Stock-picking, multi-manager hedge funds attract more capital from investors in 2026, BofA says... [more]Hedge funds have raised more capital than Bank of America expected this year, the first time in three years that inflows have exceeded its initial forecasts, helped by strong first-half performance and the AI boom. A BofA survey of 321 allocators found particular demand for equity and multi-manager
Hedge funds are the wild card in the turbulent bond market... [more]Hedge funds have doubled their Treasury holdings over the past five years and now control a record 7% of the market as traditional buy-and-hold investors such as pension funds reduce their exposure. Their growing role provides liquidity and supports Treasury auctions, but the Federal Reserve is exam
Leopold Aschenbrenner is back to losing money in AI stocks... [more]Situational Awareness founder Leopold Aschenbrenner has returned to public markets after losing billions in July, buying options tied to AMD, Bloom Energy and CoreWeave as well as other AI-related securities. By the following Monday's open, all six publicly identified tickers connected with the new
BIS flags near-collapse of Situational Awareness as warning on leveraged hedge funds... [more]The Bank for International Settlements has pointed to the collapse of highly leveraged AI trades at Situational Awareness as a warning about vulnerabilities created by hedge fund leverage and concentrated positions. The episode demonstrated how quickly losses can trigger margin calls and forced asse
Schonfeld's macro team has been on a growth tear, despite the departure of most of the starting team... [more]Schonfeld Strategic Advisors has more than doubled the investment staff in its macro business to nearly 150 people despite the departure of almost all members of the original team. The unit now has 45 trading pods, added 15 portfolio managers in 2026 and accounts for roughly 20% of Schonfeld's marke
Goldman Sachs MD says multistrategy hedge funds may yet need many more PMs... [more]Goldman Sachs' Freddie Parker says record capital inflows into multistrategy hedge funds have substantially outpaced hiring, potentially creating significant demand for additional portfolio managers. Around USD500bn of assets have flowed into the sector over the past 12 months, an increase of 25%, w
Zhu Kuan Macao gets green light to set up investment fund management company... [more]Zhu Kuan Group has received approval from Macao authorities to establish an investment fund management company as the city seeks to expand its modern financial-services industry and diversify beyond gaming. The move will allow the state-owned group to develop fund-management activities and participa
The hedge fund veteran betting big on the politics of abundance... [more]Former Citadel global fixed-income head Derek Kaufman has shifted from hedge funds to public policy, using his Inclusive Abundance organization to push measures designed to make it easier for the US to build housing, energy infrastructure and other projects. Kaufman worked behind the scenes on the 2
China's DeepSeek hires dealmaker as CFO ahead of possible IPO... [more]Chinese AI startup DeepSeek plans to hire GL Ventures partner Yan Wentao as its first chief financial officer as it prepares for a potential IPO on Shanghai's STAR Market. DeepSeek, which was initially financed by founder Liang Wenfeng's quantitative hedge fund High-Flyer, has also hired CITIC Secur
Samsung faces local hedge fund's push to cancel preferred shares... [more]South Korean hedge fund Truston Asset Management is pushing Samsung Electronics to cancel its treasury preferred shares rather than use them for employee compensation, arguing that cancellation would improve shareholder value. The activist investor's campaign adds to pressure on major Korean compani
Upper Tribunal upholds Crispin Odey ban... [more]Crispin Odey's ban from the UK financial services industry has been upheld by the Upper Tribunal, which found that the Odey Asset Management founder lacked integrity after he twice dismissed the firm's executive committee while it was considering disciplinary action against him. The Tribunal upheld
Billionaire Brexiteer Crispin Odey banned from City after 'bullying and threatening' colleagues... [more]Veteran hedge fund manager Crispin Odey has lost his appeal against an FCA decision banning him from the financial services industry after the Upper Tribunal concluded that he lacked integrity. The case centered on his conduct during an internal disciplinary process at Odey Asset Management, includi
Dubai, Abu Dhabi's USD3 trillion hedge fund moat... [more]Dubai and Abu Dhabi have built an increasingly formidable position as Middle Eastern bases for global hedge funds and asset managers, supported by the UAE's vast pools of sovereign and private wealth and an expanding financial-services ecosystem. The region's roughly USD3tn capital base is becoming
And, finally: Crocodile trouble... [more]From Newsoftheweird: An unnamed Italian man made it all the way from Miami to Turin, Italy, with a dried crocodile head in his luggage. The Turin unit of Italy's financial police squad said in a statement that the man wrapped the head in brown packing paper in an evidently feeble attempt to keep it
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.
Our journey begins with a chilling investigation into
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Matthias Knab, Opalesque for New Managers: On July 9th, participants from 28 countries joined Opalesque's "Kant & Capital" webinar - not for a lecture, but for a workshop. The premise: after sixty years of labels - SRI, triple bottom line, ESG, impact - each of which fell short of its promise, i..
