Hedge Funds & Liquid Alts: archive
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Multistrategy hedge funds grow assets as institutional allocators return
Five-year volatility is 6.7% for multistrategy funds and 11.8% for the wider hedge fund universe, Goldman Sachs data show.
Summit Hill Fixed Income Alpha Fund sold $300 million
Wilshire is listed as manager or sponsor on the Oct. 27 Form D.
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Quant firms fund AI labs as PhD pay reaches $800,000
Qube sponsors more than 70 PhD and postdoctoral researchers; Capital Fund Management's lab focuses on longer-term academic work.
Finland's VER credits quant and CTA in €1.1 billion hedge book
The €27.1 billion pension fund says strong trends in rates, currencies and commodities lifted its top hedge fund strategies; hedge funds were 4.2% of assets.
Hedge funds add $36 billion in Q3 as 2026 inflows top $100 billion
The quarter came in just below the $39.1 billion gathered in Q2, according to Citco's quarterly report.
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Crescent Capital files Form Ds for three evergreen lending funds
All three report an undisclosed offering amount and no sales; the levered companion is a Luxembourg SCSp.
ExodusPoint loses two Dubai macro PMs within a year of joining
Chris Wheeler and Daniel Dangoor ran independent macro teams at the $15.5 billion firm; the report did not specify their strategies or team capital.
Hedge fund launches fall to 100 in 2Q, closures to 70
First-quarter liquidations of 129 were the highest since 2Q24 and 2025 launches of 561 the highest since 2021, per HFR.
Taiga manager sees historic Nordic small-cap valuation gap
Denmark is down more than 40% while Sweden, Finland and Norway are up 30% to 50%, he told HedgeNordic.
Former Brevan Howard manager Robert Sicari sued over $3.5m in profit claims
Researcher Wooyoung Hong alleges he was promised 50% of certain profits and a 30% stake in ThirtyPark Capital.
Goldman prime desk: more than two-thirds of hedge funds fell Oct. 22
All three broad equity strategies Goldman tracks fell more than 1% that day, the first such session since the pandemic.
Alcur reopens SEK 9.6bn Classic to new money
Swedish manager lifts limits on the Nordic equity hedge fund and will accept monthly subscriptions from late November.
IKC Capital names Sebastian Hallenius CIO and incoming CEO
The Swedish manager's new investment chief spent seven years running Länsförsäkringar Multistrategi.
Hedge fund leverage lifts banks' nine-month equities revenue to $67bn
Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan accounted for $52 billion, or nearly 80%, per a CNBC analysis cited by Hedgeweek.
Lingjun Investment raises $300 million offshore after two-year halt
The Beijing quant manager is also in talks for $150 million from a Southeast Asian sovereign fund, Hedgeweek reports, citing Reuters.
UK hedge fund managers ask Healey for growth plan, gilt discipline
Hegel Capital's Adrian Vlad and Alphidence's Igor Yelnik want personal tax rates that keep portfolio managers in London.
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Barclays shifts balance sheet to Asia hedge fund financing
An internal auction moved capacity from rates trading after summer limits, Bloomberg reported.
Starboard builds Solstice stake and seeks $100 million in cost cuts
The FT reports Starboard is among Solstice's top 10 holders, with stock worth several hundred million dollars.
Multistrategy headcount growth slows to 7% as SMAs reach $47 billion
Goldman research cited by Business Insider puts the average external allocation at nearly $190 million, up 19% year on year.
Hedge fund assets reach record $5.64 trillion on $34.5 billion inflows
Managers over $5 billion took in $36.6 billion, more than the $34.5 billion industry net total.
BGC, Nanhua and ADM build compute futures desks before CFTC approval
Four exchanges await CFTC approval to list contracts; the instruments would track AI computing costs.
CalPERS weighs hedge fund return through SMAs, 12 years after exit
The $653.8 billion pension fund discussed SMA hedge fund exposure with Goldman Sachs and Dockside Platforms; no decision, Pensions & Investments reports.
London hedge funds shed nearly 100 rates traders after bond losses
Losses hit leveraged French government bond carry trades, and some exits were voluntary, eFinancialCareers reported.
AMP and One River call for a defensive system, not a single hedge
The post questions whether government bonds still reliably hedge inflation.
Millennium's Englander tops hedge fund Rich List at $4 billion
Institutional Investor's 24th annual ranking put top 25 earnings at $30.045 billion; the $375 million needed for 25th place was a record.
SS&C GlobeOp redemption indicator falls to 1.62% in October
The reading, below September's 2.02% and the 2.06% five-year average, measures notices filed 30 to 90 days before the redemption date.
Hedge fund equity strategies fall together for first time since Covid
Fundamental long/short funds fell 1.4%, systematic 1.3% and multistrategy platforms 1.9%, Goldman's prime desk said.
Hedge fund short leverage hits 99th percentile of range
Goldman's AI stock basket fell to the 38th percentile of its one-year range as tech posted record two-week net selling.
Three hedge fund strategy groups fall more than 1% in one session
Multistrategy platforms lost 1.9% on Oct. 22, and more than two-thirds of funds ended the day in the red, Goldman data show.
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Norway's $2.3tn fund loses $29.7bn as it plans Treasury cuts
The fixed income portfolio returned -3.5% while equities added 0.5%; the fund plans to cut Treasury holdings.
Arini raises $1.5 billion, closes first direct lending fund
The London manager's flagship fell an estimated 6.91% in October, Hedgeweek reported.
Bessent dismisses AI systemic risk at closed-door hedge fund event
Hedge fund and institutional investors are reassessing AI-linked equities over elevated valuations and leverage, Hedgeweek said.
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Tidan Capital adds Luca Moro as senior portfolio strategist
Moro was CIO of the SpesX Energy Transition UCITS Fund at FIEE SGR in Rome, HedgeNordic reported.
Top 100 hedge funds trail wider industry in first half
Canoe Intelligence puts the cohort at about $3.2 trillion and finds long/short equity ahead of smaller peers while relative value and arbitrage lag.
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CAIA essay: liquid alternatives are easier to justify than hold
John W. Moore of Stratview Wealth Management names the "Perspective Premium" and says it is not a return forecast.