Activist investment firms bounced back to notch an average 20.2% return in 2023 following a previous year of losses, with ValueAct Capital (39%), Caligan Partners (37%), and Legion Partners Asset Management (35%), leading the way, according to a report by
Chris Rokos and his fellow partners at Rokos Capital Management paid themselves £445m ($563m) for the year ended March 2023, after the macro hedge fund produced its best ever gains in 2022, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Hedge funds are cautiously returning to the oil futures and options markets, following weeks of selling prompted by concerns over a weakening economy and prospect of a global recession, according to a report by Reuters.
Abacus Group, a Managed Services Provider for hedge funds and other alternative investment firms, has expanded its research and development and customer support capabilities with the opening of a new office in central Edinburgh.
Prime Capital, an independent alternative asset management firm focused on absolute return, energy infrastructure and private debt, has partnered with analytics specialist Premialab for strategy selection, ongoing quantitative performance assessment and risk management.
Global hedge funds have upped their bets against US banks and other financial companies to the highest level seen in four months, according to a report by Reuters citing a client note from Goldman Sachs’s prime brokerage unit.
Alternative data analytics firm QuantCube Technology has launched QuantCube CPI Nowcast indicators for the UK, Eurozone and Tokyo, which quantify the Consumer Price Index in each economy in real time.
Rokos Capital Management, the hedge fund firm founded by macro trader Chris Rokos in 2015, is looking to increase its asset base and is reportedly in talks with investors over raising up to $2bn in additional funds, according to a
Five portfolio managers have jumped ship from Credit Suisse to Lombard Odier IM where they will launch a new global macro fund on the firm’s 1798 Alternatives platform during the third quarter of 2024, according to a report by Investment
Bloomberg has launched Data Access, an extension of the Bloomberg Transaction Cost Analysis solution, which it says will enable clients to bring together trading data with Bloomberg Data License’s reference and pricing data.
