DE Shaw’s flagship hedge fund, the DE Shaw Composite Fund, weathered last year’s high-volatility environment to chalk up gains of 24.7% after fees, ahead of average annual hedge fund industry returns, according to a report by Reuters. The report cites
There is correspondingly less commentary on the inevitable corollary: the end. What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning (T.S. Eliot). Funds come to an end for a multitude
SurgoCap Partners, a new hedge fund founded by Maia Gaonkar, started trading on Tuesday with $1.8 billion under management, making it the largest ever debut of a female-led hedge fund, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Global law firm K&L Gates has opened a new office in Dublin, its 48th office worldwide and ninth in Europe. The launch includes the hiring of asset management and investment funds lawyers Gayle Bowen, Shane Geraghty, and Michelle Lloyd as
Skolem Technologies, an institutional-grade asset management and execution services providing investor access to  DeFi markets, has appointed Jonathan Tamblyn as chief people officer.Â
Maples and Calder (Luxembourg), the Maples Group’s law firm in the Grand Duchy, has appointed Manfred Dietrich as a partner in the firm’s Funds & Investment Management team.Â
Catalio Capital Management, a multi-strategy life sciences investment firm with more than $1 billion in assets under management, has launched a dedicated public equities hedge fund investment strategy focused on identifying compelling life science investment opportunities globally.Â
Options Technology, a capital markets services provider, has partnered with Tools for Brokers following a successful integration with recently acquired ACTIV Financial’s ACTIV application programming interface (API). Â
Investment manager Neal Berger’s Contrarian Macro Fund chalked up gains of 163% last year on the back of a series of successful bets that US Federal Reserve rate hikes would cause market turmoil, according to a report by Bloomberg. The
Apex Group Ltd, a global financial services provider, has acquired Pacific Fund Systems, a global fund administration software business serving open and closed ended traditional and alternative funds, including hedge funds and private equity investment vehicles, from co-founders and Pollen
