05 Jun 2023
Citadel adds JPMorgan quant research MD to energy team
Simon Hurst, a commodities managing director at JPMorgan, has become the latest of the bank's quant research execs to make the switch to a…
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Redhedge opens Synergy Total Return Fund to outside investors
Redhedge Asset Management LLP, an FCA-regulated investment manager, has opened its Synergy Total Return Fund to outside investors. The fund…
Hong Kong hedge and PE funds lawyer rejoins Appleby
Hong Kong-based offshore funds lawyer Eason Huang has rejoined Appleby as a registered foreign lawyer in Hong Kong and a partner in the…
Hong Kong hedge and PE fund admin firm plans £100m London listing
Amicorp Fund Services (AMIF), a Hong Kong-based professional services firm, is preparing to list its fund administration arm in London.…
Hazeltree appoints CTO
Hazeltree, a provider of treasury and liquidity management solutions for the alternative asset management industry, has appointed Richard…
02 Jun 2023
AQR founder backs new niche hedge fund
Cliff Asness, the founder of quantitative investment firm AQR Capital, is backing a new 'niche' multistrategy hedge fund launched by former…
'Insane' start-up costs could doom new launches, says industry veteran
While hedge fund managers are lining up to launch a raft of new multi-billion dollar multi-strat funds this year, they could be doomed to…
Millennium taps Polar Capital's head of trading
Multi-strategy giant Millennium has added Alex Jenkins, the head of trading at boutique hedge fund Polar Capital, to its team, according to…
Trian reshuffles top team as CIO retires
Ed Garden, one of three founding partners and chief investment officer at Nelson Peltz's activist hedge fund Trian Fund Management, is…
Goldman scores with hedge fund replication ETF
Goldman Sachs' $127 million Hedge Industry VIP exchange traded fund (GVIP), which scans 13F filings to build a portfolio of popular hedge…
New York State Common makes $1.7bn alts allocation
New York State Common Retirement Fund, Albany, made eight alternative investment commitments totaling up to $1.7 billion in April,…
Bybit targets institutional traders with VIP tiers
Crypto exchange Bybit is making a play for institutional clients with the launch of a new promotion that allows professional options…
01 Jun 2023
Month in review: Macroeconomic uncertainty holds sway in May
Uncertainty, both political and economic, was a key theme in May, as elections in Greece and Turkey, an unusual period of calm in Italian…
Maximizing value in investment research
Primary research forms an integral part of managers’ investment process, and tools which facilitate this part of the investment process are…
Lansdowne continues long-only push with $1.1bn CRUX deal
London-based investment manager Lansdowne Partners LLP, one of the UK's oldest hedge fund firms, is continuing its push into long-only…
