Tech Veteran Apjit Walia Launching Global Macro And Technology Hedge Fund Dvn Capital
NEW YORK, March 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Tech veteran Apjit Walia is launching DVN Capital, a global macro and technology hedge fund. Walia brings over 20 years experience researching technology companies as a sell-side analyst and running portfolios within some of the largest global...
Seeking To Diversify Systematic Risk With Global Macro
Global macro hedge funds may provide a diversification benefit to offset volatility and the lasting impacts of global uncertainty. :
Last week, the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) took the broadly expected step of raising interest rates for the first time since 2018 to attempt to rein in rampant inflation. The 25-basis point (bps) hike, while small, is significant as it marks a potential shift to a tightening regime that may set us on the path towards a more normalized approach to monetary policy.
Peter Kisler Takes Global Macro Fund Forward At Trium
Peter Kisler takes global macro fund forward at Trium
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26/04/2021 - 2:34pm
Family office-backed alternative asset manager Trium Capital has attracted hedge fund manager Peter Kisler to manage his global macro hedge fund. Kisler has managed the fund since its inception a decade ago. He joined Trium in March 2021 and the Cayman fund will be renamed the Trium Larissa Global Macro Fund. Kisler joins from North Asset Management, where he managed his strategy since its inception in April 2011. Prior to this, Kisler built up more than a decade of experience trading and managing fixed income and FX instruments.
How Data Is Driving Quant Hedge Fund Aspect Capital’s Global Macro Gains
How data is driving quant hedge fund Aspect Capital’s global macro gains
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By Hugh Leask | 01/03/2021 - 7:34pm
With the shape of the post-pandemic recovery still in flux, London-based quantitative hedge fund firm Aspect Capital believes its computer-driven global macro strategy is well positioned to capitalise on both short-term market dislocations and medium-term trends this year, as well as benefitting from relative value opportunities amid the varying recovery speeds. Despite the tumultuous events of 2020, the Aspect Systematic Global Macro Strategy generated positive returns during “multiple market environments” thanks to a diversified set of trading models.
How Data Is Driving Quant Hedge Fund Aspect Capital’s Global Macro Gains
With the shape of the post-pandemic recovery still in flux, London-based quantitative hedge fund firm Aspect Capital believes its computer-driven global macro strategy is well positioned to capitalise on both short-term market dislocations and medium-term trends this year, as well as benefitting from relative value opportunities amid the varying recovery speeds. Despite the tumultuous events of 2020, the Aspect Systematic Global Macro Strategy generated positive returns during “multiple market environments” thanks to a diversified set of trading models.
How Global Macro Hedge Funds Can Capitalise On The “looming” Economic Normalisation
Global macro hedge funds from across the emerging market, systematic and discretionary spectrum may be well-placed to capitalise on prevailing equity valuations amid economic “normalisation”, Lyxor Asset Management strategists said this week. While discretionary global macro funds offer a tactical bias, which appears relevant “at the trough of the business cycle”, emerging market-focused macro managers benefit from stronger credit profiles of energy and metal exporters amid rising commodity prices.
How Global Macro Hedge Funds Can Capitalise On The “looming” Economic Normalisation
How global macro hedge funds can capitalise on the “looming” economic normalisation
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By Hugh Leask | 15/12/2020 - 3:45pm
Global macro hedge funds from across the emerging market, systematic and discretionary spectrum may be well-placed to capitalise on prevailing equity valuations amid economic “normalisation”, Lyxor Asset Management strategists said this week. While discretionary global macro funds offer a tactical bias, which appears relevant “at the trough of the business cycle”, emerging market-focused macro managers benefit from stronger credit profiles of energy and metal exporters amid rising commodity prices.
Quant Macro Specialist Thirdyear And Agathon Capital Unveil Systematic Global Macro Strategy
Quant macro specialist ThirdYear and Agathon Capital unveil systematic global macro strategy
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By Hugh Leask | 17/09/2020 - 1:15pm
ThirdYear Capital, a Munich-based quantitative macro specialist, has paired up with Cologne-based fund initiator Agathon Capital to unveil a new systematic global macro hedge fund strategy which targets opportunities stemming from short-term economic data trends. The ART Global Macro Fund uses near-term economic forecasts to identify trading opportunities in fundamental financial trends as well as turning points in capital markets.
Balyasny's Head Of Global Macro Tim Wilkinson Is Leaving The Firm
Dmitry Balyasny's $6 billion firm posted returns of nearly 5% in its flagship fund in the first quarter, much higher than the average hedge fund and overall market. One of the firm's macro investing heads, Tim Wilkinson, is set to leave the firm soon, and Balyasny has shut down trading in his portfolios. Going forward, Balyasny is focusing on more liquid markets in its macro strategy, "increasing our trading oriented macro strategies across rates, FX, and equities." Click here for more BI Prime stories.
Blackstone Hires Gabriel Sod Hoffs As New Head Of Emerging Markets And Global Macro Strategies
NEW YORK, July 17, 2019-- Blackstone (NYSE: BX) today announced that Gabriel Sod Hoffs has joined Blackstone Alternative Asset Management (BAAM) as a Managing Director and Head of Emerging Markets and Global Macro Strategy. Mr. Sod Hoffs joins from Caxton Associates where he was a Portfolio Manager focusing on emerging markets. Prior to Caxton, he was a senior investment associate at Bridgewater Associates where he focused on emerging markets, and CIO of Austin Credit Macro, a global macro hedge fund seeded by TPG Capital.