Two former QVT Financial principals, who were founder members when the activist hedge fund span out of Deutsche Bank’s prop desk in 2004, are prepping a new event driven fund planned to launch in Q3 this year, HFMWeek has learned.
An analyst who worked under Tye Schlegelmilch at Sonterra Capital is setting up his own hedge fund.
Bruce Ivory, the former Citadel analyst who now works in funds and advisory at Barclays, is spearheading the launch of the bank’s first credit-focused hedge fund, HFMWeek has learned, the latest in a line of launches this year to focus on the credit space.
Nate Singer, the former Farallon Capital analyst and recent Harvard Business School graduate, plans to launch his first hedge fund, a long/short equity offering, in July this year at an expected size of 50m, HFMWeek has learned.
Arda Capital Management, a long/short equity quant hedge fund founded by ex-employees of Sensato Investors and Clarium Capital Management, should start trading in the middle of Q3 this year, HFMWeek has learned.
Ryo Ishiyama, a former Deutsche Securities Inc. banker, plans to start a hedge fund investing in global commodities futures as early as July using a strategy he employed on his own personal investments.
A founding trader from John Arnold’s flagship energy fund is looking to start his own hedge fund, according to a source close to the situation.
Ben Truck, a former partner at shuttered Millgate Capital, will launch his own hedge fund this summer, according to people familiar with the plans.
Rivulet Capital, the New York-based long/short equity manager founded by O.S.S. Capital Management veterans Barry Lebovits and Joshua Kuntz earlier this year, launched its first fund on 1 May with $125m, helped by backing from their previous boss Oscar Schafer, HFMWeek can exclusively reveal.
Two structured-product traders who recently left Swiss Re are setting up a hedge fund.