Managers
LedgerPrime, a quantitative and systematic digital assets hedge fund acquired by Sam Bankman-Fried’s now defunct FTX in 2021, has relaunched as MNNC Group, a Cayman Islands-registered multi-strategy hedge fund, according to a report by Bloomberg.Â
London-based multi-strategy hedge fund Eisler Capital plans to raise between $1bn and $1.5bn of capital and increase its Portfolio Manager headcount to between 120 and 125 this year, according to a report by the Financial Times citing people familiar with the matter.
Kirkoswald Asset Management, the global macro hedge fund firm founded by former GLG Partners and Moore Capital Management Trader Greg Coffey, is closing in on a deal to acquire emerging markets manager Emso Asset Management, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Hedge fund Brevan Howard plans to hire up to 15 Abu Dhabi-based Interns who are interested in careers as Traders, Quants and Analysts, partnering with New York University Abu Dhabi, Khalifa University of Science and Technology and Zayed University, according to a report by Financial News.Â
London-based macro hedge fund Promeritum Investment Management is betting on a further rally in distressed emerging market sovereign funds in 2024, having posted a record 16% return in 2023, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Profits at London-based Man Group, the world’s largest listed hedge fund firm, more than halved last year, as AUM hit a record $167.5bn, an increase of 17% from the $143.3bn reported for 2022.
J Goldman & Co, a New York-based long-short equity hedge fund manager founded in 1986 by Jay Goldman, has signed a lease for space at a new Miami Beach office building that is expected to achieve some of the highest rents ever seen in the local market, according to a report by Bloomberg.
The Founder of quantitative hedge fund Cantab Capital Partners, Ewan Kirk, has said that recent steps by the UK government to curtail migration will damage universities and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s own ambitions to make Britain a hub for high-growth industries such as biotech and AI, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Activist US hedge fund firm Elliott Investment Management has had a second improved offer to acquire Currys rejected by the board of the UK electrical and electronics retailer, amid rumoured interest from other potential suitors, according to a report by ThisIsMoney.
Brevan Howard Asset Management has added Tekmerion Capital Management’s macro hedge fund to its platform, with Tekmerion’s systematic macro team set to manage both its own capital and money for other Brevan Howard funds, according to a report by Bloomberg.
