Hedge funds are targeting British retailers including Asos, B&Q owner Kingfisher, BooHoo, and Dixons Carphone, taking short positions on the assumption that they will struggle in the current economic climate, according to a report by The Is Money. Aston Martin
WhiteStar Asset Management (WhiteStar), the CLO, structured products, and broadly syndicated credit arm of Clearlake Capital Group, has acquired the five reinvesting Collateralised Loan Obligations (CLOs) managed by Carlson CLO Advisers, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Carlson Capital. Totaling more than
Toscafund, a London-headquartered specialist asset manager founded by Martin Hughes in 2000 and chaired by Martin Gilbert, has opened a Hong Kong office, its second in Asia-Pacific, following regulatory approval from the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission. Toscafund’s fifth
The Rolaz Group, the firm behind the first tokenised hedge fund, has set aside a date for its token IEO and listing on P2PB2B and Coinsbit. The IEO will kick-start from 1 April at 00.00 GMT and run until 31
Hedge fund EDL is creating two new vehicles to hold its Russian equities positions, according to a report by Bloomberg. The macro investment firm run by Edouard de Langlade informed investors of the move in a letter which also outlined
Hedge fund manager Bill Ackman is planning a quieter and more thoughtful life after deciding to avoid the “noisiest” form of activism investing in future, activist short-selling. Writing in his annual letter to investors in Pershing Square Holdings 2021 Annual
Hedge fund firm Coatue is to withhold USD33 million from a total of USD250 million in client redemption requests, according to a report by Bloomberg. The money being held back, which amounts to 13 per cent of the total requested,
Investors should look to alternative investments including private equity, private debt, hedge funds, and gold as a way to weather the current market uncertainty brought about by rising oil prices and inflation, and Russia’s invasion of neighbouring Ukraine, according to
Disappointing results at Texas-based petrochemicals company Trecora Resources have promoted activist hedge funds Ortelius Advisors, to pen an open latter to investors, according to a report by Opalesque. The letter also claims that Trecora has refused to consider a a
Hedge funds are at odd over how the reporting of emissions data related to short selling strategies should be reported, according to a report by Bloomberg. Some funds say that if a short bet against an oil producer pays off
