Here’s a roundup of the hottest new hedge funds that have launched (or announced their plans to launch) this year and examples of who they’ve hired so far. Despite industry-wide performance challenges and fee pressures over the past few years, there were plenty of new hedge funds that debuted in 2017, and many new launches announced this year already. Ex-GLG Partners and Moore Capital star trader Greg Coffey, who retired at the age of 41, is preparing to launch Kirkoswald Capital Partners, which will be headquartered in London but have offices in New York and possibly Sydney.