Schonfeld Strengthens its Fundamental Equity Business With Regional Leadership Appointments
Long-time senior leaders promoted to regional strategy heads
Kettera Strategies Heat Map - February 2023
February was generally a good month for systematic trend followers. The key performance drivers appeared to be the opposite of what worked in January
Directional Data Biases and Systematic Trend Following: Friends or Foes?
This paper considers the influence that directional data biases may have in developing systematic trend-following (momentum) models
East vs West? The New Frontier of Regulations in Crypto Assets
We see many potential ways in which crypto innovation can be a solution to regulatory challenges. Critically, there is a wide range of outcomes for crypto regulation and adoption around the world
Macro The Best Performing Hedge Fund Category in February as Equity Hedge Declines
Macro led all hedge fund categories with an average gain of +0.19%, padding year to date returns to +0.54%
Ben Melkman joins Schonfeld as a Macro Senior Portfolio Manager
Melkman plans to operate out of the Bahamas as Schonfeld seeks to further expand its global footprint in this region
bfinance Appoints Olivier Cassin as Head of Investments and Research
Cassin was previously at bfinance from 2000 to 2014
Latest Numbers Signal Upbeat Outlook for South Africa’s Hedge Funds Sector
The South African hedge fund industry grew its assets by a punchy 30% in 2023 with ZAR 5.33bn (USD 290m) of net inflows in 2022
Hedge Funds Q&A: Oliver Skutil, Petrus Advisers
AlphaWeek’s Greg Winterton spoke to Oliver Skutil, Head of Special Situations at London-based hedge fund manager Petrus Advisers, to learn more about the outlook for European equity investing
Gramercy Funds Management Adds Tom Humphrey as President
Gramercy also announced that Bill Foley will be joining the firm as a Managing Director and senior member of the Gramercy Business Development Team
Cinctive Capital Management Adds New Long/Short Quant Strategy
The strategy will be overseen by Thong Nguyen, founder and Chief Investment Officer of Olympiad Research
AIMA Publishes Due Diligence Questionnaire for Digital Asset Funds
These DDQs are the initiative of AIMA’s Digital Assets Working Group
Trium Capital Adds Deepak Baghla as Co-Portfolio Manager of Alternative Growth Fund
Baghla will work alongside Toby Hayes, who has managed the strategy since its inception in September 2021
iM Global Partner Launches the iMGP DBi Managed Futures Fund
Dynamic Beta investments is the sub-manager of the fund
Investcorp-Tages UCITS Platform Launches New Melqart Event-Driven Fund
The Melqart Event Driven UCITS Fund is managed by Michel Massoud, alongside Portfolio Managers Joseph Gebran and Can Ozdemir
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