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Brevan Howard — Europe’s largest hedge fund manager, the world’s 4th — is launching a new fund, the FT reports.
A new computer-driven fund.
Which is, in itself, unusual.
After all, Brevan is a firm where almost all trading is done by people.
[GAIM conference 2010] The mirror crack’d
One of the more interesting things to watch at the GAIM hedge fund conference in Monaco this year – more for light, than heat, truth be told – was Mike Novogratz, one of the founders of the giant Fortress Group,
[GAIM conference 2010] ‘We’re here to take risks’
The weather is wanting here in Monaco:
On the plus side, bright sunlight is probably not what everyone needs right now, after a night propping up the bars of Monte Carlo’s hotels.
(On an entirely unrelated note,
Sell in May… Hedge funds hit hard
An end of May snapshot…
Tudor BVI Global MTD (2.26%) YTD: (0.49%)
Moore Global MTD: (9.15%) YTD: (6.17%)
Lansdowne UK Equity MTD: (3.98%) YTD: 1.07%
BlueTrend MTD: (8.3%) YTD: 1.49%
Viking Global Equities MTD: (3.2%) YTD:
Dear BlueCrest investor, Bienvenue à Genève! (… and Guernsey)
Spare a thought for Michael Platt.
It’s not exactly the Caymans.
… The Guernsey cow is a more internationally famous icon of the island. As well as being prized for its rich creamy milk, which is claimed by some to hold health benefits over milk from other breeds.
Letter from Mayfair, 2009
Sam Jones, the FT’s hedge fund correspondent and former AV’er, has been looking at the performance of Mayfair’s finest in 2009.
Long Room members will have the list already, but we thought it deserved a wider audience.
BlueCrest to shift staff to Geneva
BlueCrest Capital, one of the UK’s largest hedge funds, is moving a significant portion of its operations to Geneva amid concerns about London’s status as a centre for alternative asset managers. Founded in 2000 by former JPMorgan traders Bill Reeves and Mike Platt,
BlueCrest pay bonanza
By some guy called Sam Jones. The FT’s hedge fund correspondent apparently!
Pay for staff at BlueCrest, one of Europe’s largest hedge funds, close to doubled in 2008 on the back of a successful year for most of the company’s funds.
UK is urged to print money
The government will have to print money to finance public spending, moving quantitative easing to a new level, the manager of one of London’s biggest hedge funds told the FT. Mike Platt, co-founder and chief executive of BlueCrest,
Hedge funds start mixing sounds
A group of British hedge funds has become the unlikely publishers of music from slain hip-hop star Tupac Shakur, folk crooner Joan Baez and Barney the dinosaur when they paid C$188m for Canada’s Entertainment One.