高盛2026年头号主经纪业务客户,是一家成立仅两年、以四倍杠杆运作的AI基金
据英国《金融时报》报道,高盛今年从利奥波德·阿申布伦纳这只成立仅两年的基金收取的费用超过2亿美元,多于其他任何主经纪业务客户。如今这家客户已不再借贷,支撑它运转的那台“费用机器”也随之停摆。
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在肯·格里芬旗下的Citadel接手该基金全部公开市场股票组合的六天前,利奥波德·阿申布伦纳致信投资者称,7月的AI股大跌带来“2025年初以来最具吸引力的一些机会”,并邀投资者在2026年8月1日前注入新资金1。新资金没有等来,等来的却是高盛、摩根大通和美国银行的追加保证金通知;7月30日,整个公开市场组合悉数归入Citadel1。
杠杆时代的账单刚刚寄到
知情人士向英国《金融时报》透露,高盛今年从Situational Awareness赚取的费用超过2亿美元,多于其他任何主经纪业务客户23。英国《金融时报》的报道还指出,这只基金今年也跻身高盛交易部门整体最大客户之列2。一家2024年才成立的基金得以与Citadel、Millennium同列排行榜,用Oninvest的话说,这在华尔街几乎史无前例4。高盛是这只基金的主要贷款方之一,该基金目前仍是高盛的客户2。
上涨时赚费用,下跌时遭追缴
这位客户是用借来的钱垒起来的。Situational Awareness于2024年以2.25亿美元种子资金起家,公开市场组合大致以四倍杠杆运作,仅2026年上半年便录得439%的回报15。资产规模7月初一度触及约450亿美元,被迫抛售后降至约100亿美元16。
Citadel接手了这份约160亿美元的组合,据了解折价接近10%56。上行时高盛赚取费用,下行时Citadel低价接货,补足保证金的则是有限合伙人:7月组合下跌67%,“比我们可接受的程度更接近永久性资本减损”7。
两年之内:2.25亿美元起家,冲上450亿美元,又落回100亿美元
Data
| 管理资产规模 | |
|---|---|
| 2024年成立时 | $0.23 |
| 2026年7月峰值 | $45 |
| 售予Citadel后 | $10 |
摩根大通抽身离场,高盛留住客户
亏损之后,摩根大通终止了与该基金的借贷关系7。高盛、花旗和美国银行仍在为该基金执行交易,基金还引入Clear Street担任经纪商7。美国证券交易委员会(SEC)已就该基金的交易、杠杆水平及与贷款方的沟通向这四家银行发出传票;目前尚无任何不当行为的指称,基金方面表示将配合任何要求6。高盛与该基金均拒绝对这一费用数字置评4。
费用机器已经熄火
据Oninvest报道,该基金7月告诉投资者,今后将不再借钱建仓4。9月,该基金通过AMD、Bloom Energy、CoreWeave和SK海力士的期权重返公开市场——这类工具付出的是权利金,不欠保证金8。Citadel已通过逾100笔、总额超过40亿美元的大宗交易,将所购风险解除逾80%8。一笔年内上涨620%的Anthropic持股,令基金今年以来仍保有约80%的涨幅9。阿申布伦纳自己的话为这本账收尾:“不爆仓是第一要务,也是第二要务”9。且看今后是否还有客户,不靠借来的钱也能让高盛再赚这样一笔费用。
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01Gathered & sourced328 channels · 1,087 articles▾
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02Verified & cross-validated9 claims · 38 data feeds▾
Every one of 9 load-bearing claims was checked against primary sources, with 38 live data feeds reconciling the figures and charts.
- 1Tech Times, "Citadel Buys Situational Awareness Portfolio as 4x Leverage Ends AI Fund's 1,000% Run", 30 July 2026
- 2Seeking Alpha (via MSN), "Goldman Sachs said to have earned over $200M in fees this year from Situational Awareness", 24 September 2026
- 3MT Newswires (via Yahoo Finance), "Market Chatter: Goldman Sachs Earns Over $200 Million in Fees From Situational Awareness", 24 September 2026
- 4Oninvest, "Goldman Sachs Earned More Than $200 Million in Fees from the 'AI Nostradamus' Hedge Fund", 27 September 2026
- 5Seeking Alpha, "Citadel buys bulk of Situational Awareness's public investments following AI-related losses", 30 July 2026
- 6CNBC (via MSN), "SEC reportedly subpoenas Wall Street banks over AI hedge fund Situational Awareness's near collapse", 25 August 2026
- 7Reuters (via AOL), "JPMorgan curbed lending to Situational Awareness after AI losses, source says", 11 September 2026
- 8Quartz (via Yahoo Finance), "Leopold Aschenbrenner's Situational Awareness buying options after collapse", 11 September 2026
- 924/7 Wall St (via MSN), "Leopold Aschenbrenner's $20 billion AI hedge fund imploded. Here's how it's still up 80% this year", 3 August 2026
03Reviewed & edited1 human editor▾
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