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Andurand's "Hedge" Fund Lost 52% In First Two Weeks Of April On Levered Oil Bets Three weeks ago, when Bloomberg pointed out that Andurand was the best performing hedge fund in March thanks to its notorious levered long oil positioning (and really nothing else), we said they may want to refresh his exposure after the April 7 oil crash. May want to F5 on Andurand after today's near record oil crash https://t.co/tlkgz3dXJa — zerohedge (@zerohedge) April 8, 2026 Three weeks later, they did: according to a report published this morning, Pierre Andurand's largest "hedge fund" (and when it comes to Andurand, the word "hedging" is a catastrophic misnomer), plunged about 52% in the first half of April, wiping out all of its first quarter gains and then some made on bullish oil bets at the start of the Iran war.  His fund slumped this month through April 17 and is now down almost 37% for the year despite oil being substantially higher YTD. It comes after the Anduran...

Greg Coffey's Kirkoswald Asset Management has created a new share class that can take investors as long as five years to fully cash out, joining a cohort of peers who have made similar moves amid surging demand for their services....

Man Group Plc's clients withdrew cash in the first quarter of this year, even as the world's largest publicly listed hedge fund reported positive performance across most of its investment products....

AllianceBernstein Holding LP has shut its hedge fund AB Arya, the latest sign of how a lack of scale is hindering challengers to the larger multi-strat firms....

A lucrative hedge fund trade in Taiwanese convertible bonds has been derailed by regulatory changes, disrupting issuance in one of the hottest capital markets for the island's tech sector....

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In a letter sent to shareholders on Monday, Saba said it had been 'profoundly disappointed' with the performance of IEM's top brass....

The Bank of Japan cautioned that a potential unwinding of positions by hedge funds globally may spread to Japan's bond market....

Hedge funds and other asset managers are ramping up bets on dollar weakness using options, in a sign the market is turning even further against the US currency as haven demand wanes....

Saba Capital, led by New York activist financier Boaz Weinstein (pictured), has built up a 22% stake in Impax Environmental Markets....

Wall Street's top regulators unveiled a plan to reduce hedge fund reporting requirements, according to a statement....

The fight for talent in the hedge-fund industry has reached new extremes, with hedge funders using maneuvers like "gazumping" to grab more money for themselves, resulting in a vicious price spiral. Just how much gazumping is going on is unclear, but recruiters say some traders now are securing pay packages of $50 million or more. Clients end up footing the bill for these practices through opaque "passthrough" fees. Bloomberg's Tom Metcalf reports. (Source: Bloomberg)...

Money managers have turned net-bullish on cotton as surging oil prices tied to the war in Iran boost the appeal of natural fiber over increasingly expensive synthetics....

To see how Asian hedge funds got blindsided by the Iran war, look no further than Trivest Advisors Ltd....

As the competition for talent reaches new extremes, 'interception trades' between rivals are heating up. ...

A buildup of leveraged hedge fund bets in Treasuries has left investors exposed to abrupt position shifts that could amplify stress across global bond markets, according to Apollo Global Management Chief Economist Torsten Slok....

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The U.K.'s Financial Conduct Authority has overhauled its rules on short-selling....

Dubai has drawn the world's biggest hedge funds in recent years, transforming itself into a hub for the sector. Authorities are now moving quickly to shield that status, offering firms greater flexibility to navigate disruptions from the regional conflict....