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Writes on #hedge funds @Bloomberg . Ex-Reuters. Opinions r my own. Retweets & likes r not endorsements. Have a news tip? DMs open

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2 years
Some big-name hedge funds' first-half returns
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Hedge fund performance data for the entire year is now unfolding. Here's a small list:
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Schonfeld was the best-performing large multistrategy hedge fund in the first quarter, recovering from challenges it faced in 2023 when investors pulled money and a potential deal with Millennium fell apart
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Chatth celebrations in London: the most important festival of my homeland, Bihar in India. We pray to the source of all life—sun. The only festival that celebrates the setting sun as well as the rising one. @vikasvaibhavips @LetsInspireBih LETS INSPIRE BIHAR CHHATH DAY1
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Preparations underway for Chatth celebrations in London. @LetsInspireBih @vikasvaibhavips LETS INSPIRE BIHAR CHHATH DAY1
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From the land of India’s first president. Little master devoting his time to studies while his father’s friend teaches him during busy shopping time at his small shop. No wonder 40% of Indian districts have a civil servant from Bihar #letsinspirebihar
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Here’s a look at 2023 returns for hedge funds based on Bloomberg team's reporting. More funds added here:
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How surprising: A trio of academics has a bold take on the booming $1.7 trillion private credit market: after accounting for additional risks and fees, the asset class delivers virtually no extra return to investors via @markets
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Bloomberg scoop: Crispin Odey has recouped years of losses at his hedge fund, showing other managers like Gabe Plotkin that surrender isn’t the only option under pressure, read full story on @TheTerminal
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Two former top executives at Steven Cohen and Crispin Odey’s firms are turning the traditional hedge fund model on its head, by providing capital to traders who agree to lose their own money first if bets fail. Also called first loss funds via @markets
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For all good people here interested in hedge funds, we have compiled a list of some prominent funds. Fill the gaps you see
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Now is probably the best time ever to be a trader. If you are good, there’s a market for you no matter the cost. My Big Take today
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Celebrations of ancient Indian festival of chatth! LETS INSPIRE BIHAR CHHATH DAY2 ⁦ @LetsInspireBih ⁩ ⁦ @vikasvaibhavips
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On a stunningly beautiful day, I am inside my house writing this story. Please read this stunning development in the hedge fund world: Exclusive: Odey Asset Management has removed its founder Crispin Odey from the firm’s partnership via @markets
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Hedge fund Qube has quietly grown to run $11 billion. It plans to provide capital to 50 money managers by the end of this year, up from about a dozen now. It typically allocates between $50 million and $100 million to each manager.
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@vikasvaibhavips मुझे #LetsInspireBihar परिवार में जोड़ने के लिए धन्यवाद @vikasvaibhavips ji। आज मिलकर और आपके विचार सुनकर बहुत अच्छा लगा। इतने सारे अद्भुत लोगों से मिलना प्रेरणादायक था। मुझे विश्वास है कि यह परिवार आपके नेतृत्व में तेजी से बढ़ेगा और हमारे युवाओं के जीवन में सकारात्मक बदलाव लाएगा
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Andurand oil hedge fund has smashed it amid the sell off, breaking on ⁦ @TheTerminal
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BLOOMBERG EXCLUSIVE: A look inside BlueCrest reveals Michael Platt’s many acts — including outsize returns and some harrowing losses. Story with colleagues @LamoneyTom & @BenStupples via @wealth
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Abu Dhabi could become a global financial center, billionaire Alan Howard said in a rare public appearance, pitching the emerging hedge fund region as the best time zone to trade for macro money managers
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Bloomberg scoop: Hedge fund manager Said Haidar is emerging as one of the biggest winners in the macro land. He has already smashed his record month of gain twice this year. Up 148% in Q1
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Deep into Himalayas, somewhere near #Leh
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Citadel Hires Brother of Basis-Trading Specialist for Credit, story with @tetley_liza
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Ben Melkman Joins Star Traders’ Migration to Biggest Hedge Funds
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In stark contrast to the old business model-- launch a hedge fund, name it after yourself, call the shots, profit--an army of faceless suits are taking over the $4 trillion industry in a seismic and potentially permanent shift via @business
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Billionaire Chris Rokos is on track to record his best year, joining a string of macro trading peers in profiting as central banks start reversing years of quantitative easing via @wealth
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Scoop: Element, the hedge fund run by Jeff Talpins, is handing back about $4 billion or two-thirds of external clients assets in a bid to downsize to improve returns and move toward managing mostly its own capital via @markets
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With Citadel returns
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Scoop: Human traders and researchers are finding their way to $60 billion quant powerhouse Two Sigma just as the competition for talent rise among the world’s biggest hedge funds
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Billionaire money managers Chris Hohn and Ken Griffin led hedge funds to deliver one of the best years for clients in 2023. The industry produced combined gains worth $218 billion after fees, according to estimates by LCH via @markets
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Billionaire Chris Rokos’s hedge fund soared during the first quarter, profiting from market moves that wrong-footed some of his macro trading peers via @wealth
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Hedge funds are heading into a make-or-break year with big firms getting bigger and stock pickers needing to prove their worth. Read my analysis of the industry through a series of charts and data via @business
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Brevan Howard Asset Management’s cryptocurrency fund is currently a bright spot for the hedge fund firm, which lost money on macro trades this year. With @tetley_liza via @crypto
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May your happiness and health remain as steady as pass through fees at multi-strategy hedge funds. Happy new year!!
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From cash to school: how Abu Dhabi is luring hedge fund giants. No tax, golden visa, a place where rich are welcomed, safety (they can wear their Rolexes without fear of getting mugged). Observations from recent visit to ABD/Dubai. Story with @Adveith
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Brevan Howard has shuttered hedge funds run by two of its star traders: Alfredo Saitta and Louis Basger. Saitta is leaving, Basger is staying back to run capital for the firm's other funds
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Humans still have a chance!
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BREAKING ON BLOOMBERG: Brevan Howard Cuts More than 100 Staff in Cost Cutting Move
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3 years
Commodity hedge fund run by Andurand surged 50% through August this year with further gains in September
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Renaissance Technologies is reshaping the group of directors who will eventually succeed founder Jim Simons in overseeing one of the world’s most lucrative hedge funds
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Back in 2016, trying to get an ambitious young financier to choose France over Britain was an often hopeless task. Six years later that mission has become a whole lot easier. “Can Paris become the Mayfair of Europe?” story with @a_rajbhandari via @markets
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@_SidVerma No joke. People who have money spend of course. People who don't have money also spend beyond their means by borrowing.
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Deadly Indian delicacy, literally. But it’s worth dying for. Warning: deep fried gram pearls drenched in sugar syrup with Greek yoghurt. You just can’t stop eating!!
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2 years
Three sets of numbers tell the story of hedge funds in Q1: slump, surge and steady
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Famed oil hedge fund manager Pierre Andurand’s bad year is getting worse. His main Andurand Commodities Discretionary Enhanced Fund declined by another 9.4% this month through May 19, extending this year’s slump to almost 46%
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Macro hedge funds are no longer producing micro returns. They are soaring. The pack is led by Said Haidar and Crispin Odey who have posted triple digit gains so far this year via @markets
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Former Credit Suisse star trader Hamza Lemssouguer guides his hedge fund to double-digit gains in 2023, making it one of the best-performing credit money pools, story with @lauralevfinance via @markets
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The first half of 2023 proved to be a washout for some of the world’s biggest macro traders as they struggle to recoup losses sparked by volatile bond markets
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I never told my dad how much I love him. I thought that was obvious. Wish I could change that. Do not make the same mistake. Happy father's day
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Crispin Odey’s best year ever went to a new level amid tumultuous markets last month. His hedge fund is now up 193%
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1 year
Blue tick gone but I am the same. Keep following for hedge fund news!
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4 years
First day in office since March 9. Tower Bridge is still there and St Paul’s Cathedral looks as stunning from office as it was ever!
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Scoop: hedge fund Elliott is raising $7 billion primarily for distressed trading opportunities
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3 years
Count the colours!
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Veteran macro trader Adam Levinson is shutting down his hedge fund after being hit by losses amid ongoing bond market volatility
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2 years
All this happened in the hedge fund world this week (shamelessly copying the format from @tommetcalf123 who copied @SofiaHCBBG ): 1/14
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For some of the world’s largest hedge funds, private equity ended up making—or saving—the year, and they’re betting that will be the case again in 2022 via @markets
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Joining the “me at 20" pictures posting stampede. Igmore those moustaches, they are long gone!
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My village in India, my roots. It's dry because of lack of rains but soon monsoon will transform it into lush green paddy fields!
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Bloomberg Scoop: Hedge funds have a small problem amid Russia's war. What to do with the cash from Russian oligarchs? Their investors are curious to know
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I have managed to grow a mango plant in London weather. It’s three yeah old now. Hopefully it will flower next and that would be a true miracle
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The biggest hedge fund problem solved by AI. Launches can resume now:
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EXCLUSIVE: Billionaire investor Michael Platt had yet another year of gains, although muted by his own lofty standards. +20%
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Arrowgrass CIO was snapping up properties worth millions of pounds around the Dreamland resort (details in story) in the seaside town of Margate just as his hedge fund was pouring client money into an effort to revitalize the attraction, story with @sridinats
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Scoops: Traders move across multi-manager platforms continues: Eisler taps Ex-BP Plc energy trader Tim Hayes; Balyasny's industrials PM Patrick Staub returns to Citadel
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Scoop: millennium’s senior rates portfolio manager Diego Megia is leaving to start his own hedge fund with backing from Millennium
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Some multistrategy hedge funds have found a way to charge more than half of the profits they generate risking clients' cash as fees to pay themselves and run their operations. And people complained about 2+20! wt @tetley_liza via @markets
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3 years
Resilience
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1 year
4 stories on Odey in the run up to his firm's apparent endgame, the catalyst being FT's: March 2021 (The Times): March 2021 (Bloomberg): Dec 2022 (Tortoise): June 2023 (FT):
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Crispin Odey Hedge Fund’s 110% Gain in Five Months Wipes Out Years of Losses
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Multi-strat consolidation is on hold. Schonfeld cut off partnership talks with Izzy Englander’s Millennium, abruptly ending weeks of negotiations between the hedge fund firms, scoop by @parmarhema via @markets
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Bloomberg Scoop: Buying the dip has been one of the most profitable strategies in recent times. Until now. One hedge fund team at BlackRock saw Putin’s invasion of Ukraine as a chance to buy more of the country’s stocks. That decision has backfired
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Millennium has hired Gertjan Vlieghe, a former Bank of England rate-setter and chief economist of Element to bolster its fixed income business
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EXCLUSIVE: Brevan Howard, one of the world’s best known hedge fund giants, is cutting more than 100 staff to cut costs. Growth in assets (from $6b in 2019 to $35b now) had led to staff no. swelling to over 1,100 from 150 in 2019 via @markets
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Many of the world’s most prominent hedge fund managers have come to the stark realization that they need to upend the “two-and-twenty” fee model that’s been a fixture for decades if they want to expand. For some smaller firms, the goal isn’t growth.
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Lemssouguer’s Hedge Fund Drops 6.6% in March as Credit Bets Sour
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Be strong India. I know it’s tough. So worried about friends and family. But this too shall pass
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2 years
China's onshore hedge funds have an unusual rule: if NAVs fall below a certain level, they are required to slash exposure. If it falls more, they must liquidate. This now threatens China's $9.7 trillion stock market via @markets
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10% fee in perpetuity on $250m plus: Bobby Jain is offering steeper discounts for new clients as he prepares what’s expected to be the biggest-ever hedge fund debut. Story with @parmarhema via @markets
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Singapore-based hedge fund manager Chong Chin Eai jogs his way to a stunning 300% return, the world's best this year, writes @Davidramli
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Perfection: this late flowering daffodil is just stunning!
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Every short squeeze has a silver lining!
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Immigrant Indian parents googling frantically since yesterday: how to study philosophy, politics and economics at Oxford? Computer science downgraded Kids: we will never vote for Sunak!
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Andurand’s Hedge Funds Surge as Much as 143% as Oil Market Tanks
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Hedge Fund Launches Dwindle to 16-Year Low:
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The king of all fruits—the mighty “malda” #mango straight from my home state #Bihar in #India . Life is incomplete without a slice of this exquisite treat!
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A senior portfolio manager at Citadel has left to join rival multi-strategy hedge fund Millennium
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Brevan Howard trader Minal Bathwal has never lost money in a year since his track began at the firm in 2008. March, when majority of his peers suffered, was no different. Full story on ⁦ @TheTerminal ⁩ with ⁦ @BeiHu1
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Chris Rokos has de-risked his hedge fund after losses, he told clients today. The letter to clients was in response to a report that the SEC had raised concerns over an outsized bet on US government bonds by Rokos via @markets
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Jim Simons, the mathematician-investor who created what many in finance consider the world’s greatest moneymaking machine at his secretive firm, Renaissance Technologies, has died. He was 86. via @wealth
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Ray Dalio’s Bridgewater Associates has built a $10.5 billion bet against European companies, almost doubling its wager in the past week to its most bearish stance against the region’s stocks in two years via @markets
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A series of metal traders are leaving hedge funds — including some fairly new hires — after the wild price swings that drew fresh money into the sector in recent years have evaporated, leaving markets drifting sideways via @markets
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