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businessinsider.com - Bradley Saacks - This new hedge fund trying to deliver big returns without expensive PMs has lost money since it launched last summer
This new hedge fund trying to deliver big returns without expensive PMs has lost money since it launched last summer
Business Insider

Taproot Management is hoping to bring a new investing model to the $5.2 trillion hedge fund industry. So far, though, the young firm and its innovative structure haven't made money. The manager, which received $250 million in backing from massive…

afr.com - Alex Gluyas - Hedge funds close software shorts as rebound gathers steam
Hedge funds close software shorts as rebound gathers steam
Australian Financial Review

When OpenAI released its powerful ChatGPT agent in July last year, hedge fund Arnott Capital knew that it would be a game-changer for the sharemarket's richly priced software sector. The tool allowed anyone with a paid ChatGPT subscription to…

zerohedge.com - Tyler Durden - Ex-OpenAI Researcher's Hedge Fund Reveals Big Bitcoin Miner Bets In New SEC Filing
Ex-OpenAI Researcher's Hedge Fund Reveals Big Bitcoin Miner Bets In New SEC Filing
Zero Hedge

Leopold Aschenbrenner has built a US stock portfolio heavily concentrated in companies that supply the power and infrastructure behind the artificial intelligence boom. The former OpenAI researcher, who left the lab's superalignment team to launch…

fortune.com - Sharon Goldman - Why Leopold Aschenbrenner's AI hedge fund is betting big on power companies and bitcoin miners to fuel the AI boom
Why Leopold Aschenbrenner's AI hedge fund is betting big on power companies and bitcoin miners to fuel the AI boom
Fortune

When Fortune profiled Leopold Aschenbrenner in October 2025, the former OpenAI researcher—famously fired after roughly a year at the company—and onetime member of FTX's Future Fund philanthropy team was best known for a self-published…

thenyledger.com - Press Room - How one firm is helping emerging hedge funds launch with hundreds of millions and virtually no staff
How one firm is helping emerging hedge funds launch with hundreds of millions and virtually no staff
The New York Ledger

A new wave of leaner, faster hedge-fund launches is on the rise. Driven by an influx of capital from the separately managed account boom — and by technology that used to be available only to the biggest investment firms —…

yahoo.com - Bernard Goyder - 'Crowded' Dispersion Trade Rattled by Spiraling Iran Worries
'Crowded' Dispersion Trade Rattled by Spiraling Iran Worries
Yahoo!

(Bloomberg) — The escalating conflict in the Middle East has jolted a popular hedge fund strategy, threatening a spillover into broader markets if volatility persists. The dispersion trade — which uses options to exploit the…

wsj.com - WSJ Staff - Canada Central Banker: Regulators Must Step Up Surveillance of Nonbank Lending
Canada Central Banker: Regulators Must Step Up Surveillance of Nonbank Lending
Wall Street Journal

Stronger banking regulations introduced following the 2008-09 financial crisis have shifted riskier activities to nonbank participants such as hedge funds, pension funds and asset managers, diversifying risk and improving access to financing…

collider.com - Dyah Ayu Larasati - Industry' Season 5 Needs To Address These 8 Things (or Else)
Industry' Season 5 Needs To Address These 8 Things (or Else)
Collider

Spoiler Alert: This list contains spoilers for Industry Season 4.There's a new hedge fund in Industry, and its name is SternTao. Fresh off the season finale, the sleeper HBO hit series is the yuppie, millennial mix of Succession and The White…

observer.com - Ivan Castano - Paul Singer's Toyota Campaign Tests the Limits of Japan's Corporate Tradition
Paul Singer's Toyota Campaign Tests the Limits of Japan's Corporate Tradition
Observer

Paul Singer, the hedge fund billionaire founder of Elliott Investment Management, is known for ousting Jack Dorsey from Twitter (now X) and for seizing an Argentine naval vessel to recover billions in sovereign debt. But orchestrating this week's…

wsj.com - Paul Vieira - Bank of Canada Urges Regulators to Play Catch-Up on Private-Credit Risk
Bank of Canada Urges Regulators to Play Catch-Up on Private-Credit Risk
Wall Street Journal

OTTAWA—Global authorities must step up their surveillance of lending by nonbank players like hedge funds and institutional investors to minimize risks to financial stability, says Bank of Canada Gov. Tiff Macklem. His remarks come at a time…

globalnews.ca - Craig Lord - Iran conflict has increased financial and energy market volatility: Macklem - National
Iran conflict has increased financial and energy market volatility: Macklem - National
Global News

The head of the Bank of Canada warns new players in global debt markets aren't as closely monitored as traditional banks, which could drive new risks in a period rife with uncertainty. Governor Tiff Macklem was in Toronto on Wednesday speaking to…

seekingalpha.com - DM Martins Research - International Consolidated Airlines Stock: Still Attractive (OTCMKTS:ICAGY)
International Consolidated Airlines Stock: Still Attractive (OTCMKTS:ICAGY)
Seeking Alpha

DM Martins Research 21.09K Followers International Consolidated Airlines Group has delivered outsized returns since 2024, outperforming the S&P 500 by nearly 4x. ICAGY's balance sheet has notably improved, with debt down to 33% of assets and strong…

winnipegfreepress.com - Craig Lord, The Canadian Press - Economic uncertainty must not become financial market instability: Macklem
Economic uncertainty must not become financial market instability: Macklem
Winnipeg Free Press

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afr.com - Jonathan Shapiro - How an ASX-listed debt collector got its bondholders to cut its rates
How an ASX-listed debt collector got its bondholders to cut its rates
Australian Financial Review

Late last month, ASX-listed debt collector Pioneer Credit, delivered some good news for its shareholders. The company had managed to convince the owners of $55 million of bonds to accept a 3.15 percentage point cut in the interest rate they were…

marketbeat.com - Myers Industries, Inc. (NYSE:MYE) Short Interest Down 13.8% in February
Myers Industries, Inc. (NYSE:MYE) Short Interest Down 13.8% in February
MarketBeat

Myers Industries, Inc. (NYSE:MYE - Get Free Report) saw a significant decline in short interest in the month of February. As of February 13th, there was short interest totaling 570,995 shares, a decline of 13.8% from the January 29th total of…

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