Maso Capital, an event driven and convertible arbitrage-focused hedge fund based in Hong Kong, was established in 2012 by Manoj Jain and Sohit Khurana, who previously managed money for Och-Ziff’s Asia-focused strategies.
Investors poured more than USD7 billion of new capital into hedge funds globally in October, the strongest capital inflows recorded in more than a decade for what is a traditionally quiet month for industry coffers – but there are warnings
The European Power Exchange (EPEX SPOT), European Energy Exchange (EEX) and European Commodity Clearing (ECC) plan to jointly launch a pan-European market for Guarantees of Origin (GOs) as part of EEX Group’s ongoing efforts to support the energy transition with
The hard-won, if only tacit recognition of crypto as an asset class, is rippling across the financial industry. Crypto’s new status brings with it the requirement for trading, clearing, settlement and custody of digital assets, and nowhere is this need
The ability of financial market operators to reinvent and innovate has been one of the key successes driving industry growth in the last decade. With the events of the past 12 months creating an increasingly challenging market backdrop, Mario Sanchez
The European Energy Exchange (EEX) is extending the sell-off calendar for the national Emissions Trading System (nEHS) in coordination with the German Environment Agency to include additional dates in December 2021. This provides regulated companies under the nEHS with further
CTAs and trend-following hedge funds remain on track for their best annual performance since 2014’s landmark performance, with managers continuing profit from continued trends across bonds, equities, indices and commodities markets in the run-up to year-end. Société Générale’s main CTA
CTAs and trend-following hedge funds have strengthened their returns as October draws to a close, with recent gains pushing the sub-sector’s year-to-date returns further into double-digit territory.
Boston-headquartered Invenomic Capital Management has launched a new UCITS version of its US-focused long/short equities strategy.
Man GLG, the discretionary hedge fund unit of London-headquartered global asset management giant Man Group, now holds the largest number of short positions against UK-listed stocks, followed by Marshall Wace and BlackRock, according to new industry data.
