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11 Sep. 2026 Allocators double their pace into hedge funds as equity long/short carries the first half [more]
Matthias Knab, Opalesque for New Managers: Hedge fund allocators have sharply accelerated their deployment this year, and equity long/short rather than macro has been the strategy that delivered. These are the headl
09 Sep. 2026 Alternatives Bulletin: Stoneshield, CAIS, Campbell Global, Atlanta, CriteriaCaixa, Finloop, ADAPT, H.I.G., ICG Infra [more]
By Opalesque: A roundup of the most recent press releases from the world of alternative and private markets investments. Stoneshield Capital to join forces with Franklin Templeton and Clarion Partners Franklin Templeton's Clarion Partners has
08 Sep. 2026 Investing in a warming world: choose your metrics wisely [more]
By Opalesque: A recent paper, Investing in a Warming World, examines a subtle but important problem in climate-conscious investing: the carbon metrics investors rely on to demonstrate portfolio decarbonization can be heavily distorted by stock market valuations. And this can create a misle
02 Sep. 2026 Hedge funds pull in $13bn in H1 2026 as inflow streak reaches six quarters [more]
Matthias Knab, Opalesque for New Managers: Hedge funds took in $13bn of net capital during the first half of 2026, putting the industry on course for a second consecutive year of positive capital raising, accordi
01 Sep. 2026 Capula Investment Management launches new CTA [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: London-based $35 billion hedge fund Capula Investment Management has launched a new CTA, which will be led by Yao Hua Ooi, who has recently joined the firm from AQR. The Capula Alternative Markets Alpha Fund has capacity of $2-3 billion and is in its fundra
31 Aug. 2026 Spark Capital Group expands with private equity and private credit funds [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Spark Capital is expanding its private-market business with a Rs.1,500-crore late-stage private equity fund and a Rs.1,000-crore private credit fund, stepping up its focus on high-growth companies and their evolving capital requirements. The two strategies-Midas Fund
31 Aug. 2026 FSB chair: Frontier AI is now the most immediate cyber threat to the financial system [more]
Matthias Knab, Opalesque: The Financial Stability Board has put frontier artificial intelligence at the centre of its risk agenda for the first time, warning G20 finance ministers that the most advanced AI models are already changing the arithmetic of cyber risk - and that most jurisdictions h
28 Aug. 2026 Hedgeye brings its risk management discipline to bitcoin with new active ETF [more]
Matthias Knab, Opalesque: Hedgeye Asset Management (HAM), a subsidiary of Hedgeye Risk Management, has launched the Hedgeye Hedged Bitcoin ETF (NYSE: HBIT), an actively managed fund aimed at investors who want bitcoin exposure without the full amplitude of the asset's price swings. The
26 Aug. 2026 Nine in 10 UK charities plan to raise hedge fund allocations over next two years [more]
Matthias Knab, Opalesque for New Managers: UK charities are preparing one of the most one-sided allocation shifts seen in the sector for years, and alternatives are the main beneficiary. Not a single charity surveye
25 Aug. 2026 Momentum breaks, quant rebounds: How July reshuffled hedge fund leadership [more]
Matthias Knab, Opalesque for New Managers: For six months, 2026 gave hedge funds one of their cleanest runs in more than a decade. July ended it. The PivotalPath Hedge Fund Composite Index fell 0.8% for the month, t
25 Aug. 2026 Citadel sold 80% of Situational Awareness portfolio, gathering huge profits [more]
By Opalesque: Citadel offloaded over 80% of the risk from the AI-focused stock portfolio it acquired from Leopold Aschenbrenner's embattled hedge fund, Situational Awareness. Citadel completed nearly 100 block trades totalling more than $4 billion in market value,
24 Aug. 2026 SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator ticks up to 1.64% in August, stays below five-year average [more]
Matthias Knab, Opalesque for New Managers: SS&C Technologies Holdings (Nasdaq: SSNC) has reported that the SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator for August 2026 measured 1.64%, up from 1.35% in July. Despite
19 Aug. 2026 Bulletin Board: SoFi, iM and Longfellow, Golding, BNP Paribas, Castlelake and Funding Circle, H.I.G., Goldman Sachs and NEOS, Democratisation of private markets [more]
By Opalesque: SoFi expands access to private markets with funds from CAZ and AngelList SoFi Technologies has launched three new private market funds-CAZ GP Stakes Fund, CAZ Strategic Opportunities Fund, and AngelList's USVC Venture Capital Access Fund.
17 Aug. 2026 Hedge funds' bad month, good year: -2.93% in July, a 12-month high in flows, and record low redemptions [more]
Matthias Knab, Opalesque for New Managers: Hedge funds had their worst month of 2026 in July, and investors responded by allocating more money. SS&C Technologies reported that the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Perform
14 Aug. 2026 Ackman's First Public Letter: Six New Stocks - and a Blueprint for the Permanent Capital Manager [more]
Matthias Knab, Opalesque: Bill Ackman's first quarterly shareholder letter as the CEO of a publicly listed asset manager landed on August 12, and the financial press has predictably fixed on the six new stock positions - Netflix, Visa, Mastercard, S&P Global, Intercontinental Exchange and Alc
14 Aug. 2026 Fasanara hires Dr Darran Specter to hunt emerging quant equity talent globally [more]
Matthias Knab, Opalesque: Fasanara Capital, the technology-driven global asset manager with $6 billion in assets under management, has appointed Dr Darran Specter, CFA, as Head of Quant Equity - a hire that says as much about where the firm is placing its bets as it does about the individual fill
13 Aug. 2026 Hedge funds trimmed leverage, not exposure: what July's crowding data actually shows [more]
Matthias Knab, Opalesque for New Managers: The July crowding data shows funds refining AI exposure rather than abandoning it. The most revealing single name is not Nvidia, but Intel - which now sits on the most-c
12 Aug. 2026 The compliance firm was owned by the head of compliance - anatomy of a $397m crypto Ponzi [more]
Matthias Knab, Opalesque: The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has charged Florida-based Goliath Ventures Inc. and its founder and chief executive Christopher Delgado with running a Ponzi scheme that took at l
12 Aug. 2026 Washington invokes emergency powers to keep Kalshi trading as New York seeks $36bn [more]
Matthias Knab, Opalesque for New Managers: The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has invoked its statutory emergency powers to order prediction market exchange KalshiEX LLC to keep operating, after the New Y
11 Aug. 2026 Private equity's AI blind spot: just 1 in 20 managers have an AI compliance policy [more]
Matthias Knab, Opalesque for New Managers: Private equity fund managers have moved AI into their compliance and regulatory reporting workflows faster than they have written rules for it, according to new research fr
11 Aug. 2026 When the GP Is on Both Sides: SEC action against Adit Ventures is a warning for pre-IPO SPV allocators [more]
From Opalesque: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on August 10 filed - and simultaneously settled - fraud charges against New York-based Adit Ventures Management LLC, its founder and CEO Eric L. Munson, 65, and three affiliated general partners: Adit Ventures LLC, Adit Ventures II LL
11 Aug. 2026 SEC's new unit shows that accounting integrity is central to enforcement agenda [more]
By Opalesque: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is launching a Financial Reporting and Accounting Unit within its Division of Enfo
11 Aug. 2026 H2 2026 may feature a narrower beta market for hedge funds [more]
By Opalesque: Amundi Investment Institute's July 2026 brief argues that hedge funds (HF) enter the second half of 2026 in a favourable position, having delivered strong performance and elevated alpha in H1. Flows into the industry have continued, driven by return quality, diversification
10 Aug. 2026 Commodities and value cushion July hedge fund decline as AI names slide [more]
Matthias Knab, Opalesque: Hedge funds recorded their first monthly loss since March in July, as a sharp reversal in technology and AI-linked equities overwhelmed gains elsewhere in the industry. The HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index fell -1.1% for the month, according to data released by
07 Aug. 2026 China's quant managers put their own money on the line: 25 private funds commit RMB 1.4bn in July [more]
Matthias Knab, Opalesque for New Managers: Beijing-based quantitative manager Ningbo Alpha2Fund Investment Management Partnership Enterprise (Alpha2Fund) has announced it will commit RMB 100 million (approximatel
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