Managers
Jerry Wang (pictured), CEO of Hi2 Investment Management, chats to Hedgeweek/Private Equity Wire about some of the current challenges and opportunities in the private credit space including anti-globalisation trends and the impact of artificial intelligence…
TOP STORY: France is looking to attract more hedge funds and banks to Paris as part of a new plan to raise the standing of the city as a European Union finance hub, according to a report by Bloomberg. The initiative is aiming to build on an initial wave of post-Brexit relocations.
Balyasny Asset Management is lagging behind its multi-strategy peers in terms of performance after a tough November saw the firm lose 1.2%, paring year-to-date returns to just 1.5%, according to a report by Business Insider.
Man Group, the largest listed hedge fund in the world, has partnered with the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment to conduct research into how climate impact is defined and measured in fixed income and equity portfolios.
A slump in profits at TCI Fund Management has prompted the hedge fund firm to halve the dividend payment made to the its parent company, which is owned by billionaire founder Christopher Hohn, according to a report by Bloomberg.
TOP STORY: Palliser Capital, the hedge fund firm founded by James Smith, the former head of Elliott Management Corp’s operations in Hong Kong, is agitating for a raft of changes at Samsung C&T, the effective holding company of South Korean conglomerate Samsung Group, according to a report by Reuters.
Dimitry Balasny, the boss of Balyasny Asset Management, has gone ‘back to school’ as part of an initiative to ensure the global multi-strategy hedge fund firm is able to recruit and train the ‘best people’, according to a report by eFinancial Careers.
Blackwells Capital, the activist hedge fund firm founded by Jason Aintabi, is gearing up to challenge for a change in boardroom personnel at US fast-food dining chain Wendy’s Co, according to a report by Reuters.
Trend-following hedge funds went into the final month of the year in bullish mood, adding US, European and Japanese stocks to their holdings, according to a report by Reuters citing a prime brokerage note from JP Morgan.
Stock-picking hedge funds have switched their attention from technology stocks – the mainstay of much of this year’s returns – to other sectors including banking and healthcare, according to a report by Reuters.
