Category Archives: Activist Funds

Private Credit ETFs: A New Frontier in Liquid Alts Raises Regulatory Questions

October 9, 2025 : Permalink

(HedgeCo.Net) One of the most closely watched developments this week in liquid alternatives is the rise of private?credit ETFs—vehicles that aim to bring exposure to the traditionally illiquid private lending space into publicly traded, more liquid wrappers. MarketWatch These ETFs […]

Liquid Alternatives See Inflows in 2025 as Investor Appetite Rebounds

October 9, 2025 : Permalink

(HedgeCo.Net) In a surprising reversal of recent years, liquid alternative strategies are once again attracting fresh capital. According to a semiannual study by Lupus Alpha based on LSEG Lipper data, the first half of 2025 delivered €6.9?billion in net inflows […]

Commodities Outpace Liquid Alternatives in Assets Under Management

October 9, 2025 : Permalink

(HedgeCo.Net) A striking development emerging this week: commodity focused funds have overtaken liquid alternatives in global assets under management (AUM)—a reversal not seen since 2012. moneymarketing.co.uk+1 According to Morningstar data cited in industry press, gold’s spectacular rally has powered commodity […]

Major Firms Push to Democratize Alternatives via Retail & Retirement Channels

October 9, 2025 : Permalink

(HedgeCo.Net) Large investment firms are accelerating efforts to offer alternative strategies more broadly—particularly into retail and retirement channels. This could meaningfully reconfigure how “liquid alternatives” are distributed and perceived. A recent Reuters piece reported that Goldman Sachs and T. Rowe […]

Hedge Funds Log Modest Gains in September, Led by Macro & Quant Strategies

October 7, 2025 : Permalink

(HedgeCo.Net) Hedge funds delivered a broadly positive showing in September 2025, with the industry posting an average return of 1.3?% for the month. Reuters+2MarketScreener+2 That said, returns varied sharply across strategies, regions, and individual firms, underscoring ongoing dispersion in performance […]

Cliff Asness Accelerates AI Push at AQR as Market Widens

October 7, 2025 : Permalink

(HedgeCo.Net) Cliff Asness, longtime quant investing luminary and co?founder of AQR Capital Management, is steering his firm ever deeper into algorithmic territory — a shift that could redefine the role of human discretion in quantitative asset management. Meanwhile, AR Capital […]

Whistleblower Earns $3.5 Million Award for Bolstering Ongoing Investigation

May 16, 2016 : Permalink

(HedgeCo.Net) The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced a whistleblower award of more than $3.5 million to a company employee whose tip bolstered an ongoing investigation with additional evidence of wrongdoing that strengthened the SEC’s case. The SEC noted that […]

Hedge Funds and their Role in Investment Portfolios: View Live Web Streaming Conference

March 2, 2016 : Permalink

Over 400 investment professionals from 34-different countries are currently on line viewing today’s “Idea Generating Conference” via web streaming. HedgeCoVest and Investopedia are sponsoring the one day “Idea Generating Conference” to hear from hedge fund managers about their strategies, best […]

Google Chairman Invests In Hedge Fund D. E. Shaw

May 27, 2015 : Permalink

New York, HedgeCo.Net – Google chairman Eric Schmidt, has bought a 20% equity share in the D. E. Shaw group, a global hedge fund investment and technology development firm with more than $36 billion in aggregate investment capital. “I’ve always […]

Activist Hedge Funds: H Partners Wins Mattress Wars

May 13, 2015 : Permalink

New York (Hedgeco.Net) – The world’s largest bedding provider, Tempur Sealy, has acquiesced to pressure from Rehan Jaffer’s hedge fund, to remove Mark Sarvary as the Company’s President and CEO. Tempur Sealy also appointed one of Jaffer’s senior partners, Usman […]

Activists Disrupt New York Hedge Fund Conference

April 14, 2015 : Permalink

New York (HedgeCo.Net) – A group called the Hedge Clippers turned up uninvited at the Active-Passive Investor Summit yesterday, where over 300 activist investors, institutional investors, hedge funds, board directors, CEOs and lawyers were gathered for a day of networking. […]

Activist Hedge Fund Tackles Yahoo

March 11, 2015 : Permalink

New York (HedgeCo.Net) – New York-based activist hedge fund Starboard Value LP has sent a letter to Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer and Yahoo’s Board of Directors. The hedge fund has an estimated $1 billion in assets and was founded by Jeffrey Smith […]