10 Oct 2023
China's draft hedge fund regulations prompt industry pushback
Proposed regulations from the Asset Management Association of China (AMAC) which will impact the country's RMB6tn hedge fund industry have…
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Caius Capital leads Metro Bank financing deal
Caius Capital (Caius), an alternative investment manager focused on distressed and special situations, led a group of creditors in agreeing…
Propellant.digital appoints Head of EMEA Product
Propellant.digital (Propellant), an analytics FinTech that captures and analyses global trading activity to drive business decisions, has…
Odey Wealth Management to close, return assets to clients
Odey Wealth Management, a UK and Guernsey based former subsidiary of Odey Asset Management, is to close and return assets to clients in the…
Polaris Capital appoints EVP
Polaris Capital Management has promoted Jason Crawshaw to Executive Vice President (EVP). He will now serve in an executive management…
Hedge funds profit from Amgen-Horizon deal completion
Bets that US regulators would be unable to stop Amgen Inc from completing its $28bn acquisition of Horizon Therapeutics have yielded big…
Losses prompt investor exodus at Pelham Capital
Poor performance and investor withdrawals have seen assets at Pelham Capital, one of London's major equity hedge fund sector players,…
BlueCrest adds traders in Asia
BlueCrest Capital Management, the Mike Platt-founded hedge fund firm-turned family office, has added trading talent to its staff roster in…
09 Oct 2023
In conversation: Tuck Meng Yee, CIO of JRT Partners
Tuck Meng Yee has more than 20 years’ experience in investment management, spanning private banks (ABN Amro and Citibank), investment banks…
Founder Shaver cuts day-to-day involvement with hedge fund Electron
Health reasons have prompted Jos Shaver, the founder of $3bn New York-based hedge fund firm Electron Capital Partners, to step-down from…
SBAI publishes updates to Insurance Open Protocol
The Standards Board for Alternative Investments (SBAI) has published updates to the Insurance Open Protocol (IOP), which forms part of the…
Digital asset funds see highest inflows since July
Digital asset investment products saw inflows for the second week totalling $78m, the highest level seen since July, according to the…
Quant Two Sigma suspends employee for misconduct causing client losses
Two Sigma, a quant hedge fund with nearly $60bn in AUM, has put one of its researchers on leave after the employee tampered with the firm’s…
Hedge funds boost bearish bets on grains
With supply and demand woes weighing heavily on agricultural pricing, hedge funds have upped their bearish bets on grain futures to the…
Macro strategies lead September hedge fund gains
Macro hedge funds posted uncorrelated gains and strong outperformance as volatility accelerated through September, with equities and bonds…
