Monthly Archives: August 2026
Citadel Unwound More Than 80% of the Situational Awareness Book It Bought:
HedgeCo.Net — Ken Griffin told clients in a Friday letter that Citadel has unwound more than 80% of the aggregate risk from the public-equity book it bought from Leopold Aschenbren… Continue reading
You Cannot Mark This Week as One Tape
HedgeCo.Net — This week’s prints look like one tape if you add the dollars. They are not. A crowded public book de-grossed. A private book was packaged as a structured dollar. A pr… Continue reading
Investcorp Buys India’s 20Cube 3PL for About INR 500 Crore:
HedgeCo.Net — Investcorp announced on August 19 that it has acquired 20Cube 3PL Solutions, a digital-first contract logistics platform in India, for approximately INR 500 crore. Th… Continue reading
Callosum Raises a $100 Million Seed Led by Atomico, UK Sovereign AI on the Cap Table:
HedgeCo.Net — Callosum, a London AI-infrastructure startup, raised a $100 million seed round led by Atomico, with participation from Plural, DCVC, and the UK’s Sovereign AI fund. A… Continue reading
Ninety One Closes Africa Credit Opportunities 3 at $404 Million:
HedgeCo.Net — Ninety One announced the final close of Africa Credit Opportunities Fund 3 at $404 million. Alternative Credit Investor reported the figure as commitments from instit… Continue reading
Franklin Templeton Closes a $1.5 Billion Inaugural Collateralized Fund Obligation:
HedgeCo.Net — Franklin Templeton announced on August 20 the close of Franklin Templeton Structured Solutions 2026, L.P., its first collateralized fund obligation, raising $1.5 bill… Continue reading
Spot Bitcoin ETFs Took In $606 Million on August 20, Ether $220 Million:
HedgeCo.Net — U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs recorded $606.3 million of net inflows on August 20, per Farside Investors’ daily table. BlackRock’s IBIT took $503.0 million, about 83% of the… Continue reading
Muon Space Closes a $250 Million Series C Led by Eclipse:
HedgeCo.Net — Muon Space, the Mountain View satellite manufacturer, announced on August 20 the close of a $250 million Series C led by Eclipse Capital. The company called the round… Continue reading
Oakley Capital’s Fund VI Takes a Majority of Graphwise, Terms Undisclosed:
HedgeCo.Net — Oakley Capital said on August 19 that Fund VI has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Graphwise, a knowledge-graph and semantic-data platform used as enterprise AI … Continue reading
Goldman’s Hedge-Fund VIP Basket Posted Its Worst Month Versus the S&P in 20-Plus Years:
HedgeCo.Net — Goldman Sachs said its Hedge Fund VIP list of the most popular long positions suffered its worst one-month underperformance versus the S&P 500 in more than 20 years o… Continue reading
Advent Takes a Majority of NZCR With Waterman and Physicians Rolling:
HedgeCo.Net — Advent International announced on August 20 a majority investment in New Zealand Clinical Research Group, a clinical-trials operator in New Zealand and Australia. Dea… Continue reading
Northleaf Closes ~$450 Million Across NASF and Co-Invest Vehicles:
HedgeCo.Net — Northleaf Capital Partners announced on August 18 the final close of Northleaf Asset-Based Specialty Finance, its first dedicated low-correlation asset-based specialt… Continue reading