20 Feb 2024
Price spike prompts up-tick in hedge fund uranium activity
A newly buoyant uranium market has prompted an increase in related trading activity by investment banks Goldman Sachs and Macquarie Group,…
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Hong Kong's Segantii sees $1bn decline in assets
Segantii Capital Management, the Hong Kong-based multi-strategy hedge fund firm founded by Simon Sadler in 2007, has seen its assets shrink…
19 Feb 2024
Sigma Broking appoints new CEO
Sigma Broking, an international privately-owned brokerage company servicing hedge funds investment banks and other institutional customers,…
Icahn secures two JetBlue board seats
Activist investor Carl Icahn has secured two seats on the board at JetBlue Airways after revealing a 10% stake in the airline and then…
Activist Elliott considering improved Curry's offer after initial bid rejected
Paul Singer’s $55bn Elliott Investment Management is considering an all-cash offer for UK electrical goods retailer Currys after rejection…
Marshall Wace and Millennium positioned to profit from Close Brothers' woes
Hedge fund majors Marshall Wace and Millennium Management are both likely to have profited from the recent sharp fall in Close Brothers's…
SEC cyber lapses pose risk to trading secrets, say hedge funds
Cyber security at both the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is an increasing…
Ex-Eisler and Brevan Howard PM joins Barclays in Paris
Owen Coughlan, the former Head of Euro Swaps Trading at NatWest Markets has returned to the banking fold with Barclays in Paris after a…
16 Feb 2024
Jain headcount surpasses 80
The headcount at New York-based hedge fund Jain Global now numbers more than 80 employees, according to a report by eFinancial…
Senior PM departs Millennium
George Demain, Senior Portfolio Manager and Systematic Trader at Millennium Management, has left the firm just 20 months after joining the…
Price surge prompts uptick in hedge fund cocoa futures bets
A record-breaking surge in cocoa prices on the back of poor harvests in West Africa has prompted hedge funds and other speculative…
Brevan Howard adopts Behavox Quantum AI compliance solution
Brevan Howard, the Jersey-based global macro hedge fund major founded by Alan Howard, has upgraded to Behavox's Quantum AI solution, two…
Hedge fund titans to deliver mission-critical guidance at Hedgeweek European Leadership Summit 2024
The Hedgeweek European Leadership Summit is set to return to London on Thursday, 29 February, as operational leaders from some of the…
Daniel Loeb’s Third Point to invest in private credit
Third Point, the $10.6bn hedge fund founded and run by Daniel Loeb, plans to invest in private credit, having bet on positive conditions…
Options Technology appoints Chief Information Security Officer
Options Technology (Options), a specialist in capital markets infrastructure, has promoted Marlena Efstratopoulou, who previously held the…
