Frankfurt's Prime Capital strengthens institutional sales with Markus Schuwerack appointment... [more]Matthias Knab, Opalesque: Prime Capital AG, the Frankfurt-based independent asset manager and financial services provider, has appointed Markus Schuwerack as Head of Business Development, effective 20 October 2026.
Business Development at Prime Capital brings together the firm's sales and
Hedge funds dumped tech stocks at fastest pace since 2016... [more]Hedge funds cut their technology positions at the fastest rate in at least a decade over the five sessions through October 15, according to Goldman Sachs data, with semiconductors accounting for the largest dollar amount of selling. The Nasdaq 100 fell 5.5% in the week to October 16, its worst week
Hedge fund Two Sigma cuts staff and backs off real estate business... [more]Two Sigma, the quantitative hedge fund managing roughly $85bn, is shutting its real estate unit, which has stopped fundraising and making new investments and is cutting staff. The unit's Real Estate Opportunity Fund, launched to outside investors in 2024, raised less than half of its $2bn target, an
Hyperliquid HYPE tops Multicoin's hedge fund as firm rejects AI pivot... [more]Multicoin Capital general partner Spencer Applebaum told Bloomberg that Hyperliquid's HYPE token is the largest holding in the firm's hedge fund, without disclosing its size or weighting. He said Multicoin bought the position on public markets, typically holds such assets for several years, and ques
Visa partners with Mesh to enable crypto payments at 175 million merchants... [more]Visa has partnered with crypto payments infrastructure provider Mesh to let consumers spend crypto and stablecoin balances at more than 175 million merchant locations without first moving funds to a bank account. Mesh handles funding and conversion at the point of each transaction, so merchants cont
South Korea's sovereign wealth fund returns 6.31% on stock gains... [more]Korea Investment Corporation returned 6.31% in the first eight months of 2026, adding $14.6bn as equity gains of 12.76% offset a 0.18% loss in bonds, lifting assets to $246.6bn. Among alternatives, hedge funds led with 8.33%, ahead of infrastructure at 6.05%, private equity at 4.81% and real estate
Ex-Citi trader out at hedge fund Capula appears to be leaving after three months... [more]Michele Beretta, a European government bond trader who joined Capula Investment Management from Citi in Paris around July, is understood to be leaving again, with the FCA Register showing him exiting the London entity on October 15. He had joined a pod run by ex-Goldman Sachs and UBS rates trader An
Optiver hired a partner from hedge fund Rokos in London... [more]Andrius Jankunas, a partner at Rokos Capital Management since 2018, has joined Optiver in London as global head of quantitative modelling and strategy, the same role he held at Rokos. He previously spent nearly two decades in Goldman Sachs' quant strats division, most recently as EMEA and Asia head
Novavax critic Shah Capital ends its activism campaign... [more]Shah Capital has ended its campaign to influence Novavax after restructuring into a family office, Himanshu Shah Family Office LLC, and withdrawing its registration as an investment adviser. The fund first pushed for leadership change in 2024 after building a 6.7% stake, opposing director re-electio
Türkiye's capital markets chief resigns amid investment fund crisis... [more]Mahmut Sutcu, chairman of Türkiye's Capital Markets Board, resigned citing health problems, while deputy Treasury and Finance minister Osman Celik also filed a retirement petition on the same day. The crisis began last month when several investment funds could not meet redemption requests during a
Are US Treasuries still a hedge? Citi Australia CEO says the bonds are losing their edge... [more]Citi Australia CEO Mark Woodruff said US Treasuries are becoming a weaker hedge against falling equities, citing rising government borrowing, sticky inflation and higher neutral interest rates. With stocks and bonds increasingly moving together, some investors are turning to hedge funds, credit and
And, finally: Couldn't wait... [more]From Newsoftheweird: A Royal Caribbean cruise ship passenger, a 44-year-old Salvadoran woman, was rescued after spending 20 hours in Greece's Ionian Sea, CBS News reported on Oct. 14. The woman jumped from the ship early on Oct. 9 and later told rescuers she did it because she wanted to disembark. A
In an era of deepfakes, phantom fortunes, and narrative warfare, the challenge of distinguishing reality from illusion has never been more acute. For those stewarding generational wealth, the stakes are existential. This 11th edition of Horizons delves into the critical quest for clarity, offering a toolkit to navigate a world rife with deception and to build a foundation of verifiable trust.
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