Managers
Prosperity Capital Management, a hedge fund focused on investments in Russian equities, has blamed Brexit and the UK’s “uncooperative” business environment for its decision to shift its operations from London to Abu Dhabi, according to a report by IntelliNews.
Manulife Investment Management, the global wealth and asset management operation of Canada’s Manulife Financial Corporation, is to boost its footprint in the private credit space with the acquisition of London-based, multi-sector alternative credit manager CQS.
TOP STORY: A significant US stock rally prompted by softer than expected inflation news, saw global hedge funds that use algorithms to trade, suffer their second worst single day of trading so far this year, according to a report by Reuters.
US hedge fund Schonfeld Strategic Advisors has told 150 of its 1,000 employees that they are losing their jobs as the firm looks to cut costs in the wake of its failed tie-up talks with Millennium Management, according to a report by the Financial Times.
A series of well-timed bets against wind energy stocks have generated positive returns for a number of investment firms, including hedge fund Marshall Wace and quantitative trading firm Qube Research & Technologies, according to a report by The Financial Times.
TOP STORY: Tiger Global Management, Pershing Square, and Third Point are among the hedge funds to have upped their bets on big technology stocks, even as the sector stumbled slightly in the third quarter, according to a report by Reuters.
Hedge fund manager Michael Burry, famed for his winning wagers against the US housing market ahead of the 2008 global financial crisis as depicted in the movie ‘The Big Short’, added  a bearish options position on semiconductors in Q3, according to a report by Reuters.
Azenta, a provider of life sciences services including genomics, cryogenic storage, automation, and informatics, has announced changes to its board in return for a commitment from activist investor Politan Capital Management not to push for seats, according to a report by Reuters.
Talks over a potential tie-up between Millennium Management, the $60bn multi-strategy hedge fund firm led by Izzy Englander, and Schonfeld Strategic Advisors, have ended without an agreement being reached, according to a report by the Financial Times.
Hedge funds that employ long-short strategies have been hit by the imposition of a new cap on OTC derivatives by Chinese regulator the CSRC, with the country’s securities firms having been instructed to cease expanding their operations in this area, according to a report by Bloomberg.
