Omni Event Fund, a hard catalyst focused event-driven fund managed by Omni Partners, has commenced trading as Kryger Fund following the planned acquisition of the Omni Event business by its long-standing Chief Investment Officer, John Melsom. Following the change of
New York-based stock-picking hedge fund Soroban Capital Partners has made a least several hundred million dollars on bullish commodities bets following Russia’s invasion of neighbouring Ukraine, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. Other hedge funds to benefit
Point72, the hedge fund firm run by billionaire investor Steve Cohn is to redeem the USD750 million it invested in Melvin Capital, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Alex Karnal, a former partner at Deerfield Manager is set to complete one of the biggest US hedge fund launches in years in April, with the debut of a new USD3.5 billion fund, according to a report by Bloomberg. The
The global hedge fund business had an aggregate return of -0.17 per cent in February, according to eVestment’s February 2022 hedge fund performance data.
French systematic long/short equity hedge fund Quantology Capital Management’s flagship fund was up +4.0 per cent in February, while the Nasdaq 100 and S&P 500 were down -4.6 per cent and -3.0 per cent, respectively over the month. An investor
A decision to increase bets on Russian stocks just prior to the country’s invasion of neighbouring Ukraine resulted in big losses for a BlackRock hedge fund, according to reports by Bloomberg and BusinessInsider. The investment firm’s Emerging Frontiers Fund dropped
Significant losses sustained in recent weeks have prompted Mew York hedge fund Arrant Global to close down operations, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. The firm’s flagship long-short tech-focused equity strategy, which lost 8.5 per cent last
Brook Developed Markets Fund, a hedge fund at a unit of Odey Asset Management, has marked its Russian equity exposures down to “close to or at zero” after the country’s invasion of Ukraine, according to a report by Bloomberg. Manager
Russia’s invasion of neighbouring Ukraine and the ensuing market turmoil has hit Brook Asset Management – a division of Odey Asset Management – hard, with the hedge fund down 12.6 per cent over the past week, according to a report
