Lyxor’s L/S Equity Neutral peer group was down -2.8 per cent year-to-date, hurt by extreme trading conditions and the constituents’ average market beta of 20 per cent, according to the latest Weekly Brief by the company’s Cross Asset Research team.
The price of natural gas is predicted to surge amid stalling US production levels, says Russell Clark Investment Management, London-based global equities hedge fund. Russell Clark’s contrarian long/short firm, which is well-known for its bearish calls in global stock markets,
Graham Capital Management, the long-running US quant hedge fund manager, is launching its multi-asset diversified quant strategy, the Graham Quant Macro fund, on Lombard Odier’s PrivilEdge UCITS fund platform.
The hedge fund industry tracked the fates of other markets and broader economies roiled by the novel coronavirus pandemic in March, posting an 8.03 per cent loss for the month, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge,
Man Group suffered an 11 per cent drop in funds under management during the first quarter of 2020, though its absolute return hedge fund strategies generate positive returns during March’s market mayhem. The London-headquartered publicly-listed global hedge fund group saw
London-based Heptagon Capital (Heptagon) has successfully launched two additional sub funds for its USD3.7bn Irish UCITS Fund company, the Summit Partners Sustainable Opportunities L/S Equity Fund, and the Levin Easterly US Equity Fund. The Summit Partners Sustainable Opportunities L/S Equity Fund
Gregg Fisher, a portfolio manager and factor investing specialist, has launched Quent Capital, a New York City-based investment firm which will focus on a global small cap long/short strategy.Over the course of his 30-year career in investment management, Fisher has
Named after the riverside district in central Moscow, Balchug Capital – the long/short emerging market equities and fixed income investment manager launched by David Amaryan in 2009 – focuses on event driven and value-based opportunities predominantly in Russia and the
Westbeck Capital, a London-based oil-focused hedge fund, continues to generate stellar double-digit returns in 2020’s lively energy markets, and believes short-term mis-pricings in oil equities offers further buying opportunities ahead of a potential price recovery later this year. The firm’s
Hedge funds trading emerging markets strategies face major dispersion in their assets, as the impact of Covid-19 – and the resulting government responses – diverges sharply across different regions and countries. New analysis by Lyxor Asset Management this week pointed
