Managers
Ovata Capital Management, the Hong Kong-based hedge fund firm led by BlueCrest Capital Management alumnus James Chen, has aded four Portfolio Managers to its trading team after assets at the firm surpassed the $1.1bn mark, according to a report by Bloomberg citing an unnamed source with knowledge of the matter.
New York-based hedge fund firm Soroban Capital Partners has built a $500m stake in HVAC control systems specialist Johnson Controls International, joining activist investor Elliott Investment Management as one of the company’s largest shareholders, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Jain Global, the much anticipated hedge fund set to be launched soon by former Millennium Management Co-Chief Investment Officer Bobby Jain is to commit a significant chunk of its investment funds to commodities – both derivatives and physical, according to a report by Bloomberg.
China’s Suning Holdings could be on the verge of losing control of Italian Serie A giants FC Internazionale Milan with the deadline to repay close to €400m in debt to Oaktree Capital Management looming large, according to a report by Bloomberg.
The chances of the US Federal Reserve cutting interest rates at any time this year have been pronounced “unlikely” by Richard Tang, Head of Global Markets at $17bn London-based macro hedge fund firm Rokos Capital Management.
Marshall Wace, the £50bn hedge fund firm founded by GB News co-owner Sir Paul Marshall, has taken short positions against two of Northern Ireland’s biggest tech companies – Belfast-based software group Kainos and Newry-based tech firm FD Technologies.
Ghisallo Capital Management, a Massachusetts-based hedge fund that makes global macro, long-short equity, credit, and distressed credit, event driven, special situations and relative value investments, is opening a new office in Hong Kong, according to a report by Bloomberg.
A 22% gain in 2024 up to the end of April at Qube Research & Technologies has helped boost assets at the London-based quant hedge fund firm from $16bn early this year to $20bn, according to a report by Business Insider.
Elliott Investment Management, the $8bn activist hedge fund firm founded by Paul Singer, has built a stake worth over $1bn in Johnson Controls International, a specialist in HVAC control systems used by data centres, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Appaloosa Management, the distressed debt-focussed hedge fund founded by David Tepper, boosted its holdings in beaten-down Chinese stocks in Q1 while cutting its exposure to US tech stocks, according to a report by Bloomberg.
