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AGF Management has made a strategic investment in New Holland Capital, a New-York based multi-strategy investment manager with more than $5bn in AUM and more than 17 years of experience in absolute return investment strategies.
Akram, a boutique firm providing audit and tax services to hedge funds and other onshore and offshore alternative investment firms, has appointed Ghias Khan as an Audit Partner.
Silver Creek Capital Management, an alternative investment boutique focused on hedge funds, private credit and real assets investments, has appointed David Matter as Co-Chief Investment Officer alongside Eric Dillon, Silver Creek’s Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chief Investment Officer, to lead the firm’s investment activities.Â
BNP Paribas’s capital Iintroduction team has seen increased demand for hurdle rates, which dictate the point at which performance fees come into play, when speaking with hedge fund investors as part of the performance versus risk free rate discussion, according to the company’s 2024 Alternative Investment Survey.
International energy services company Petrofac was the most shorted UK listed company as of 5 February 2024, with 11.49% of its stock held in short positions, according to new analysis by global exchange traded product provider GraniteShares.
The Managed Funds Association, a representative association for the global alternative asset management industry, has submitted a comment letter to the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority calling for the swift implementation of a consolidated tape for UK fixed income markets.
Bitcoin ended the week at approximately $48,300, showing a notable 13.4% increase from the previous week’s closing value of around $42,600, according to a note from Research Analyst Matteo Greco at the publicly listed digital asset and fintech investment business Fineqia International.
New hedge fund managers are struggling to attract investment to their funds with inflows in 2023 falling to new lows, according to a report by Reuters, citing a client report published by Goldman Sachs on Friday last week.
Just a week after boosting their long bets on the Swiss franc, hedge fund have flipped to a bearish position on the currency amid speculation that the central bank is no longer supporting the currency with purchases and could be on the brink of lowering interests rates.
California-based hedge fund and activist shareholder Butler Hall Capital has issued an open letter to French skincare company L’Occitane, urging its board of directors to relist on a US exchange and reconsider the company’s valuation following news of Blackstone’s potential bid to acquire the business.
