Tag Archives: leverage
One Man Hedge Fund has caught the attention of Industry Giants:
(HedgeCo.Net) In an industry that often equates scale with edge—more analysts, more data, more technology, more leverage—Lucida Capital is an uncomfortable counterexample. The Canada-based hedge fund is operated solely by Francis Lau, and yet it posted a 65% gain from April […]
Hedge Funds Pivot and Wall Street Is Watching:
(HedgeCo.Net) The biggest story in hedge funds today isn’t a single trade or a single firm’s quarterly number—it’s a capital shift that is rapidly becoming structural: allocators are consolidating into fewer, larger multi-strategy hedge funds, fighting for capacity, and effectively […]
Hedge Funds at a Turning Point:
(HedgeCo.Net) In what many industry insiders are calling the most significant development shaping hedge fund strategy and market positioning in 2026, the United States’ largest hedge funds are benefiting from a remarkably strong performance backdrop in 2025, driving major revenue gains […]
Private Credit’s 2026 Opening Bell: Bigger Funds, Insurer Partnerships, and a New Scrutiny Cycle
(HedgeCo.Net) Private credit is starting 2026 the way it ended 2025: with scale—and with a growing spotlight on what that scale means for returns, liquidity, and risk. Over the past 48 hours, two developments have crystallized the story investors are watching […]
Sovereign funds join forces for strategic investment
Reuters – An increasing number of sovereign wealth funds are working in concert to make joint strategic investments in order to reduce risks and maximize returns, which could provide a stabilizing force in financial markets. State-owned funds from China, Singapore, […]
KBC says stops BlueCrest fund leverage facility
Reuters – Belgian bank KBC said it had terminated a $219 million leverage facility it provided to BlueCrest Specialty Asset Finance, a fund run by UK hedge funds manager BlueCrest Capital Management. It was not immediately clear how much of […]
KBC says stops BlueCrest fund leverage facility
Reuters – Belgian bank KBC said it had terminated a $219 million leverage facility it provided to BlueCrest Specialty Asset Finance, a fund run by UK hedge funds manager BlueCrest Capital Management. It was not immediately clear how much of […]
SEB fund arm plans credit hedge fund
Reuters – The fund management arm of Swedish banking group SEB is planning to launch a global credit hedge fund in the autumn to take advantage of mis-pricing opportunities in the credit markets. Peter Branner, global head of investment management […]
Hedge fund leverage is returning
Hedge funds have begun to raise leverage levels again in recent weeks as prime brokers and other lenders become bolder about extending credit in more stable markets, a lawyer specializing in the sector said on Tuesday. Henry Bregstein, attorney at […]
UK has uphill struggle over EU fund rules
guardian.co.uk – Investment companies and private equity firms suspect that they have been caught up in a directive whose real aim was hedge funds largely because it is so difficult to define hedge funds. The Group of 20 leading […]
EU laws seen driving hedge funds from UK
Reuters UK – Some hedge funds will leave the UK if draft new European law is not changed, said one manager present at a meeting this week with the Treasury, in which the industry expressed grave doubts about the rules. […]