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International energy service company Petrofac was the most shorted UK listed company as of 1 September, with 8.69% of its stocks held short by five investment firms, according to new analysis by ETP issuer GraniteShares.
Brazil’s leading hedge fund managers including Verde Asset Management, Kapitalo Investimentos, and Ibiuna Investimentos, are growing increasingly pessimistic about local assets, shifting their focus to bets on rising interest rates in the country’s markets, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Trend-following hedge funds took a hit in August due to unfavourable bets on the New Zealand dollar and Japanese assets during a period of heightened market volatility, according to a report from Reuters, citing data from Societe Generale.
Hedge funds navigated an historic volatility surge in early August, with equity hedge and fixed income-based relative value arbitrage strategies leading that way, as the HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index advanced +0.25% for the month.
US hedge fund manager Chatham Asset Management has established a dedicated CLO management business, CTM Asset Management (CTM), and made a significant capital commitment to build the business and support its initial CLO issuance.
TT International (TT), a global asset management firm focused on long-only equity and alternative investment strategies, has appointed Jean-Charles Sambor (JC) as the firm’s new Head of Emerging Markets Debt.
Man Group, the global alternative investment management firm and the world’s largest listed hedge fund firm, has appointed Emma Holden as Chief People Officer, and member of the Executive Committee and reporting to CEO Robyn Grew.
By Zach Adda (pictured), North America Head of Customer Solutions, & Madeleine Corneli, Lead Product Manager AI/ML, Exasol – The opportunity to use data to find an edge and deliver new sources of alpha has never been greater. At the same time, the data challenge facing hedge funds is vast. So how can hedge funds capitalize on this opportunity most effectively, and how can a firm efficiently manage the datasets available and process them through their models in a timely manner? Exasol has the answers…
Wildcat Capital Management, originally established as the family office of billionaire David Bonderman, has invested over $200m in a new hedge fund, Whitebark Investors, which has been spun out of the firm under the leadership of Thomas McConnon.
Hedge funds have slashed their bullish bets on crude oil to the lowest level seen in more than 13 years, amid concerns of growing supply and weakening demand, according to a report by Bloomberg.
