Funds
Siepe, a provider of technology-enabled services and compliance and reporting for the credit and hedge fund industries, has closed three broadly syndicated collateralized loan obligation transactions in Q3, representing a total of $1.2bn new issue CLO paper printed, and a fourth as Collateral Administrator on a leverage facility for a private credit fund, representing an additional $500m in private credit assets.
Regal Funds Management, an Australian hedge fund with AUD6bn ($3.8bn) in AUM, is looking into shares of potential takeover targets in the domestic lithium sector, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Berry Street Capital, a London- headquartered hedge fund run by Ex-Paulson Partner Orkun Kilic, is shutting down, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Short positions in the gold market are falling, as money managers are increasing their speculative gross long positions in Comex gold futures, leading to the second-biggest ever short covering rally on record, according to a report by Kitco, citing data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
Hedge funds across the globe are reducing their exposure to mega cap tech firms, according to a report by Reuters that cites data from JPMorgan Chase’s positioning Intelligence Unit.
Saba Capital Management, the firm run by American hedge fund tycoon Boaz Weinstein has declared stakes in ten UK investment trusts, according to a report by The Times.
Doug Haynes, a former President at Steve Cohen’s Point72 Asset Management until he resigned in 2018 having been named a defendant in a sexual discrimination lawsuit which was settled in 2020, is looking to raise $1bn for his new fund Norias, according to a report by Business Insider.
Itau Asset Management, a Brazil-based money manager inspired by Ken Griffin’s Citadel and Izzy Englander’s Millennium Management, has appointed Bruno Serra, a former director at Brazil’s central bank, to raise money for a new family of funds in its mulitmesas (multi-strategy) unit.
ASK Asset and Wealth Management, an India-based wealth and asset management firm, has added hedge funds to its Alternative Investment offering through the launch of a new business vertical, ASK Hedge Solutions.
Priya Kodeeswaran, a former long-short manager at Man Group and Portfolio Manager at Millennium Management, is to serve as both Founder and Chief Investment Officer of his newly-launched hedge fund, Katamaran Capital, according to a report by Bloomberg.
