Somerset Capital Management portfolio managers Mark Williams and Kumar Pandit have generated strong outperformance (+9.2%) with Somerset’s Emerging Markets Dividend Growth Strategy over the MSCI Emerging Markets Index during the past three years.
Man Group, the world’s largest publicly-traded hedge fund business with over $162bn in assets, has acquired a majority 51% stake in Geneva-based impact asset management firm Asteria Investment Managers.
Two Sigma has told clients that the unauthorised actions of one of its researchers who manipulated the firm’s models in an attempt to boost his compensation, led to gains and losses totalling $620m, according to a report by the Wall
In the dynamic world of credit investment, staying ahead of the curve requires a blend of experiential wisdom and technological prowess. Drakai Capital, a Paris-based investment management firm, epitomises this blend by fusing technology with credit investing to generate consistent,
Davidson Kempner is one of a number of hedge funds and private equity firms that have taken short positions against corrugated and paper packaging specialist Smurfit Kappa, following the announcement of a proposed deal to acquire US paper company WestRock,
Canadian hedge fund firm Traynor Ridge Capital Inc has been issued with a cease trader order by the Ontario Securities Commission following the death of its founder, and three failed trading orders last week, according to a report by Reuters.
Global financial services firm Wilshire is to acquire Lyxor Asset Management, a provider of risk-managed, alternative and hedge fund investment solutions to institutional investors in North America, from European asset manager Amundi.
Odey Asset Management, the hedge fund business founded by Crispin Odey who was ousted in June following multiple allegations of sexual assault and harassment, which he denies, is to close completely, according to a statement on the firm’s website.
Global macro hedge funds have switched from the bullish equity bets that have been part of their strategies for most of the year to bearish positions, while commodity trend advisers have upped their short positions, according to a report by
US equity long-short hedge fund portfolio managers are taking fewer directional bets, with the level at which swings in the S&P 500 affect their bottom line having fallen to the lowest seen in six years, according to a report by
