Tag Archives: hedge fund
Top Talent at the Big Hedge Funds: Exec Turnover at Citadel LLC
(HedgeCo.Net) In the relentless race for talent, the multistrategy giant Citadel is seeing notable executive churn in its business development (BD) and recruitment ranks. Business Insider What’s happening? The article reports that Citadel’s BD team has experienced a “rash” of departures […]
Leverage Hits Five-Year High as Hedge Funds Bank on Banks & Financials
(HedgeCo.Net) The global hedge-fund industry is showing a bold turn: leverage has surged to its highest level in five years. According to data from Goldman Sachs, gross leverage among hedge funds rose to roughly 294 % recently — up from […]
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 […]
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 […]
Exclusive: Hedge fund Aurelius holds Ukraine debt, asking better terms – source
(Yahoo Finance) – A hedge fund that has for years used courts to secure better debt repayment terms from Argentina has accumulated Ukraine sovereign bonds and formed a group seeking improvements to a recent debt workout, a source with knowledge […]
State Street Starts Macro Hedge Fund in Alternatives Push
(Bloomberg) – State Street Corp. is starting a hedge fund that will bet on macroeconomic events, part of an effort to expand its $2.37 trillion money-management arm beyond lower-paying passive strategies. The strategy, run by Michael Ho and Lisa O’Connor, […]
Benevolent Side of Hedge Funds on Display
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Hedge fund managers may have the reputation of being greedy, but they can also be very generous. Tuesday night was the annual Robin Hood Foundation’s benefit in New York. The Robin Hood Foundation was founded by […]
Puerto Rico Scrambling For Answers to Debt Problems
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – There are a number of hedge funds that have purchased sovereign debt from Puerto Rico and now the hedge funds and the island nation are scrambling to put together a solution for funding the government as […]
Manager Profile and Insights: Robert Moore, CMJ Value Holdings
New York, HedgeCo.Net – CMJ Value Holdings was founded in Chicago in 2001 and has over $40 million in assets under management at this time. The company uses an equity long/short approach with slight bias toward the long side. Robert […]
Hedge Fund Managers Divulge Top Picks at Annual Sohn Conference
New York, HedgeCo.Net – The annual Sohn Investment Conference kicked off yesterday in New York and it drew thousands of investment professionals as well as private investors. The conference is part entertainment and part business and is now in its […]
Credit Suisse Liquid Alternative Beta Index Down in April
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – The Credit Suisse Liquid Alternative Beta (CSLAB) was down 0.67% for the month of April. The index attempts to reflect the performance of the overall hedge fund industry. Among the different strategies tracked, the Merger Arbitrage […]
