15 Mar 2022
Hedge funds significantly outperform broad markets through a bad start to 2022
The hedge fund industry gave up a bit of ground in February, falling back -1.00 per cent for the month, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund…
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Apex Group acquires majority stake in Fund Admin Chain
Apex Group has expanded its digital assets capabilities with the acquisition of a majority stake in Fund Admin Chain (FAC), a distributed…
Macquarie Asset Management acquires Central Park Group
Macquarie Asset Management, the asset management division of Macquarie Group, has completed its acquisition of Central Park Group, an…
Big name Brazilian hedge funds boost gold positions as Russia-Ukraine war rattles markets
Some of Brazil's highest profile independent hedge funds have gurned to gold to protect their portfolios from the market turmoil caused by…
Tyr Capital appoints CEO
Cryptocurrency hedge fund Tyr Capital has appointed Olivier Trombert as CEO. The residing CEO, Nick Norris, will take over the operational…
Omni Event now trading as Kryger Capital following change of ownership
Omni Event Fund, a hard catalyst focused event-driven fund managed by Omni Partners, has commenced trading as Kryger Fund following the…
GAM appoints Global Head of Investments
GAM has appointed David Dowsett as Global Head of Investments effective 4 April 2022. Dowsett will be responsible for leading all GAM’s…
Baton Systems appoints Senior Director
Baton Systems (Baton), a global fintech applying distributed ledger technology to post-trade processing, has appointed Ronn Baker as Senior…
14 Mar 2022
Bitcoin rally on the way says, Scaramucci
Anthony Scaramucci, founder of hedge fund SkyBridge Capital, is predicting a bitcoin rally to six figures in the next few months, according…
PineBridge Investments appoints Asia Pacific CEO
PineBridge Investments (PineBridge), a private, global asset manager focused on active, high-conviction investing, has hired Kirk Sweeney…
Hedge funds win big on bullish commodities bets
New York-based stock-picking hedge fund Soroban Capital Partners has made a least several hundred million dollars on bullish commodities…
CoinShares makes further strategic investment in FlowBank
CoinShares, a European digital asset investment firm, has, following approval from the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority,…
Steve Cohen’s Point72 set to redeem USD750m from Melvin Capital, says Bloomberg
Point72, the hedge fund firm run by billionaire investor Steve Cohn is to redeem the USD750 million it invested in Melvin Capital,…
Hedge funds see second consecutive month of negative returns
The global hedge fund business had an aggregate return of -0.17 per cent in February, according to eVestment's February 2022 hedge fund…
Fasanara appoints ex-hedge fund marketer and IR exec as Chief Commercial Officer
Fasanara Capital has made two significant additions to thitse team to strengthen deal origination and support the launch of its new…
