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☆ Hot hedge fund trends collide at a new AI-powered multi-strategy fund
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-26 | by ( Bradley Saacks | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ascendance Asset Management, founded by former AllianceBernstein investor Bob Kim, will be a multi-strategy hedge fund that plans to integrate artificial intelligence across the investing and risk management process, several sources familiar with the matter told Business Insider. Kim was the director of research at Visium and a portfolio manager for Izzy Englander's Millennium before working as the chief investment officer for AB's Arya fund, the multi-billion multi-strategy fund within the asset manager's alternatives business. AdvertisementThe firm also brought on a former executive from billionaire Stan Druckenmiller's hedge fund Duquesne, John Kovitch, to be its head of trading. The goal, sources told BI, is for each portfolio manager to have their own personalized AI agent helping them trade. These firms need people, especially investing talent, pushing up compensation and guaranteed payouts across the industry.

Persons: Bob Kim, Ascendance, Kim, Izzy Englander's, AB's Arya, Josh Adam, Adam, Steve, Goldman Sachs, Stan Druckenmiller's, John Kovitch, Bobby Jain's Jain Organizations: Service, Management, Industry, Business, SAC, Duquesne, Citadel Locations: New York, London, Asia, GLG

☆ Millennium Has Hired a Top Jane Street Trader
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-08 | by ( Alex Morrell | Bradley Saacks | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

But the spotlight came for Jane Street anyway. Representatives for Jane Street and Millennium declined to comment. Millennium is in many ways the inverse of Jane Street. Six years ago, Schadewald joining Jane Street raised some eyebrows — a testament to the once barely-known firm's ascendance. Today, leaving a juggernaut like Jane Street for the intensity of a high-risk, high-reward hedge fund seat is viewed as the surprise.

Persons: Jane Street, Jane, It's, Sam Bankman, doesn't, Doug Schadewald, Izzy Englander's, Jane Street's, he's, Schadewald Organizations: Bloomberg, Business, Wall Street, Financial Times, Jane Street, Barclays, Management, Star Millennium, Citadel

☆ No PMs, no extra fees: Here's a look at former Point72 president's new 'alpha-capture' fund hoping to raise $1 billion
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-08 | by ( Bradley Saacks | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewFormer Point72 president Doug Haynes is looking to revive a strategy he previously ran for billionaire Steve Cohen for his new fund launch. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Last year, billionaire Millennium founder Izzy Englander described it as a "talent bubble" while speaking at the Robin Hood conference. Business Insider previously reported that Haynes had hired people such as D1 Capital's former director of research Michael Lean to be a part of the new venture.

Persons: —, Doug Haynes, Steve Cohen, Haynes, Latitude's, Chris Coward, Izzy Englander, Robin Hood, Michael Lean, Cohen, Lauren Bonner, Bonner Organizations: Service, Business, Robin Locations: shuttering, Palm, Point72

☆ Inside $9 billion WorldQuant's 15-year anniversary celebration in the Bahamas, with talks from Arnold Schwarzenegger, performances by David Blaine, and a $100,000 chess tournament
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Bradley Saacks | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The Baha Mar resort in Nassau was full of quants, engineers, and data scientists the week before Christmas. One session featured Boston Dynamics founder Marc Raibert speaking on robotics and artificial intelligence with the firm's robot dog, Spot, next to him. Chess champion Magnus Carlsen came to play with teams from 12 different countries playing to win a $100,000 grand prize. But for those at WorldQuant looking forward to relaxing, the resort has plenty of options. Entertainment during the week also included a performance from David Blaine, the well-known illusionist.

Persons: Izzy Englander's, Igor Tulchinsky, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Malcolm Gladwell, Stan McChrystal, Marc Raibert, Magnus Carlsen, Baha, David Blaine Organizations: Baha, Business, US Army, Boston Dynamics, Hyatt, Entertainment Locations: Nassau, Bahamas, Connecticut

☆ Inside $9 billion WorldQuant's 15-year anniversary celebration in the Bahamas, with talks from Arnold Schwarzenegger and Malcolm Gladwell, plus performances from David Blaine
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Bradley Saacks | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The Baha Mar resort in Nassau was full of quants, engineers, and data scientists the week before Christmas. Attendees heard speakers such as Arnold Schwarzenegger, author Malcolm Gladwell, and retired US Army Gen. Stan McChrystal speak on different topics, including the future of technology and history. One session featured Boston Dynamics founder Marc Raibert speaking on robotics and artificial intelligence with the firm's robot dog, Spot, next to him. But for those at WorldQuant looking forward to relaxing, the resort has plenty of options. Entertainment during the week also included a performance from David Blaine, the well-known illusionist.

☆ ExodusPoint hired more than 35 portfolio managers in 2023. Here's how the $12 billion firm wants to streamline its recruiting process this year.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( Bradley Saacks | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Recruiters working with Michael Gelband's ExodusPoint no longer need to track down the hiring manager every time they find a compelling candidate. The multi-strategy manager told its recruiting partners in an email blast that the new process for submitting candidates will be through Greenhouse, the TPG Growth-backed jobs board. Gelband's former boss, Millennium founder Izzy Englander, deemed it a "talent bubble," as firms poach portfolio managers, analysts, and software engineers from each other — driving up compensation industrywide. ExodusPoint's decision to push its external recruiting network to an online portal comes as the firm integrates more than 35 new portfolio managers into its strategy over the last 12 months. Those teams will need analysts, researchers, and developers to support its growing army of portfolio managers, and the firm, like its peers, is always hunting for top-performing PMs.

Persons: Michael Gelband's ExodusPoint, Izzy Englander, Peter McConnon, Michael Lapsa, Kunal Kumar, Balyasny, Stephen Luterman, Peter Cotton, Shen Xu, ExodusPoint Organizations: Business, TPG, Engineers, CTC Capital, Citadel, JPMorgan Locations: Balyasny

☆ Axl Rose accused of sexually assaulting former Penthouse model in new lawsuit
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Axl Rose, lead singer of the rock band Guns N’ Roses, has been accused of sexually assaulting a Penthouse magazine model in a lawsuit filed Wednesday in New York. The lawsuit was filed on Wednesday with the New York State Supreme Court and was obtained by CNN. It’s not just individual musicians stepping out of line, but an industrial system of enabling them and then covering up their misconduct and crimes, silencing survivors and normalizing sexual assault. We hope Sheila’s bravery helps other victims find their voice.”Kennedy is an actress and a model who has appeared on the cover of the adult magazine Penthouse. The law has given adult survivors of sexual assault one year to file lawsuits against their perpetrators and is set to expire on November 24.

Persons: Axl Rose, Sheila Kennedy, Rose “, Kennedy, ”, “, Rose, ” “ Kennedy, Sheila Kennedy’s, Dr, Ann Olivarius, McAllister Olivarius, It’s, ” Kennedy, Slash, Duff McKagen, Izzy Stradlin, Steven Adler Organizations: CNN, Penthouse, New York ., New York Locations: New York, New York City, Paradise City, ”

LOS ANGELES (AP) — An elevated Los Angeles freeway closed for more than a week because of an arson fire reopened ahead of Monday morning's commute, at least a day earlier than previously announced and weeks ahead of the original estimate. “Welcome back, Los Angeles!” Mayor Karen Bass posted late Sunday on X, formerly known as Twitter. Gavin Newsom said recent safety inspections showed the span was safe to start reopening Sunday evening and that the freeway would be “fully operational” before Monday's rush hour. State investigators repeatedly identified fire and safety hazards at a leased storage space under an elevated Los Angeles freeway before it burned in the fire, documents show. The California Department of Transportation, or Caltrans, released the documents Friday.

Persons: Karen Bass, Gavin Newsom, ” Newsom, Kamala Harris, Sen, Alex Padilla, Bass, ” Bass, Padilla, Investigators, ”, Newsom, Daryl Myatt, Mainak, hasn't, Marshall, ” D’Attaray, Izzy Gordon, Gordon, —, ” Brandon Richards, Richards, Sophia Tareen Organizations: ANGELES, Twitter, Gov, California Department of Transportation, Caltrans, Cal Fire, State Fire, Apex Development Inc, Apex, Apex Development, “ Apex, CalTrans, California’s, California Department of Forestry, Associated Press Locations: Los, Los Angeles, U.S, Angeles, Apex, Chicago

LOS ANGELES (AP) — State investigators repeatedly identified fire and safety hazards at a leased storage space under an elevated Los Angeles freeway before it burned in an arson fire, documents show. Gavin Newsom said the state will reassess the practice of leasing land under roads to bring in money for mass transportation projects. Political Cartoons View All 1256 ImagesApex Development Inc. has leased the land under I-10 since 2008. In September, state officials filed a lawsuit against Apex saying it owes $78,000 in unpaid rent. Caltrans had “informed Apex Development of the need to address violations, especially those creating safety hazards,” the agency said in a statement.

Persons: ”, Gavin Newsom, Kamala Harris, Newsom, Karen Bass, Daryl Myatt, Mainak, ” D’Attaray, Marshall, Izzy Gordon, ” Brandon Richards, Richards Organizations: ANGELES, —, The California Department of Transportation, Caltrans, Authorities, Gov, Apex Development Inc, Apex, Apex Development, “ Apex, CalTrans, California’s, California Department of Forestry, Cal Fire, Caltrans “, State Fire Locations: Angeles, Los Angeles, Apex, California

☆ Millennium hires Capula president for senior fixed-income role
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Alex Morrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

John Naud has left his role as president at Capula and is joining Millennium. He is expected to start next year and take a senior role in the fixed-income division. Millennium recently separated its fixed-income and commodities groups. Millennium Management has made a senior hire for its recently reorganized fixed-income division, landing a top executive from Capula Investment Management. Millennium recently separated its fixed-income and commodities businesses, appointing sole leaders in each.

Persons: John Naud, Izzy Englander's Organizations: Millennium Management, Capula Investment Management, Business Locations: Capula

☆ As key deadline looms, Schonfeld employees remain in the dark about the hedge fund's future
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-13 | by ( Alex Morrell | Bradley Saacks | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The update, according to two people with knowledge of the talks, was that there is no update — at least about the much-ballyhooed tie-up between Schonfeld and its much larger rival, $60 billion Millennium Management. Whether investors will pull a significant chunk of capital or stand by the firm won't crystallize until 5 p.m. Thursday. Schonfeld, whose assets stood at $11.7 billion in October, has experienced two years of lackluster returns following a period of rapid expansion. Schonfeld management was courting several institutional investors, and in early October, the Financial Times reported that Millennium threw its hat in the ring. In the event of some form of tie-up with Millennium, there would be redundancies, especially in corporate and back-office roles.

Persons: they'd, Ryan Tolkin, Andrew Fishman, Izzy Englander, execs, Schonfeld, Justin Gmelich, Goldman Sachs, Balyasny, Dmitry Balyasny — Organizations: Strategic, Millennium Management, Strategic Partners, Investor, Financial Times, Millennium, Seagram Locations: Schonfeld, —

☆ Billionaire Millennium founder Izzy Englander thinks there's a hedge-fund talent bubble— not a war
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Bradley Saacks | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

Billionaire Millennium founder Izzy Englander blames long non-competes for the hedge-fund talent fight. He said at the closed Robin Hood conference Tuesday that there's a talent bubble, not a talent war. He also said that artificial intelligence is a tool, but not revolutionary. One of the main players in the hedge-fund talent war doesn't believe there's a battle going on. This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers.

Persons: Izzy Englander, Robin Hood Organizations: Millennium, Robin Hood Investors Conference, Citadel Locations: Point72

A new documentary “Uncharitable,” from “Paris Trout” and “Losing Isaiah” director Stephen Gyllenhaal, wants to change that. For almost twenty years, researchers and nonprofits have warned about the negative consequences of starving nonprofits of general operating expenses, also known as overhead. In part by emphasizing efficiency, those donors continue to pressure nonprofits to decrease their standing costs, using a slightly different vocabulary. Similarly, more donors understand the value of granting unearmarked funds, which allow nonprofits to change plans or simply to invest in their staff or improve their infrastructure or technology. ___Associated Press coverage of philanthropy and nonprofits receives support through the AP’s collaboration with The Conversation US, with funding from Lilly Endowment Inc.

Persons: Izzy Smith, ” Smith, Isaiah, Stephen Gyllenhaal, Dan Pallotta, Pallotta, Darren Walker, ” Pallotta, ”, “, Michael Thatcher, ” Elizabeth Organizations: Ford Foundation, Urban Institute, Candid, Navigator, Alliance, University of Texas, Associated, Lilly Endowment Inc, AP Locations: The Massachusetts, Dallas

☆ A Tiktoker 'girlsplained' the Israel-Hamas war. She later removed the post and apologized for her 'fun flirty analogy.'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Sebastian Cahill | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Nikita Redkar, a TikToker known for "girlsplaining" complex topics, is under fire after a new post. In it, Redkar tried to explain the Israel-Palestine conflict using an analogy of girls at a party. AdvertisementAdvertisementA popular self-described "for the girlies" TikToker is under fire this week after uploading a video "girlsplaining" the history of conflict between Israel and Palestine. A screen recording of Redkar's video shows her explanation of the conflict. "I use these fun, flirty analogies to explain complicated news topics in all of my videos," said Redkar in the video.

Persons: Nikita Redkar, Redkar, —, Patty, Brittany, Izzy Organizations: Service, Ppl Locations: Israel, Palestine

☆ Millennium isn't Schonfeld's only suitor. Investors like Blackstone and Abu Dhabi's wealth fund are also in the picture, as the deal is far from certain.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Alex Morrell | Bradley Saacks | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The message was that a tie-up with Millennium was a 50-50 proposition and that any agreement would be contingent on Schonfeld remaining independent. Other strategic investors in the mix include Blackstone, GIC, and Future Fund, an Australian sovereign wealth vehicle that's already a significant Schonfeld investor. Schonfeld's assets have dipped this year amid meager returns, and the fund has cut costs and slowed hiring in recent months. But fundraising from cautious institutional investors is time-consuming, and Millennium chief trading officer Mark Meskin contacted Schonfeld's leadership to discuss a potential tie-up, sources say. Schonfeld, industry sources say, was likely under pressure from existing investors, who have had to bear a higher brunt of the fees following redemptions.

Persons: Izzy Englander, Justin Gmelich, Ryan Tolkin, Schonfeld, Steve Schonfeld's, Mark Meskin, Schonfeld's, — Organizations: Financial Times, Millennium, Schonfeld, Tolkin, Abu, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, year's, Future Fund Locations: Manhattan, Millennium's, Abu Dhabi, Schonfeld

☆ Insider Today: Market's crash landing
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. The core question it presents is whether personal AI devices could have the same impact that the iPhone had on the tech industry. Meta's Responsible AI team shrank amid layoffs and restructuring. Yet the team tasked with ensuring that new AI tech was "fair and inclusive" is half the size it was in 2021. Yet the team tasked with ensuring that new AI tech was "fair and inclusive" is half the size it was in 2021.

Persons: —, Benjamin Netanyahu, Insider's Matthew Fox, Mohamed El, Matthew, Jerome Powell, hasn't, mavens, Izzy Englander, Citadel's Ken Griffin, Point72, Steve Cohen, Phil McCarten, Dave Kotinsky, Shaw, Victor Virgile, Arantza Pena Popo, Bella Hadid, John Lennon, Ben Shelton, Sharon Osbourne, William Hanson, Dan DeFrancesco, Naga Siu, Hallam Bullock, Lisa Ryan Organizations: Service, Hamas, Saturday, Israeli, Citadel, federal, Tech, Peoples, Indian Heritage Locations: Israel, D.E, Cupertino, China, South Dakota, Oklahoma, Hawaii, Alabama, Dakota, Los Angeles, New York City, San Diego, London, New York

☆ California's newly-appointed senator may not live in California at all
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Madison Hall | Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Sunday evening, he announced that EMILYs List President Laphonza Butler would hold the seat. Gavin Newsom's interim replacement for Sen. Dianne Feinstein doesn't appear to actually live in California, records show. Shortly after this was pointed out online, EMILYs List removed that part from her biography. "She moved to the DC area when she became president of EMILY's List. A Tea Party-backed challenger used residency questions to help sink longtime Republican incumbent Sen. Richard Lugar in a fiercely contested 2012 Indiana GOP primary.

Persons: Sen, Dianne Feinstein's, Gavin Newsom, Laphonza Butler, Butler, —, Gavin Newsom's, Dianne Feinstein doesn't, Feinstein, Newsom, Butler doesn't, Izzy Gardon, Richard Lugar, Adam Schiff, Schiff, Barbara Lee, Katie Porter, Steve Garvey Organizations: FEC, Service, Democratic, Federal, Commission, EMILYs, Politico, Congressional Research Service, Tea, Republican, Indiana GOP, Senate, Reps, Los Angeles Dodgers Locations: California, Maryland, Silver Spring , Maryland, Washington, DC, . California

☆ A top Brevan Howard exec responsible for luring investment talent is leaving the $35 billion macro fund
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Alex Morrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A top exec at Brevan Howard is departing the $35 billion macro fund. The senior exec in charge of luring top investment talent to $35 billion Brevan Howard is leaving. He was also the global head of business development at Izzy Englander's Millennium Management for five years. The $35 billion hedge fund, founded by macro trading billionaire Alan Howard, has struggled with performance this year. Do you have more information about Brevan Howard or other hedge fund performance or talent moves?

Persons: Brevan Howard, Peter Hornick, Brevan, Howard, Izzy Englander's, Hornick, Alan Howard, Alex Morrell Organizations: Brevan, Management, Alpha, Credit Suisse Locations: ExodusPoint

☆ What Wall Street is telling employees about returning to the office, from Goldman Sachs to JPMorgan and Blackstone
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-04 | by ( Kaja Whitehouse | Michelle Abrego | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

According to Goldman's chief economist, Jan Hatzius, some 25% of all US workers work from home at least part of the week. So, which Wall Street firms are still letting employees work from home at least part of the time? On days employees are in, the firm focuses on taking "advantage of our shared location," it reads. At that time, the firm called for its employees to come into the office a minimum of three days a week. Since then, most employees have been in the office throughout the week, according to a person familiar with the firm.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, David Solomon, Citadel's Ken Griffin, Joe Biden, Jan Hatzius, Hatzius, Jamie Dimon, Goldman, Goldman Sachs Goldman Sachs, —, Dimon, JPMorgan Gretchen Ertl, Jane Fraser, she's, Fraser, they're, Citigroup Patrick, Fallon, Brian T, Moynihan, Bank of America Shannon Stapleton, Reuters Morgan Stanley Morgan Stanley's, James Gorman, Gorman, Gorman doesn't, Morgan Stanley, we're, James Gorman SAUL LOEB, Larry Fink, Larry Fink Spencer Platt, Citadel's Griffin, Griffin, Raj Mahajan, Ken Griffin, Milken, Mike Blake, Blackstone, Stephen Schwarzman Roy Rochlin, Nir Bar Dea, Izzy Englander's Organizations: JPMorgan, Blackstone, Morning, Citadel, Bloomberg, Business, Deloitte, JPMorgan JPMorgan, Goldman, Citigroup, Street, Bank, Economic, Getty Images Bank of America Bank of, Bank of America, Reuters, Getty, BlackRock BlackRock, Yards, Labor, Fox, BlackRock, Citadel Securities, Blackstone Blackstone, Bridgewater Bridgewater Associates, Bridgewater Associates, Bridgewater Locations: Citadel, Davos, Switzerland, New York City

☆ Schonfeld's growing pains: Ryan Tolkin reckons with his greatest challenge yet as returns dry up at the $13 billion hedge fund
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Alex Morrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

When it was raising fresh money from investors in 2020, one slide on the pitch deck for the hedge fund Schonfeld Strategic Advisors got to the heart of the issue: "Why Schonfeld?" A hedge fund recruiterAmid the weakness, the fund has begun to prune costs. Steve Schonfeld (class of 1977) and Brad Tolkin (class of 1976) attended Roslyn High School in Roslyn Heights, New York. Tolkin told Insider in 2019 that the firm's goal was no less than becoming "the premier equities hedge fund globally." While Steven Schonfeld's 20% annual-return goals would've been ambitious for any sizable hedge fund, returns have also lagged behind peers.

Persons: Israel Englander, Ryan Tolkin, Steve Schonfeld, hasn't, It's, Schonfeld, Quita Ramirez, Trina Geatz, who've, Tolkin, Goldman Sachs, Andrew Fishman, Goldman Sachs —, Steven Schonfeld's, Ryan Tolkin's, Brad Tolkin, Brad, Jeff, Alex Morrell Steve, CJ, Sean, Ryan, Brad Tolkin's, Steven Schonfeld, Ryan —, who's, Steve, Michael Gelband, Michael Englander, Izzy Englander's, Steven, Sharpe, Fishman, Michael Nagle, Colin Lancaster, would've, Brevan Howard, ExodusPoint Organizations: Citadel, Duke, Goldman, Long, Newsday, Schonfeld Securities, Roslyn High School, American Express, Cleveland Cavaliers, Jewish, —, Bloomberg, Strategic Partners, Equity, Schonfeld, Nasdaq, Management Locations: Israel, Miami, Stamford , Connecticut, Manhattan, Delta, Duke, Long Island, Roslyn Heights , New York

☆ Ex-Millennium exec Bobby Jain has made his first major hire for the industry's most hotly anticipated new hedge fund launch
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-08 | by ( Alex Morrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Ex-Millennium exec Bobby Jain is preparing to launch one of the most anticipated hedge funds in history. An exit agreement barring Jain from hiring ended at the beginning of this month. Former Millennium executive Bobby Jain has made his first major hire as he lays the groundwork for what Wall Street professionals are expecting to be one of the largest ever hedge fund launches. Before BofA, Barton was COO at Meru Capital and Old Lane; he started his career at Morgan Stanley. His exit agreement prohibited him from officially hiring until the end of last Month.

Persons: Bobby Jain, Jain, Jonathan Barton, Izzy Englander's, Barton, Morgan Stanley, Michael Gelband, Gelband, ExodusPoint, It's Organizations: Millennium, Wall, Management, of America, Meru, Bank of America, Credit Suisse, ExodusPoint, Wall Street Locations: BofA, Meru Capital

☆ How Citadel, Millennium, Point72 and other hedge fund giants stack up as they enter the second half of a challenging year
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( Alex Morrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Hedge funds have reached the halfway point in a challenging year. The first half of 2023 was not how hedge fund managers drew it up. They invested heavily in global macro hiring late last year, expecting plenty more runway in the strategy's revival after a blockbuster 2022. Overall, the hedge fund industry lags far behind, gaining just 1.23% through May, according to the HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index. Citadel's strength has been one of the few certainties in an otherwise uncertain year for hedge funds.

Persons: Ken Griffin's, Izzy Englander's, Here's, Steve Cohen's Point72 Organizations: Millennium, Suisse, HFRI, Ken Griffin's Citadel, Citadel Wellington, Carlson, Global Locations: Wellington

☆ How Citadel, Millennium, D.E. Shaw, and Other Hedge Funds Fared in May
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Michelle Abrego | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

This year, it remains the top-performing multistrategy fund, just ahead of Steve Cohen's Point72. Here's how multistrategy hedge fund giants fared in May, from Citadel to Millennium. Billionaire Ken Griffin's Citadel continues to lead the competitive multistrategy hedge fund performance race this year, despite being bested for the month of May by Izzy Englander's hedge fund. Returns are still rolling out, but the major hedge fund players did not see major movements within their flagship funds. In other hedge fund news: London-based hedge fund Marshall Wace's Eureka flagship fund, an equity fund managed by founder Paul Marshall, climbed 1.74% in May and is up 1.70% year to date.

Persons: Ken Griffin's, Steve Cohen's Point72, Ken Griffin's Citadel, Izzy Englander's, Marshall, Paul Marshall Organizations: Millennium, Point72, Wellington, Nvidia, Tactical Trading Locations: Citadel, Wellington, Miami, London

☆ Sick of sewage, Britons protest at water companies' pollution
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

To the beat of a drumming band and waving placards, the protestors called on Britain’s water companies to do more to prevent sewage discharges. "We are sick of this sewage and they need to take action," Izzy Ross, Surfers Against Sewage's campaign manager told Reuters. Public anger has been fuelled by the payment of dividends to investors and large salaries and bonuses to water industry executives. Campaigners say water companies are discharging much more often than they should, including when there has been no rain. On Thursday, Water UK, the trade body representing the UK water industry, apologised, said the public was right to be upset, and said more should have been done to address the issue of spillages sooner.

☆ Matthew Tuttle got the financial world buzzing with ETFs that short everything Cathie Wood's ARK and Jim Cramer buy. He told us the next big ideas on his radar.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-11 | by ( Marley Jay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

In late 2021 Matthew Tuttle launched a fund that bets against the ARK Innovation ETF. A month ago he started a new ETF that shorts stocks picked by Jim Cramer of "Mad Money." Tuttle, the CEO and investment chief of Tuttle Capital Management, is starting to get a lot of requests for "anti"-ETFs. When shorting big name investors makes senseIt's easy to assume Tuttle is motivated by personal or professional dislike for Wood and Cramer. While he's considered creating an anti-fintwit ETF, Tuttle is still positive on Fintwit itself.

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