Monthly Archives: January 2020
Semper Short Duration Fund surpasses $500m in AUM
(Hedgeweek) Semper Capital Management’s Semper Short Duration Fund (SEMIX, SEMRX) has surpassed USD500 million in assets under management as a result of strong performance and investor demand since inception in December 2010. To read this article:
Invast Global to hold charity ‘trading day’ in aid of Australian bushfire crisis
(Hedgeweek) Invast Global is to donate all trading commissions earned on 31 January to the NSW Rural Fire Services to support the volunteer firefighters and the victims of the ongoing bushfire crisis in Australia. To read this article:
Hedge Fund Group MFA Names New Chief
(Reuters) – Managed Funds Association (MFA), a hedge fund lobby group in the United States, on Wednesday named Bryan Corbett its new chief executive officer. Corbett was most recently a partner and managing director at investment firm The Carlyle Group […]
More Hedge Funds Have Closed Than Those Opened for 5th Year in a Row
(AlternativeSoft) Less than 9,000 hedge funds now exist globally. It’s been widely believed that there are too many hedge funds for quite some time now. Therefore, it may be welcomed news for many to hear that more hedge funds were […]
Fraud Judgment Entered Against Former Investment Adviser
(HedgeCo.Net) The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee has entered a final consent judgment in a previously-filed SEC enforcement action against Jay Costa Kelter, a former registered investment adviser and registered representative. The SEC’s action, filed November […]
Systematic Global Macro strategies appear to be more sensitive to equities than usual
(Opalesque) In the hedge fund space, Lyxor believes that Global Macro and Merger Arbitrage strategies are the most appealing hedge against a worst-case scenario of renewed geopolitical tensions. In Q2-15, such strategies outperformed while CTAs suffered a sharp drawdown, said […]
H.I.G. WhiteHorse closes loan fund at $1.1bn
(Opalesque) HIG WhiteHorse, the credit affiliate of global alternative asset management firm HIG Capital (HIG), has closed the HIG WhiteHorse Principal Lending Fund with capital commitments of approximately USD1.1 billion. To read this article:
Skylight IPV secures ETFS Capital investment
(Hedgeweek) Skylight IPV Limited, an independent price verification company, has closed a funding round, securing significant investment from ETFS Capital. To read this article:
EEX completes Powernext integration
(Hedgeweek) The European Energy Exchange (EEX) has successfully integrated Powernext and Gaspoint Nordic as of 1 January 2020. All required approvals have been received to integrate the natural gas spot and derivatives markets into EEX. To read this article:
PEGAS finishes 2019 with a double-digit monthly growth and a new record on CZ VTP Spot
(Hedgeweek) PEGAS registered a total natural gas volume of 190.6 TWh in December, a raise of 20 per cent year-on-year (December 2018: 158.1 TWh). To read this article:
Jana Partners’ activist fund gains 52% as bets such as ConAgra pay off
(Reuters) – Jana Partners LLC, the hedge fund that concentrates exclusively on activist investing after shuttering two stock-picking portfolios early last year, told investors that its Jana Strategic Investment fund returned 52% in 2019, two of them told Reuters on […]
Funds quickly ditch bearish soybean bets after huge selling spree
(Reuters) – After digging well into bearish territory late in the year, speculators changed their minds about Chicago-traded soybeans in mid-December and opened the new year with a relatively neutral view on the oilseed. To read this article: