The California-based manager wasn't immune to structured credit's disastrous March, but has been able to raise money to take advantage of the dislocation.
In Q1, 2020, investors withdrew a net US$33 billion from hedge funds, the highest level in more than 10 years. According to a report released by Hedge Fund Research Inc.
"I believe that cash, which is non-interest-bearing money, will not be the safest asset to hold."
Lee Ainslie, the billionaire founder of Maverick, told investors last month he wanted to take advantage of the volatility. His fund fell 11.7% in March.
Balyasny's Atlas Enhanced fund finished March up 3.6% for the month and 4.75% for the year, an investor letter states.
Hedge fund Massar Capital is up more than 14% through the end of the day on Monday, after finishing up more than 23% last year.
The fund posted eye-popping returns of more than 58% last year driven by Chipotle and Hilton. The presentation also discussed a new investment — Agilent Technologies
Perceptive Advisors' flagship fund made bets on Global Blood Therapeutics and Mirati Therapeutics that paid off for 2019.
After a dismal 2018 marked by double-digit losses, Lansdowne Partner's clean energy fund surged last year, besting the broader stock market.
The fund, which runs around $1.7 billion, invests in rates, mortgages, and corporate credit, and is run by Stuart Spodek.
Activists and old-school stock pickers were hot in 2019, while several spin-offs from well-known funds made names for themselves.
Tiger Management was one of the most influential firms in finance, spawning dozens of funds, several of which minted billionaires. We mapped out 4 generations of Tiger descendants.
Stephen Mandel's fund told investors that "structural changes in the economy" from technology make a bounceback for value stocks unlikely.
New filings just detailed the biggest stock purchases and sales from billionaire fund managers in the third quarter.
BlueMountain started 2019 running billions in different hedge funds. By the end of 2020, the firm will be almost entirely out of the hedge fund game.
The slide in momentum stocks last week and oil's spike this weekend has thrashed hedge funds. Investors want them to stand by their strategies.
After revamping the way it interprets market sentiment, Goldman Sachs says stocks will slip, and are vulnerable if the economy doesn't improve.
The big losses from August — like Autonomy Capital's $1 billion hit — were mostly from bets on Argentina gone wrong. But other funds stumbled too.
The $183 million hedge fund's short-selling strategy hit the right notes in 2018, returning 24% in a year when the average hedge fund lost money.
The Synthesis team at Balyasny, which combined quant and fundamental stock-picking, was cut Monday, sources tell Business Insider.