vida is wading into a boardroom battle at global aesthetics device company Cutera Inc by warning …
Roller coaster March puts macro hedge funds in red, others post small gains
By Carolina Mandl and Svea Herbst-Bayliss NEW YORK (Reuters) -Big market swings in March sparked by a banking crisis hurt some hedge fund returns with …
New Jersey hedge fund, founder settle SEC charges over improper trades
By Chris Prentice NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New Jersey hedge fund and its founder have agreed to pay $19.3 million to settle charges by …
Hedge funds retrench after getting pummeled during wild March
By Nell Mackenzie, Carolina Mandl and Summer Zhen LONDON/NEW YORK/HONG KONG (Reuters) – March’s market turmoil has forced many macro and trend-following hedge funds to …
Hedge fund WorldQuant hires James Henderson from Squarepoint – sources
By Nell Mackenzie LONDON (Reuters) – Hedge fund WorldQuant has hired James Henderson as deputy general manager based in London, two sources with knowledge of …
Hedge funds flee banks, lending-related stocks
By Carolina Mandl NEW YORK (Reuters) – Global hedge funds cut their exposure to U.S. banking stocks to a near 10-year record low and fled …
Hedge funds whiplashed in wild March markets
By Summer Zhen, Nell Mackenzie and Yoruk Bahceli LONDON/HONG KONG (Reuters) – Trend-following and macro hedge funds have been badly wrong-footed in a week of …
Five trades from hedge funds to navigate US-China tensions
By Nell Mackenzie, Carolina Mandl and Summer Zhen LONDON (Reuters) – Hedge funds are watching growing U.S.-Chinese geopolitical tensions and have spotted ways to trade …
Hedge funds’ Europe stock buying spree unlikely to be maintained -JP Morgan
By Nell Mackenzie LONDON (Reuters) – Hedge funds’ bullish equity positioning in Europe is in line with some of the highest levels of the past …
Hedge funds put record wager on higher 2-year U.S. bond yield: McGeever
By Jamie McGeever ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) -Hedge funds entered February holding their biggest ever short position in two-year U.S. Treasuries futures. That’s what the most …
Analysis-Chinese companies hang onto dollars, hedge to prepare for volatile yuan
By Winni Zhou and Brenda Goh SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Some Chinese companies are holding on to dollar revenues from exports, while others are turning to …
Former Bond Trader And Hedge Fund Founder Jeffrey Soberman Parket Pleads Guilty To $65 Million Ponzi Lending Scheme
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Daniel B. Brubaker, Inspector in Charge of the New York Division …