Challenges and Prospects for Equity Hedge Funds

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This chapter discusses the challenges faced by equity hedge funds, including losses from short sales, leading to significant outflows and shrinking fund sizes. It explores the long-term prospects for hedge funds and mentions the surge in Bitcoin prices and the launch of spot Bitcoin ETFs. It also introduces MicroConnect, a small business lender in China that addresses the lack of real-time consumer spending data in the country's economy.

US law firm Latham & Watkins is cutting off automatic access to its international databases for its Hong Kong-based lawyers, one of the oldest and best-known hedge fund strategies has suffered nearly $150bn in client withdrawals over the past five years, and the price of bitcoin touched $50,000 for the first time since 2021. Plus, the FT’s Kaye Wiggins explains how a Chinese financier is turning small businesses into a data gold mine.

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Latham & Watkins cuts off its Hong Kong lawyers from international databases

Decline of the star stockpicker: investors pull $150bn from equity hedge funds

Bitcoin price touches $50,000 after spot ETF launches spur demand

The financier turning China’s noodle joints and karaoke bars into a data gold mine

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