Monthly Archives: January 2020

(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:

(Hedgeweek) Skylight IPV Limited, an independent price verification company, has closed a funding round, securing significant investment from ETFS Capital. To read this article:

(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:

(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:

(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 […]

(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:

(Bloomberg) Brevan Howard Asset Management’s flagship hedge fund returned 8.4% last year, building on its 2018 gain and helping to pause a bleeding of assets. The $2.7 billion Brevan Howard Master Fund posted a 1.5% return in December, according to […]

(Reuters) Andrew Left, who has long targeted companies that he thinks are over-valued through his work at Citron Research, told investors on Monday that his new hedge fund returned 43% after fees in 2019, its first year in business. Left […]

(Opalesque) Agecroft Partners release 11th annual predictions of top trends in the hedge fund industry Each year, Agecroft Partners predicts the top hedge fund industry trends through their contact with more than 2,000 institutional investors and hundreds of hedge fund […]

(CNBC) Stocks rose on Monday, recovering losses from earlier in the session as oil dipped despite rising geopolitical worries following last week’s U.S. killing of Iran’s top general.The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended the day up 68.50 points, or 0.2% […]

(Opalesque) The New York-based global asset manager PineBridge Investments has raised the capital through a fund and separately managed accounts. To read this article: