Metronome Capital, the London-based long/short equity manager led by former Lehman Brothers banker and Parvus Asset Management partner Sharif el Khazen, is flying high – powered by a mix of long conviction trades in European luxury brand names and a
Small cap equity specialist, Granahan Investment Management (GIM), has launched the Granahan US SMID Select Fund on the Granahan Funds plc platform. A seed client has invested nearly USD100-million.
A growing number of investors require hedge funds to build environmental, social and governance (ESG) elements into their investment processes – with traditional risk-return metrics being overhauled to include ESG factors, a wide-ranging industry study has found.
Dalton Strategic Partnership has launched the Melchior Systematic Global Macro Fund within its Luxembourg UCITS umbrella. The fund will be managed by Thomas Dionysopoulos (pictured), who joined DSP from Advenis Investment Management in 2017. Prior to this, he was Head
Hedge Funds gained 0.49 per cent in April according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge, versus a 0.38 per cent gain in the S&P 500 Total Return Index. Year to date, the Barclay Index remains up 0.30 per cent,
A total volume of 10.1 TWh was traded in EEX’s intraday power markets in January 2020, a 46 per cent increase year on year. The Austrian, Belgian, German continuous, French, GB continuous and Dutch spot markets all registered record volumes, which
Mindful Wealth, an Asset Management company with around US$600 million under management, has successfully completed the VCC Pilot Programme with the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and re-domiciled one of its funds, Avenida CLO Equity Fund, from the Bahamas to
Convertible bond arbitrage strategies may hold half of the reported short positions in Tesla, as short bets against the electric carmaker remain resilient despite its market value roaring past USD150 billion this week.
Cowen has entered into an agreement to cooperate with Global Prime Partners (GPP) to transition GPP’s International Prime Brokerage business to Cowen. Cowen and GPP will work together to implement this transition efficiently and with a commitment to best serve GPP’s
Hedge fund returns were positive, led by CTAs, during the last week, mainly thanks to their long energy and bond positions, according to the latest Weekly Brief from Lyxor’s Cross Asset Research team. Merger funds also benefitted from a rapid
