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Asia-focused hedge funds have fared better than their US counterparts during the recent market downturn, benefiting from a relative outperformance in Chinese equities as global investors shift capital into the region, according to a report by Reuters.
JPMorgan Chase’s quantitative investment strategies (QIS) division has built a $100bn derivatives-linked trading book, delivering hedge fund-style exposures to a broad investor base at a fraction of the cost, according to a report by Bloomberg.
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) is set to introduce a Markets in Financial Instruments Directive/Regulation (MiFID/R) ARM service as an extension to its Global Trade Repository (GTR), addressing the growing demands of transaction and trade reporting compliance.
Multi-strategy hedge fund manager Polar Asset Management Partners has appointed Jason Cope as Head of Global Fixed Income & Rates, responsible for leading and accelerating the growth of the firm’s Rates & Credit strategy business.
Hedge funds, including Millennium Management, Citadel, Balyasny Asset Management, and Squarepoint Capital, are increasingly recruiting meteorologists and climate data scientists as extreme weather events drive volatility in commodities markets, according to a report by Bloomberg.
The Managed Funds Association (MFA) has called on the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to reform or rescind key regulations introduced over the past four years, citing excessive costs and operational burdens for private fund managers, according to a report by Reuters.
Multi-strategy hedge funds are grappling with their most significant challenge since the early days of the pandemic as a sharp market selloff forces firms to rapidly unwind crowded trades, according to a report by Bloomberg citing sources familiar with the matter.
Hedge funds significantly reduced both long and short positions in Asia on Monday, following a wave of unwinding in the US and Europe last Friday, according to a report by Bloomberg citing a client note from Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
Jersey-based global macro hedge fund firm Brevan Howard Asset Management is scaling back traders’ risk limits as the firm’s flagship fund faces mounting losses, erasing last year’s gains, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Veteran quant trader Jeff Berton has made the leap from investment banking to hedge funds, joining multi-strategy major Millennium as Global Head of Equity Volatility Risk in New York, according to a report by eFinancialCareers.
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