Category Archives: Hedge Fund Strategies
Engineers Gate Cut Most of Its Synthesis Fundamental Equities Team After October Losses Tied to the Technology Selloff:
HedgeCo.Net — Engineers Gate has dismissed most of its Synthesis fundamental equities team, including head Mike Daylamani, after a difficult October linked to the technology-sector… Continue reading
Walleye Capital Lost 5.9% in October and Is Restructuring Its Equity Long/Short Business, Parting Ways With Leadership and Returning Capital:
HedgeCo.Net — Walleye Capital is restructuring its internal equity long/short business after a 5.9% loss in October, its worst month since March 2020, and plans to return a portion… Continue reading
Millennium, Marshall Wace and ExodusPoint Lost Money in October While Citadel and Quantedge Posted Gains:
HedgeCo.Net — October turned into one of the broadest losing months for large hedge funds since the pandemic, as a technology selloff, turmoil in government bond markets and electi… Continue reading
Arini’s Flagship Credit Fund Was Reported Down More Than 26% This Year as Margin Calls Forced Over $2 Billion of Debt Sales:
HedgeCo.Net — Losses at Arini Capital Management’s flagship credit hedge fund have exceeded 26% this year, and margin calls from the banks that provide its leverage have pushed the… Continue reading
Hedge Funds Backed an SEC Proposal to Ease U.S. Access to EU Bond Futures, Which Would Be the First Addition to the Exempt Issuer List Since 1999:
HedgeCo.Net — Hedge funds are backing a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission proposal to ease restrictions on trading European Union bond futures, Bloomberg reported. The Manage… Continue reading
Citadel and ExodusPoint Lost London Macro Portfolio Managers as Up to 100 Macro Professionals Have Left or Lost Roles in the City:
HedgeCo.Net — Citadel and ExodusPoint have each lost senior members of their London macro trading teams as difficult market conditions pressure portfolio managers across the hedge … Continue reading
PivotalPath Found the Ten Largest Multistrategy Hedge Funds Run About $2.2 Trillion of Gross Assets on $360 Billion of Net Capital, Roughly Six Times Leverage:
HedgeCo.Net — The largest multistrategy hedge funds are increasingly exposed to overlapping positions and high leverage, raising the risk that a market shock could produce widespre… Continue reading
Elliott Warned That Leverage and AI Speculation Could Trigger a Severe Market Correction as Its Flagship Returned Less Than 2% Through September:
HedgeCo.Net — Elliott Management has warned investors that mounting financial risks, excessive leverage and speculation around artificial intelligence could set off a severe market… Continue reading
Millennium Pulled More Than $1.5 Billion of Leveraged Capital From Two External Managers, Troluce and Axebrook, After Losses:
HedgeCo.Net — Millennium Management is withdrawing more than $1.5 billion of leveraged capital from two external hedge fund managers after investment losses at both firms, Bloomber… Continue reading
Xantium Plans to Spin Out of Tudor With About $9 Billion in What Would Be the Largest Hedge Fund Spinout on Record:
HedgeCo.Net — Xantium, the quantitative hedge fund that has operated inside Paul Tudor Jones’ Tudor Investment Corporation since 2019, plans to leave the firm and launch independen… Continue reading
Two Portfolio Managers Left Balyasny’s Corbets Stock-Picking Unit as the Firm Reshapes Its Equity Bench:
HedgeCo.Net — Thomas Stephens and Kevin Cottrell, two portfolio managers at Corbets Capital, the fundamental stock-picking unit of $37 billion Balyasny Asset Management, left the f… Continue reading
Hedge Funds Positioned for About $60 Billion of Passive Flows in the Largest Topix Rebalance on Record:
HedgeCo.Net — Hedge fund traders positioned this week for the largest rebalancing in the history of Japan’s Topix benchmark, a reshuffle of more than 700 stocks expected to generat… Continue reading