Managers
Energy-focused hedge fund Westbeck Capital has bagged its sixth consecutive monthly gain, as it “aggressively” tapped into buying opportunities during last month’s steep oil correction.
The Westbeck Energy Opportunity Fund – Westbeck’s flagship long/short directional hedge fund strategy which trades across equities, futures and options – scored a 3.9 per cent gain in April, and has already started May positively, the firm said on Wednesday.
The strategy – whose returns have surged more than 46 per cent in the first four months of 2021 – capitalised on buying opportunities in the aftermath of the seismic oil sell-off back in March and April, which the firm saw as a
Over the past year, more than 100 clients globally have successfully implemented Bloomberg’s Buy-Side Solutions, which are used by some of the world’s largest asset managers, hedge funds, insurance companies, pension funds and government agencies.
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TMX Group subsidiary Trayport Limited (Trayport) is to acquire Tradesignal, a provider of rules-based energy trading and analysis solutions.
“The acquisition of Tradesignal is another milestone in our growth strategy, as we continue to focus on meeting the increasing market demand for data and analytics, to support quantitative and automated approaches to trading,” says Peter Conroy, President, Trayport. “Tradesignal complements Joule, and combined with Trayport’s Data Analytics and autoTRADER solutions, will further enhance decision making and the trading experience. A large number of major European energy market participants are already existing Tradesignal clients, and we look forward to working with
Long-short equity hedge fund Argonaut Capital is eyeing a potential “treasure trove” of short opportunities in previously well-regarded stocks, as the changing inflationary environment and opening up of economies impacts markets.
Validus Risk Management (Validus), an independent financial risk management and advisory firm, has acquired La Financière Constance (LFC), an investment company with a strong focus on quantitative and derivatives-based strategies, with offices in Montreal and Toronto.
The acquisition will form the basis of Validus’ new Global Macro Strategies (GMS) business, which will enable Validus to provide additional products and services to its institutional client base including pension funds and family offices. GMS is led by former LFC Partner, Kambiz Kazemi, who has joined Validus as its Chief Investment Officer.
Kevin Lester, CEO of Validus, says: “LFC’s expertise in overlay and
Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) has completed a significant growth equity investment in regulatory technology (regtech) company FundApps.
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CTAs and trend-following hedge funds have begun May positively. Société Générale’s main broad-based CTA Index has advanced 1.37 per cent so far this month, which has brought its year-to-date return to more than 7 per cent.
Digital investment specialist firm Osprey Funds has seen interest from hedge fund managers in its bitcoin trust, OBTC, which was launched last year, and now has assets of USD160 million.
Hedge funds are on a roll this year, with the industry recording its best January-to-April performance in more than 20 years, as managers profited from tech gains, commodities moves, strong earnings, and renewed optimism over the reopening US economy.
Profound shifts in board governance, demographics and technology are transforming the way Japanese companies do business, and Singapore-based fund manager Four Seasons Asia Investment is capitalising on this theme with its change-based investment approach which seeks out catalysts in neglected stocks across small-to-mid-cap equities.
Established in 2006, Four Seasons Asia Investment runs both long/short and long-only equity funds, trading less-crowded Japanese stocks in range of industries and sectors using elements taken from fundamental, event driven, special situations and catalyst investing. Both strategies look to generate call option-type payoffs while curbing downside risk and avoiding correlation with its peers and broader
