BFAM Partners, the Hong Kong-based investment firm founded by Benjamin Fuchs, could be on the road to recovery after a troubled 2022, with the both the firm's main hedge fund and a side pocket of illiquid Chinese credit recording gains in January, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Following the receipt of CSSF approval at the end of November, iM Global Partner has now launched the iMGP DBi Managed Futures fund for European investors, which aims to replicate the pre-fee performance of a representative basket of leading managed futures hedge funds in a UCITS wrapper.
Active Digital, a new digital asset hedge fund firm, has launched with a team of experienced traders providing a collective 27 years of crypto trading experience. The firm has already begun trading with personal capital and is seeking investments from funds of funds and family offices.
AIFs and UCITS saw net outflows of €278 billion in 2022, compared to net inflows of €888 billion in 2021, according to the latest monthly Investment Fund Industry Fact Sheet Net from the European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA). Assets of European investment funds meanwhile, declined by 12.4%, to drop below the €20 trillion threshold.
Melqart Asset Management has launched a new fund on the Investcorp-Tages UCITS platform, the Melqart Event Driven UCITS Fund. Melqart Asset Management was founded in 2015 by Michel Massoud and currently manages $1.7 billion on behalf of a global client base, which includes some of the world’s pre-eminent hedge fund investors.
The BlackRock Strategic Equity Hedge Fund, which is run by money manager Alister Hibbert, is reopening to additional investment for the first time since 2019 and targeting an additional $1bn in funds after chalking up a record annual loss in 2022, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Hedge funds' strong performance in January has been backed by numbers from another provider, with Bloomberg data providing more evidence that funds caught the upswings in equities and cryptocurrencies.
New research from quant technology provider SigTech, drawing on data from Preqin and insights from various hedge fund managers, reveals that roughly 30,000 hedge funds are currently operating globally. The US dominates the industry with a market share of 65%, followed by the UK (8.8%) and Hong Kong (3.5%).
Quant trading specialist DE Shaw & Co has closed its first dedicated private equity fund with more than $450 million in capital commitments, falling just sort of the fund's $500 million target, which was set a year ago, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Global hedge funds recorded a 2.8% gain in January, but expectations of a continued bear market meant industry performance lagged broader stock market indices over the month, according to the latest performance data from HFR.