Hedge Funds News

Jane Street Becomes Asia's Leading Block Trader After Segantii Hedge Fund's Collapse

Jane Street, the proprietary trading firm, has become the leading block trader in Asian equities markets

Sep 11, 2026

Magnetar Financial Exits Five SPAC Positions in Coordinated Portfolio Cleanup

Magnetar Financial fully exits five separate SPAC vehicles: SIMA, FTW.U, ALF, CCIX, and MLACU

Sep 11, 2026

🇨🇦 Canada

Club M&A Canada Opens Fall 2026 Cohort Amid Major Wave of Canadian Acquisition-Led Growth Activity

Club M&A Canada has opened registration for its Fall 2026 Growth Through Acquisition program as Canadian M&A deal activity hits a major wave driven by succession needs and strategic buyer competition.

Sep 10, 2026

TLT Faces Multi-Directional Risks as Hedge Fund Treasury Positioning and Dividend Concerns Pressure Long-Duration Bonds

The iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) faces headwinds from rising yields and hedge fund positioning

Sep 9, 2026

LIV Golf's Bankruptcy Reveals at Least $500mn in Liabilities as BC Partners Circles for LIV 2.0

LIV Golf's bankruptcy exposes at least $500mn in liabilities as BC Partners signals a preliminary deal to fund a restructured successor entity, the Financial Times reports.

Sep 8, 2026

🇨🇦 Canada

135,694 Crypto Millionaires Hold On as Bitcoin Retreats from 2026 Highs

There are 135,694 crypto millionaires worldwide in 2026, with 92,272 specifically holding $1 million+ in Bitcoin, per Henley & Partners' Crypto Wealth Report 2026

Sep 8, 2026

Berkshire's Abel Expected to Announce Third Major Acquisition Before Year-End After Two Integrations

Berkshire Hathaway's new CEO Greg Abel has already overseeen the integration of two whole-company acquisitions since succeeding Warren Buffett.

Sep 6, 2026

🇩🇪 Germany

Norway's sovereign fund stress-tests equity portfolio across crash scenarios

Norway's Government Pension Fund Global, the world's largest sovereign wealth fund, has disclosed how far its equity portfolio could fall in various market crisis scenarios, offering investors rare institutional-scale risk modeling transparency.

Sep 3, 2026

🇸🇬 Singapore

SEC Eyes Plan to Broaden Retail Investor Access to Private Markets in Landmark Regulatory Shift

The US SEC is preparing a plan to widen retail investor access to private market investments, a landmark regulatory shift that would democratize access to private equity and credit products.

Sep 3, 2026

Deep-Value Screen Surfaces Large-Cap Bargains Trading at Acquirer's Multiple Discounts This Week

The weekly Acquirer's Multiple large-cap screen continues to surface attractively valued companies trading at significant discounts to intrinsic value based on enterprise value to operating earnings.

Sep 2, 2026

Elliott Acquires Deutsche Telekom Stake and Opposes T-Mobile US Merger in Shareholder Value Push

Elliott Management has built a stake in Deutsche Telekom and is opposing a potential T-Mobile US merger, pushing instead for strategies to boost shareholder value directly.

Sep 2, 2026

🇩🇪 Germany

World's Largest Sovereign Fund Models Equity Portfolio Loss Scenarios in Market Stress Tests

Norway's sovereign wealth fund, the world's largest, has stress-tested equity loss scenarios across crisis conditions

Sep 2, 2026

Thiel Macro Returns With $419M Portfolio After Two Zero-Stock Quarters, Bets 72% on Energy and Power

Thiel Macro reported zero US long equity holdings for two consecutive quarters ending March 2026.

Aug 31, 2026

VGI Faces Dividend Sustainability Questions as Vanguard's $4B Altruist Acquisition Reshapes Industry

VGI Partners (VGI) faces dividend sustainability scrutiny amid Vanguard's $4 billion acquisition of Altruist, which reshapes the independent RIA custodian landscape

Aug 27, 2026

TWG Global Denies Fire-Sale Claims as Mark Walter's Investment Empire Faces 'Multipronged Attacks'

TWG Global, which holds stakes in high-profile sports teams, pushed back against allegations of a 'fire sale' and 'fraud' surrounding its investment portfolio

Aug 27, 2026

🇧🇷 Brazil

Pershing Square Deploys $1.1B Into Fintech Giant in Ackman's Biggest Bet

Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Capital makes a $1.1 billion investment in a major fintech company

Aug 24, 2026

US Buyers Snap Up European Asset Managers at Fastest Rate in Decades

American acquirers are purchasing European asset management firms at the fastest pace in two decades

Aug 24, 2026

🇦🇺 Australia

Regal Partners 1H26 Profit Surges as FUM Reaches Record High

Regal Partners reports record FUM level in first-half 2026, driving profit surge

Aug 24, 2026

Germany's Professionals Lost Billions in Private Equity Missteps — A Cautionary Tale

German doctors, lawyers, and dentists suffered major financial losses from poorly structured private equity investments

Aug 22, 2026

Bitcoin Rally May Free 1,500 Pledged BTC for Riot Platforms After 00M Coinbase Loan Margin Call

Riot Platforms pledged 5,802 BTC total against a 00M Coinbase loan after early 2026 drop; Bitcoin rally may now free roughly 1,500 BTC from collateral

Aug 22, 2026

Lakehouse Capital flags RPM Global (ASX:RUL) as Q2 winner on takeover premium and market resilience

Lakehouse Capital's Q2 2026 letter singles out mining-software vendor RPM Global (ASX:RUL) as a top contributor to fund performance.

Aug 20, 2026

🇨🇳 China

US Billionaire Investors Reshuffle Chinese Tech Bets Amid AI Boom

Stanley Druckenmiller is returning to Chinese technology stocks as Wall Street billionaires reshuffle their China exposure amid the AI investment wave

Aug 18, 2026

JPMorgan Strategist: Investors Don't Have to Exit AI to Hedge the Next Selloff

JPMorgan's Gabriela Santos says AI-driven market volatility is likely recurring, but investors can protect without fully exiting the sector

Aug 18, 2026

🇧🇷 Brazil

Mark Cuban Blasts Ro Khanna Wealth Tax Proposal, Warning of Capital Allocation Distortions

Billionaire Mark Cuban publicly opposed Rep. Ro Khanna's proposal for the government to lend money to billionaires to help them pay wealth taxes

Aug 18, 2026

🇸🇬 Singapore

Institutional Investors Trim AI and Semiconductor Exposure in US Q2 2026 13F Filings

Institutional investors pulled back from semiconductors, AI infrastructure, and mega-cap technology in US Q2 2026 13F quarterly filings, signaling caution in the crowded AI trade.

Aug 15, 2026

🇮🇳 India

Jane Street Posts $15B July Loss — First Monthly Slump in a Decade — as AI Hedge Funds Reverse

Jane Street posted approximately $15 billion in losses in July 2026 — its first monthly loss in nearly a decade of dominant trading performance

Aug 15, 2026

UBS Expands Bitcoin Exposure 24-Fold via ETF Call Options; IBIT Holdings Rise 12%

UBS reported a 24-fold surge in Bitcoin ETF call option exposure, signaling major institutional conviction.

Aug 15, 2026

Jane Street Pays Premium Financing Cost to Prevent Financial Metrics From Becoming Public

Proprietary trading firm Jane Street accepted above-market financing terms to avoid public disclosure of its financial metrics

Aug 15, 2026