The European Power Spot markets, operated by EPEX SPOT, increased by 3 per cent to 54.7 TWh in January, according to the latest data released by EEX. The increase was driven by a strong performance in both the Intraday (+2
Man FRM is optimistic on what it describes as an “unusually large” spectrum of hedge fund strategies amid a growing medley of investment opportunities and themes arising from the fledgling economic recovery. In its Q1 strategy outlook published on Thursday,
BidFX, a cloud-based provider of electronic foreign exchange trading solutions, has partnered with C8 Technologies, a direct indexing specialist, to enable asset managers to undertake direct indexing via their chosen relationship banks, available on the BidFX system. This will allow C8’s
During the last quarter of 2020, Cyprus-regulated hedge fund ARK36 D delivered more than 118 per cent return on investment, focusing exclusively on the bitcoin and cryptocurrency asset markets. This was the fund’s first operating quarter since launch in October 2020. Additionally,
Hedge funds have lost some USD325 million betting against FTSE 100 names over the past month, with retail investors driving shorted stocks higher as the GameStop effect reached UK shores.
Stockholm-based hedge fund manager Brummer & Partners saw its flagship multi-strategy fund dip slightly into negative territory last month. The Brummer Multi-Strategy (BMS) vehicle slipped 0.8 per cent in its SEK class, and 0.9 per cent in the USD class,
A victory for Joe Biden in next month’s US presidential election may “counter-intuitively” help boost global oil markets, according to London-based energy-focused hedge fund Westbeck Capital.
Cairn Capital Group (Cairn Capital), supported by Mediobanca as its majority shareholder, is to acquire and merge with Bybrook Capital (Bybrook), a specialist distressed credit manager based in London. Read the full story at Private Equity Wire…
London-based global equity hedge fund Russell Clark Investment Management is eyeing a rise in global agricultural crop prices amid potential wider global food inflation, as a result of the disruptive impact of swine flu on China’s pig population. China – the world’s
Jackson Hole Capital Partners, the Tulsa-based asset manager, is launching a new alternatives investment platform to be run by two former investment heads from Permal and EnTrust – Robert Kaplan and Christopher Keenan – who have joined the firm as
