Category Archives: Hedge Fund Strategies
Starboard Built a Stake in Solstice Advanced Materials and Pressed for About $100 Million of Cost Cuts:
HedgeCo.Net — Activist hedge fund Starboard Value has built a stake in Solstice Advanced Materials, the chemicals company Honeywell spun off last year, and is pressing management t… Continue reading
Starboard Was Preparing to Nominate Directors at Knife River, Reuters Reported:
HedgeCo.Net — Starboard Value is preparing to nominate directors for election to the board of Knife River, stepping up pressure on the construction materials company to improve its… Continue reading
Two Sigma Halted Fundraising at Its Real Estate Unit as Seth Platt Prepared to Leave Its Management Committee:
HedgeCo.Net — Two Sigma Investments has stopped fundraising and new investments at its real estate unit and is cutting senior staff there after the business raised less than half o… Continue reading
Bank of England’s Breeden Warned Hedge Funds’ Growing Bond-Market Role Raises Spillover Risk:
HedgeCo.Net — Hedge funds’ expanding presence in global government bond markets makes it more likely that a shock in one market spreads to others, Bank of England Deputy Governor S… Continue reading
Hedge Fund Stock Pickers Lost 2.9% in a Week as AI Trades Unwound, Goldman Sachs Data Showed:
HedgeCo.Net — Global fundamental long-short hedge funds lost money on every trading day of the week to October 15, ending the period down 2.9% as a broad unwind of artificial-intel… Continue reading
Hedge Fund Launches Fell to an Estimated 100 in the Second Quarter as Liquidations Dropped to 70, HFR Said:
HedgeCo.Net — New hedge fund launches and liquidations both fell sharply in the second quarter of 2026, according to HFR’s latest Market Microstructure Report. An estimated 100 new… Continue reading
Palliser Capital Opposing CVC and GBL’s Revised €53-a-Share Offer for Recordati:
HedgeCo.Net — Palliser Capital said it is opposing the revised €53-per-share offer for Recordati from Respighi BidCo, the vehicle backed by CVC and Groupe Bruxelles Lambert, descri… Continue reading
Hedge Fund Start-Ups Faced the Toughest Fundraising in Years as Capital Concentrated in the Largest Managers:
HedgeCo.Net — Launching a hedge fund has become harder as investors pour capital into established multi-strategy firms, leaving even well-backed new managers struggling to raise ou… Continue reading
Asian Pensions, Family Offices and Wealth Managers Stepped Up Hedge Fund Allocations as Bonds Faltered as a Diversifier:
HedgeCo.Net — Hedge funds are drawing a rush of new capital from Asia as pensions, family offices and private wealth clients look beyond traditional stock and bond portfolios, Reut… Continue reading
Hedge Funds Stepped Up Purchases of Los Angeles Wildfire Claims as California’s Push to Curb Them Stalled:
HedgeCo.Net — Hedge funds are increasing their purchases of legal claims tied to the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires after a political effort to restrict the trades lost momentum, Bloom… Continue reading
Hedge Funds Slipped an Estimated 0.7% in September as Macro and CTA Strategies Surged, HFR Said:
HedgeCo.Net — Hedge funds posted mixed results in September, with the HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index declining an estimated 0.7% as gains in Macro strategies were offset by los… Continue reading