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Catalio Capital Management, a multi-strategy life sciences investment firm with more than $1 billion in assets under management, has launched a dedicated public equities hedge fund investment strategy focused on identifying compelling life science investment opportunities globally.Â
Maples and Calder (Luxembourg), the Maples Group’s law firm in the Grand Duchy, has appointed Manfred Dietrich as a partner in the firm’s Funds & Investment Management team.Â
Skolem Technologies, an institutional-grade asset management and execution services providing investor access to  DeFi markets, has appointed Jonathan Tamblyn as chief people officer.Â
Global law firm K&L Gates has opened a new office in Dublin, its 48th office worldwide and ninth in Europe. The launch includes the hiring of asset management and investment funds lawyers Gayle Bowen, Shane Geraghty, and Michelle Lloyd as the office’s founding partners.
Demand for quantitative strategies is expected to rise as technology supports more agility in the space and the approach can outperform in the current market environment. Risk and stability are also taking centre stage as investors are concerned about volatility, highlighting the importance of a strong risk management approach.
SurgoCap Partners, a new hedge fund founded by Maia Gaonkar, started trading on Tuesday with $1.8 billion under management, making it the largest ever debut of a female-led hedge fund, according to a report by Bloomberg.
DE Shaw’s flagship hedge fund, the DE Shaw Composite Fund, weathered last year’s high-volatility environment to chalk up gains of 24.7% after fees, ahead of average annual hedge fund industry returns, according to a report by Reuters.
The report cites an unnamed source as saying performance at DE Shaw’s largest hedge fund was driven by systematic, discretionary and hybrid investment strategies helping the multi-strategy fund improve on its 18.8% return posted in 2021.
DE Shaw’s second biggest fund meanwhile, the macro-oriented Oculus Fund, also beta its 2021 showing with a 20% gain last year.
Both funds are closed for new
Many global hedge fund managers are seeking exposure to commodities and bonds in 2023 as they prepare for a year of persistently high inflation, according to a report by Reuters.
The report cites a Reuters’ survey of 10 global asset and hedge fund managers as revealing that the majority believe that commodities are undervalued and should perform well as global inflation remains elevated during 2023.
Their other top picks for a high-inflation environment included inflation-linked bonds to shield against price rises and selective exposure to corporate credit.
Equites are the assets to either avoid or short-sell according to the survey
Private global asset manager PineBridge Investments has appointed Omar Slim and Andy Suen as co-heads of Asia ex-Japan fixed income, effective 3 January 2023 ahead of the forthcoming retirement of veteran Arthur Lau, Co-Head of Emerging Markets and Head of Asia ex-Japan Fixed Income, in June 2023.
Block Scholes, an institutional grade crypto analytics, data and research platform, has formed a new partnership with India-based cryptocurrency exchange, Bitbns, allowing the exchange’s users to access Block Scholes’ data analytics and visualisations.
Bitbns joins a growing portfolio of Block Scholes partners, which includes Deribit, D2X and Bybit.
Founded in 2021, Block Scholes is headquartered in London, UK, and is led and backed by financial industry veterans with extensive experience in investment banks, hedge funds and the fintech sector.
