• May 24 2026
  Gambling industry

  Short sellers reap more than $2.3bn profit betting against gambling companies

  Online groups under pressure from jump in prediction markets’ popularity in US and steep tax rises in UK

  
• May 21 2026
  Due Diligence

  Chris Hohn’s quest for eternal greatness

  The UK’s most successful hedge fund manager has taken a spiritual turn

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• May 18 2026
  SpaceX

  SpaceX IPO set to hand $20bn stake to one hedge fund

  D1 Capital is among the Wall Street firms in line for big rewards if the rocket maker successfully lists next month

  
• May 13 2026
  Asia-Pacific companies

  Citadel tells key researchers to relocate from Hong Kong or quit

  Hedge fund gives ultimatum to members of its global quantitative strategies team based in territory

  
• May 13 2026
  Crispin Odey

  Crispin Odey settles sexual assault claims

  Financier had been sued for personal injury by women

  
• May 8 2026
  Financial services

  Alphaville. David Einhorn wants ladies in ‘sexy party clothes’ at his hedge fund party

  Sorry, what year is it?

  
• May 8 2026
  Investor activism

  Activist Oasis builds its Capita stake to 15% before AGM

  Hong Kong-based investor had steadily increased its exposure to UK outsourcer via swaps

  
• May 8 2026
  TCI Fund Management

  Chris Hohn’s hedge fund slashes $8bn Microsoft stake in warning over AI disruption

  TCI has cut its position in tech giant from 10% to 1%

  
• May 7 2026
  US companies

  Tech rally hands hedge funds biggest gains since 2020

  Industry posts 5% returns in April as stocks including Intel, Alphabet and AMD soar

  
• May 7 2026
  FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen

  LVMH looks to shrink its luxury empire

  The industry leader is looking at selling brands, including Marc Jacobs and Fenty Beauty, in one of the biggest pullbacks in its history

  
• May 5 2026
  Crispin Odey

  Crispin Odey accused of seeking to create a ‘false reality’ by UK regulator

  Lawyers for hedge fund boss say that FCA tried to bring sexual harassment case ‘by the back door’

  
• May 4 2026
  Insider trading

  Trial of Blackpool’s block trade king begins in Hong Kong

  Simon Sadler of Segantii Capital faces criminal charges over alleged insider trading of clothing retailer Esprit

  
• May 4 2026
  AI in Practice

  Hedge funds seek an edge by using AI’s speed

  Investors are using the technology to analyse documents but are holding it back from more sensitive tasks

  
• April 30 2026
  Blue Owl Capital, Inc.

  Blue Owl draws in $9bn as private credit market cools

  Growth in headline figure obscures worse than expected $700mn increase in fee-paying assets

  
• April 30 2026
  US companies

  Hedge fund Elliott likens Iran war to fight against Nazis

  In its latest letter to investors the hedge fund backed pre-emptive action against ‘hostile power’

  
• April 30 2026
  Whitbread PLC

  Whitbread to sell £1.5bn of Premier Inn properties after activist pressure

  Group announces overhaul of restaurants business, putting 3,800 jobs at risk

  
• April 29 2026
  IPOs

  Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square USA slides on Wall Street debut

  Weak investor demand hits hedge fund chief’s scaled-back double offering

  
• April 29 2026
  Kenneth C. Griffin

  Ken Griffin suggests retail investors do not understand private credit

  Founder of Citadel says some investors may not have realised they cannot quickly withdraw all their money from funds

  
• April 28 2026
  Bill Ackman

  Bill Ackman hits lowest end of target in second IPO push

  The combined listings for Pershing Square have raised about $5bn after an initial range set as high as $10bn

  
• April 27 2026
  Private credit

  Blue Owl investors shun cut-price exit offer from Boaz Weinstein

  Offer from Saba Capital to buy shares of private credit fund at 65 cents on the dollar fails to attract sellers

  
• April 27 2026
  US companies

  Jain Global returning investor cash as it pivots to Millennium deal

  Hedge fund launched by Bobby Jain will instead manage money exclusively for his former multi-strategy firm

  
• April 23 2026
  Asset management

  Man Group hit by single $6.1bn redemption

  Withdrawal from one investor threatens to slow efforts to expand beyond hedge fund division

  
• April 23 2026
  Investor activism

  Nelson Peltz’s son builds first public activist stake in Intertek

  Matt Peltz’s new firm Lost Coast Collective has invested in the UK testing company

  
• April 23 2026
  Asset management

  Quant pioneer Martin Lueck warns against handing over trading to AI

  Caution by co-founder of Aspect hedge fund follows billionaire Cliff Asness’s decision to ‘surrender’ to the machines

  
• April 20 2026
  FT News Briefing podcast12 min listen

  Brussels’ plan to ease the energy crisis

  European Commission recommends remote work, heat pumps and public transport subsidies