Opalesque Exclusive: Institutional investors optimistic about investing in 2024 despite challenges... [more]Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Institutional investors are expecting a generally good year for investment performance despite economic uncertainty and somewhat uneven asset class performance, according to Commonfund's annual investor survey.
The survey includes responses of over 300
The US hedge fund market size to grow by $662.7bn in four years... [more]Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The US hedge fund market size is estimated to grow by USD 662.74 bn from 2024-2028, said a study.
According to Technavio, the market is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 7.9% during the forecast period.
The US hedge fund market caters to investors seeking diversif
Investment firms overlooking cybersecurity risks, survey finds... [more]Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Investment firms could be underestimating the cybersecurity risks of artificial intelligence as well as new cybersecurity regulations, according to a new survey.
The 2024 Cybersecurity Benchmarking Survey, a joint project of ACA Group and the National Socie
Percheron Capital closes latest fund at $1.55 billion hard cap... [more]Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Percheron Capital has closed its second fund at the $1.55 billion hard cap. The fund was oversubscribed and significantly larger than the firm's debut fund which closed at $770 million in September 2021.
Percheron announced an interim close for this fund
The 23nd annual ranking of the highest-earning hedge fund managers... [more]From Institutional Investor: Now this is what you call a reversal of fortune. One year after losing 18 percent, Chris Hohn's TCI Fund Management surged to a 33 percent gain in 2023.
As a result, the London-based, sometimes-activist investor personally made $2.9 billion, enabling him to top Inst
Navigating market highs with hedge funds... [more]All-time highs often generate investor concern that markets have peaked. Such worries are not supported by history. Over the past 60 years, the S&P has traded within 5% of a record high 60% of the time.
And since 1960, the average return in the 12 months following a record high for the S&P 500
ExodusPoint hedge fund clients yanked $1bn in 2023... [more]From Bloomberg: ExodusPoint Capital Management clients pulled about $1 billion from Michael Gelband's hedge fund in 2023, the second straight year of withdrawals, according to people familiar with the matter.
That followed hundreds of millions of dollars of withdrawals in 2022 and prompted Exodu
Why good news for Japan may be bad news for hedge funds... [more]From FT: When the Tokyo stock market closed on Wednesday afternoon, the sun was shining, a weekend of cherry blossoms lay in prospect and the once leaden-footed Topix index - the broad benchmark of corporate Japan - had skipped to within inches of its all-time high.
Tricky times, in other words,
Europe: European Commission president's plan for common SWF stalls... [more]From IPE: Ursula von der Leyen's plan to set up a European sovereignty fund has stalled, as member states oppose the idea and the European Commission turns its attention to fund critical technologies through existing facilities.
Almost two years ago, Von der Leyen promised in her state of the un
MENA: Sovereign funds account for 86% of deal value in Middle East... [more]The value and volume of dealmaking in the Middle East has accelerated over the past years, with the share of deals closed by sovereign wealth funds climbing up to over 85% of total deal value.
The region's sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) sit on an abundance of capital that they are using to acce
Asia: Hedge funds pulled out of Asian ADRs in March- Morgan Stanley... [more]From Investing.com-- American Depository Receipts for Asian firms, largely from Japan and China, saw net outflows through March despite clocking positive price action through the month, Morgan Stanley analysts said in a note.
Asian ADRs saw net outflows of $5.6 billion, Morgan Stanley said, with
Manager Profile: Steve Cohen: Founder, Point72 Asset Management... [more]Steve Cohen oversees Point72 Asset Management, a $30.6 billion hedge fund firm that started managing outside capital in 2018. For years Cohen ran SAC Capital, one of the most successful hedge funds ever.
Cohen was forced to shut down SAC Capital after the firm pleaded guilty to insider trading c
And, finally: Stuff that's happening in China... [more]From Newsoftheweird: On March 20, a 34-year-old man went to the hospital in Quang Ninh Province, China, with severe abdominal cramps, Oddity Central reported. He was in too much pain to talk, so doctors took an X-ray and an ultrasound, where they saw something unusual in his abdomen. During surgery
Criminals continue to fleece high net-worth individuals and family offices through sophisticated scams that involve elaborate presentations, fake companies and websites, and fraudulent documents that appear credible.
We've documented three cases that describe the highly sophisticated, complex structures and cunningly designed processes which ultimately lead to straightforward investment fraud. This has
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