Alternative Fund Insight

Coutts Diversifying Alternatives Multi-Manager fund added to AFI's proprietary launch tracker - see the rest https://lnkd.in/e_uyAz7K

Goldman Sachs Asset Management raised over $700m for its Union Bridge Partners I vehicle which will invest alongside hedge fund and private credit managers in new opportunities. https://lnkd.in/emwZAnDu

Check out the latest additions to AFI's tracker - less than three months into what is expected to be a historic year for new #hedgefund launches https://lnkd.in/e_uyAz7K

For Winton, the London quant firm founded by David Harding in 1997, the new market regime offers a fresh moment of opportunity — both for its long-running CTA product and a “multi-strategy” offering fed by new research ideas. I interviewed co-CIOs Simon Judes and Carsten Schmitz about the $11bn firm’s progress and plans for Alternative Fund Insight https://lnkd.in/dvh2HFf8

Hedge funds started the year with their biggest net outflows since 2016, with a net $14.3bn removed from the sector, according to data from Nasdaq eVestment. https://lnkd.in/ezFrR2y6

Katamaran Fund, a long/short equity strategy led by former Millennium and Man Group manager Priya Kodeeswaran, CFA Kodeeswaran, joined the Brummer platform this month. https://lnkd.in/eRvt2N22

Trend-followers made strong gains on rising equity markets in February, with Transtrend and Metori Capital Management Epsilon among the winners https://lnkd.in/eEuNMC3E

Man Group's deal to buy private credit specialist Varagon, plus net inflows and performance, took AuM to a new all-time peak in 2023, although annual profits were sharply down compared to 2022 due to reduced performance fee revenue. https://lnkd.in/epJGYuYC

🚨 "Geopolitical risk has never been higher" The scope for dislocations caused by big macro and political events should be top of every investor's mind in 2024, said Kenneth J. Heinz, president of HFR, on the latest Alternative Fund Insight #podcast. Get his take on #hedgefund industry trends, from flows to fees, performance and strategy and more, on Apple: https://lnkd.in/e9wWVUW3 And Spotify: https://lnkd.in/eiQxQ5FE

Francine Fang has joined Balyasny Asset Management L.P. Management from Point72 Asset Management as global head of #systematic strategies. https://lnkd.in/dr7Xf2VJ