Forester Capital, an alternative investment platform, is to make a strategic investment into the flagship fund of Chepstow Lane Capital LLP, a European-focused, opportunistic credit manager. The fund is managed by Agata Dornan, who was most recently a portfolio manager
SkyBridge Capital, has secured an investment worth 30 per cent of the business from FTV Ventures, a $2 billion venture capital firm based in Nassau, Bahamas, according to a report by Finance Magnates.
Singapore-based multi-family office Whampoa Group is planning niogn to raise $50 million for a new cryptocurrency hedge fund and also deploy $100 million via a venture capital fund focused on the same space, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Hedge funds have had their biggest trading week in a year, in terms of notional trading volume, placing aggressive equity bets, both long and short, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Unprecedented turmoil in the European energy markets has helped former Enron Corp trader Ulf Ek chalk up a 50 per cent return for his hedge fund so far this year, according to a report by The Star. Nothlander Commodity Advisors’
Two filings with the SEC have revealed the structure of Brevan Howard’s new cryptocurrency hedge fund, which having raised more than $1 billion, is the world’s largest crypto hedge fund, according to a report by Crypto Times.
Ironshield Capital (Ironshield), a London-based European credit hedge fund manager, has launched the Ironshield High Yield Alpha Fund, a UCITS compliant Fund which will actively manage a diversified portfolio of long and short corporate credit positions. Overall net exposure is
Hedge funds are continuing to up their bearish bets on higher US bond yields and signs are emerging that the size and pace of this collective wager is reaching extreme levels according to a report by Reuters. The report says
Haidar Capital’s Haidar Jupiter Fund saw a gain of 29.6% in the four weeks to 26 August, taking returns so far this year to over 225%, according to a report by Bloomberg. The report says that Haidar is among a
New data from Preqin suggests that stock-picking hedge funds are set to record their worst performance in 10 years, according to a report by Reuters, with cumulative returns having dropped 12.24% in the 12 months ending 31 July. Year to
