Category Archives: Activist Funds
Hedge Funds Scramble to Cover Shorts After Sharp Equity Rebound
(HedgeCo.Net) After weeks of choppy trading and rising pessimism, U.S. equities staged a sharp rebound on Friday – and hedge funds were caught leaning the wrong way. According to reporting based on prime-broker flow data, managers rushed to cover short […]
Numerai Raises $30 Million to Scale Its AI-Powered Hedge Fund
(HedgeCo.Net) San-Francisco-based Numerai, one of the most unusual hedge funds in the world, has secured a fresh $30 million funding round to accelerate its AI-driven investing model and push toward $1 billion in assets under management. Fintech Global Numerai is built […]
IPO Alert: Pershing Square Capital Management (and a new fund) Eye Early 2026
(HedgeCo.Net) The activist hedge-fund firm Pershing Square, led by Bill Ackman, is reportedly planning dual public offerings: one for the main firm and one for a new investment vehicle, potentially early in 2026. Reuters What is planned? The main listing of […]
Family Offices Shift Into Liquid Alternatives Amid Geopolitical Risk
(HedgeCo.Net) Family offices are increasingly turning to liquid alternative investment strategies as a defensive response to a more volatile and geopolitically uncertain environment. According to a recent survey by BlackRock, 84 % of family offices identify geopolitical uncertainty as a significant challenge […]
Investor Behavior Shift in Alternatives: The Democratization of Alternative Assets
(HedgeCo.Net) Alternative assets have historically been the province of large institutions—endowments, pension funds, sovereign wealth funds. But that paradigm is shifting: according to recent commentary, up to US$80 trillion of potential capital might be “unlocked” by opening up alternative assets to non-institutional […]
Hedge Fund Titans Double Down on Private Credit – Just as Stress Emerges
(HedgeCo.Net) The world’s largest hedge funds are racing deeper into private credit and other private-market strategies, even as the first real signs of strain appear in the booming asset class. Recent reporting shows firms including Point72, D.E. Shaw, Citadel and […]
Multi-Strategy Giants Lock In October Gains While Dialing Back Risk
(HedgeCo.Net) The world’s biggest multi-strategy hedge funds are coming off one of their best months of the year and quietly taking some chips off the table. Firms such as Millennium Management, Citadel and Point72 posted solid gains in October, helped […]
Hedge Funds Trim Magnificent Seven Bets Amid Valuation Concerns
(HedgeCo.Net) Major Wall Street hedge funds significantly reduced exposure to the “Magnificent Seven” tech giants in the third quarter of 2025, according to 13F filings released last week. Funds cut holdings in Nvidia, Amazon, Alphabet, and Meta, while shifting capital […]
Defined Outcome and Buffered Strategies Gain Traction as Liquid Alts Core
(HedgeCo.Net) Among 2025’s hottest liquid alt trends are defined-outcome and buffered ETFs, offering predefined upside caps with built-in downside protection—ideal for risk-averse investors in volatile times. Innovator ETFs and similar products use options ladders to buffer 9-30% losses while capturing […]
Millennium Management: private markets push and a landmark minority sale
(HedgeCo,Net) Millennium Management is signaling a broader strategic shift: stronger emphasis on private markets and a notable ownership change after the firm sold a minority stake to institutional buyers. According to reporting, Millennium agreed to sell roughly 15% of the […]
AI-First Hedge Funds: The New Frontier of Quant Investing
(HedgeCo.Net) A new wave of “AI-first” hedge funds is redefining how money managers compete. Rather than relying primarily on human intuition or traditional quant models, these firms are built around proprietary AI systems that process vast data sets, generate predictive insights, and […]
Michael Burry Deregisters His Hedge Fund, Signals New Chapter
(HedgeCo.Net). Legendary contrarian investor Michael Burry — known for his prescient bets ahead of the 2008 housing-crisis and later popularised in the film The Big Short — has formally deregistered his hedge fund Scion Asset Management, according to a filing […]