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Crypto Markets Hit Inflection Point as Bitcoin Soars, Altcoins Rally, Institutions Flood In
(HedgeCo.Net) Bitcoin continues to defy skeptics. The world’s largest cryptocurrency recently reached new all?time highs above the $125,000 mark, as investor appetite for digital assets surges in 2025. The Economic Times+2Investopedia+2 Yet, rising macro pressures, volatility, and regulatory uncertainty suggest […]
BlackRock’s Accelerated Move Into Artificial Intelligence
(HedgeCo.Net) BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, is increasingly embracing artificial intelligence (AI), both as an investment theme and as a core capability shaping its strategy. Its recent actions indicate that the company sees AI not just as a driver […]
Bridgewater in 2025: Growth, Transition, and Strategy without Founder
(HedgeCo.Net) Bridgewater Associates is navigating a pivotal year in 2025, balancing leadership changeovers, strategic recalibrations, and encouraging fund performance — all amid a backdrop of declining assets under management (AUM) and a shifting investment environment. Leadership and Ownership TransitionsOne of […]
Intel stock is up 50% over the last month, putting U.S. stake at $16 billion
(CNBC) Shares of U.S. chipmaker Intel climbed 3% last week, putting the monthly gain over 50%. The surge pushed the stock past $37, hiking the value of the U.S. government’s 10% stake in Intel to roughly $16 billion. The Trump […]
AQR Posts Strong September, Multi-Strategy Assets Under Pressure but Finding Anchors
Veteran quant manager AQR Capital Management delivered robust across-the-board returns in September across multiple strategies. Its flagship multi-strategy fund, Apex Strategy, gained about 4.0% for the month and is up ~15.6% year-to-date. Meanwhile, AQR’s Delphi Long-Short Equity strategy added ~2.9% […]
Bridgewater’s Pure Alpha Fund Rockets 26% YTD, Leading the Mega-Fence
Bridgewater Associates is demonstrating renewed dominance in the macro hedge fund arena, with its **Pure Alpha flagship fund up ~26% year-to-date through September. That performance places Bridgewater at or near the top of the largest funds globally, reaffirming its macro […]
AI Drives Surge in WorldQuant’s International Quant Championship — And Its Talent Pipeline
WorldQuant, the quant asset manager spun out of Millennium, saw an explosion in interest in its annual International Quant Championship (IQC) — participation surged to 80,000 university entrants, doubling last year’s figure. AI is credited as the accelerant: advances in […]
Crypto Hedge Fund XWIN Predicts Ethereum Surge If Liquidity Keeps Flowing
A crypto hedge fund is now arguing the next big move in Ethereum is driven not just by protocol innovation, but macro liquidity dynamics. XWIN Finance has posited that Ethereum could revisit $10,000 this cycle — assuming current liquidity tailwinds […]
Bain Capital Closes $14B Flagship PE Fund, Signals Prudence Amid Rising Risks
Bain Capital this week announced the successful close of its fourteenth flagship private equity fund, hauling in $14 billion in commitments — well above its original $10B target. Bain Capital The fresh capital bolsters Bain’s investing capacity globally across its […]
Billionaire Rush: Elite Investors Flock to BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF Amid Crypto Boom
A cadre of billionaires and institutional giants, including Harvard’s endowment, are diving deep into BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), an ETF mirroring Bitcoin’s spot price and poised for explosive growth. Alan Howard’s Brevan Howard snapped up 15.9 million shares, hedging […]
Cerebras Systems Bags $1.1 Billion in Fresh Funding, Delaying IPO Dreams
Just when the tech world thought Cerebras Systems was headed for the stock market, the AI chipmaker pulls off a jaw-dropping $1.1 billion private funding round. A year after filing for an IPO, the Nvidia challenger is staying private longer, […]
Swiss Firm QCAM Launches USD Money Market Fund with Over USD 1 Billion in Seed Capital
Zug, Switzerland – March 31, 2025 – QCAM Currency Asset Management AG, a Swiss asset management firm, has introduced its QCAM Short Term Fixed Income USD Fund in collaboration with UBS, which acts as the management company and custodian bank. […]
