The novel currency and gold-focused CTA strategy run by ex-AHL director Christopher Cruden has marked its fifth anniversary with a strong double-digit showing in the first six weeks of the year.
The Citco Group of Companies (Citco) has appointed Ryan Fitzgerald as Head of Middle Office Solutions to further develop the business line, which recently achieved double-digit growth. The appointment is part of a significant strategic investment by Citco, aimed at providing
The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index, which provides a representative baseline for how the broad liquid alternative investment category performs, returned -0.31 per cent in January, underperforming the 0.41 per cent monthly return of the HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index. The Wilshire
Willkie Farr & Gallagher has appointed litigator Mark Stancil as a partner in the firm’s Washington office where he will focus on trial and appellate advocacy in complex commercial litigation, with a particular focus on investment disputes.Stancil’s clients include hedge
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has issued an order simultaneously filing and settling charges against Matthew . White and MW Global Futures LLC (MWGF), both of Florida, for fraudulently soliciting approximately USD1.2 million for a pooled investment vehicle trading commodity
Vela, an independent provider of trading and market access technology for global multi-asset electronic trading, has expanded its global Product and Account Management teams with new hires in London and New York.Based in London, Cedric Rondeaux joins Vela from ICE
FIS Group, a manager of US and global developed, emerging and frontier markets equity portfolio strategies, has appointed Robert Morier as a senior vice president of sales and marketing. Morier (pictured) will oversee FIS Group’s marketing and sales efforts, and
Tages Capital has held the first closing of Tages Emerging Opportunities II, a closed-end fund focused on providing seeding and acceleration capital to emerging hedge fund managers in exchange for an economic participation in their business with USD203 million in
Rishi Sunak, former partner at global long/short equity hedge fund Theleme Partners and Sir Chris Hohn’s The Children’s Investment Fund Management, has been named Chancellor of the Exchequer after Sajid Javid resigned on Thursday.
Hedge funds are continuing to bet against Europe’s travel industry, with several brand-name managers growing their shorts in travel staples such as EasyJet and TUI, amid concerns the fallout from the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak could impact the continent’s tourism sector.
