Nishant Kumar

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Chief Correspondent at Bloomberg; covers hedge funds, regularly sharing performance roundups and industry scoops.

Taula Secures $1.75B, Pushes AUM Past $8.5B
Social•Mar 31, 2026

Taula Secures $1.75B, Pushes AUM Past $8.5B

Diego Megia’s macro hedge fund Taula has raised $1.75 billion in new cash, adding to its asset base as an expanding team of portfolio managers enhances its capacity to manage more money. Total AUM: more than $8.5 billion. That's despite...

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Hedge Funds Speak Out as Liquidity‑Driven Split Hits Partners
Social•Mar 27, 2026

Hedge Funds Speak Out as Liquidity‑Driven Split Hits Partners

This week: *Millennium & Engineers Gate have ended their three-year partnership — not because of returns but because of liquidity terms. *The macro scoreboard: it's brutal. *Hedge funds rarely make public statements. This week they did. https://t.co/eZJvFgECEy

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Crispin Odey Claims Regulator Bullying Despite Harassment Evidence
Social•Mar 27, 2026

Crispin Odey Claims Regulator Bullying Despite Harassment Evidence

After FCA presented evidence that he had groped, verbally harassed & inappropriately touched female employees, Crispin Odey insisted to the court that he was the one who was actually the victim, and the target of “bullying” by the regulator. https://t.co/T0oIZDvdpC

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Macro Funds Suffer Double‑digit Losses in March
Social•Mar 25, 2026

Macro Funds Suffer Double‑digit Losses in March

This month is proving painful for macro traders: Brevan Howard Master Fund: -6% (MTD through March 20), -0.5% YTD Brevan Howard Alpha Strategies: -3.7% (MTD through March 20), +0.6% YTD Taula: -9.6% (MTD through March 20) Caxton Macro: -15% (MTD...

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Goldman, JPMorgan Enable Hedge Funds to Short Private Credit
Social•Mar 19, 2026

Goldman, JPMorgan Enable Hedge Funds to Short Private Credit

Goldman and JPMorgan are among investment banks offering hedge fund clients ways to bet against the $1.8 trillion private credit market https://t.co/oylGukMJd0

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Dominant Hedge Fund Consolidator Drives Elite Traders Out
Social•Mar 18, 2026

Dominant Hedge Fund Consolidator Drives Elite Traders Out

Together, the two stories trace the multistrat arc from unstoppable consolidator of hedge fund power & talent in 2022 to, by 2026, such a dominant machine that some elite traders are starting to walk away and set their own terms....

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Beware: Impersonator Sells Crypto Using My Photo
Social•Mar 17, 2026

Beware: Impersonator Sells Crypto Using My Photo

Warning: This account is using my photo to sell crypto strategies. This is clearly not me as I don't even know the difference between Bitcoin and a dog biscuit https://t.co/3KHRSPj0Kv

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Millennium Exits Scopia Capital After $1B Year‑long Investment
Social•Mar 16, 2026

Millennium Exits Scopia Capital After $1B Year‑long Investment

Scoop: Millennium has redeemed its investment from Scopia Capital just over a year after backing the equity long-short hedge fund manager with $1 billion https://t.co/DPmCnhwZl5

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Ozer, King, Barclay Funds Profit Amid Iran‑War Volatility
Social•Mar 12, 2026

Ozer, King, Barclay Funds Profit Amid Iran‑War Volatility

Hedge funds managed by Ron Ozer, Doug King and Steve Barclay are the latest to have notched gains last week from the commodities volatility in the wake of the Iran war, even as many larger peers suffered losses https://t.co/i6JQcHoHZK

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Most Hedge Funds Suffer, D.E. Shaw Stands Out
Social•Mar 12, 2026

Most Hedge Funds Suffer, D.E. Shaw Stands Out

Last week's pain: Citadel’s Global Fixed Income fund and Taula are among the hedge funds worst hit by last week’s market turmoil, while D.E. Shaw & Co.’s two main vehicles were a rare bright spot in the industry. Here's all the latest...

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DE Shaw Funds Outperform, Adding Brevan Howard, Verition
Social•Mar 11, 2026

DE Shaw Funds Outperform, Adding Brevan Howard, Verition

DE Shaw’s hedge funds gain in a brutal week for multistrat peers. Flagship Composite fund gained 0.3% during the week to lift returns to 2.8% for the year through March 6. Macro-focused Oculus made 2.2% to boost gains for the...

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Top Hedge Funds Lose Hundreds of Millions in One Week
Social•Mar 10, 2026

Top Hedge Funds Lose Hundreds of Millions in One Week

Some of the world’s biggest hedge funds known for their steady returns suffered hundreds of millions of dollars in losses last week: Millennium down 1.5b, Baly -3.5%, P72 -1.1 and MW Eureka -3.7%. initial estimates https://t.co/Vtq6iPL4ik

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Millennium Poaches Four Citadel Stock Pickers Amid Talent War
Social•Mar 6, 2026

Millennium Poaches Four Citadel Stock Pickers Amid Talent War

Millennium Management hired four stock pickers from rival Citadel as the multistrategy hedge fund giants battle over talent to help manage their soaring assets https://t.co/4zMddskNrm

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Hedge Funds Stay Growth‑Focused as AI Tools Gain Traction
Social•Mar 6, 2026

Hedge Funds Stay Growth‑Focused as AI Tools Gain Traction

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤: Fresh launches, team moves are keeping hedge funds in growth mode, while Middle East tensions prompt firms in the Gulf to review near-term plans and continuity playbooks. Meanwhile, AI agent workflows are moving from buzzword to toolkit https://t.co/jiiupziBYa

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Ex‑Citadel Trader Nico Dil Launches Hedge Fund with Major Backers
Social•Mar 6, 2026

Ex‑Citadel Trader Nico Dil Launches Hedge Fund with Major Backers

Former Citadel money manager, Nico Dil, has started trading for his own hedge fund with backing from investors including Squarepoint Capital and Lighthouse Investment Partners. https://t.co/fp0XOxOsom

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New Hire Greg Knight: $800M Profit, Recent Struggles
Social•Mar 4, 2026

New Hire Greg Knight: $800M Profit, Recent Struggles

Scoop: Taula’s New Hire Greg Knight Made $800 Million Profit at Millennium But Last Two Years Were Tough https://t.co/KYHo535VRM

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One River's LGT Quant Purchase Increases Assets by One‑Third
Social•Feb 25, 2026

One River's LGT Quant Purchase Increases Assets by One‑Third

One River is buying the quant arm of LGT Capital Partners, a deal that will boost the hedge fund’s assets by roughly a third https://t.co/KuxkGui39M

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Deem Global Soft‑Closes $3B, Capacity Turns Scarce
Social•Feb 19, 2026

Deem Global Soft‑Closes $3B, Capacity Turns Scarce

Another hedge fund shutting to new cash just as investors ready to allocate more. Asfandyar Nadeem’s Deem Global is soft-closing at $3billion after a strong 2025 and a sharp start to 2026. capacity is becoming a scarce resource. https://t.co/3TAvGB3pmk

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Steve Cohen's Hedge Fund Delivers $3.4B Payday, 2025 Top
Social•Feb 19, 2026

Steve Cohen's Hedge Fund Delivers $3.4B Payday, 2025 Top

Mets owner Steve Cohen got a $3.4 billion payday from his hedge fund last year. Here are the top earners in 2025: https://t.co/ZRuqldhcBZ https://t.co/p6eqszYRZM

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Quant Hedge Fund Alpha Closes After 25 Years
Social•Feb 19, 2026

Quant Hedge Fund Alpha Closes After 25 Years

A $2 billion quantitative hedge fund that recently added “Alpha” to its name, is calling it quits after three consecutive years of losses and roughly 25-year run https://t.co/69PJrwEni7

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