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Opalesque Roundup: Former Citadel head of equities could top this year's hedge fund launches with $1bn fund: hedge fund news, week 08

Monday, February 27, 2017

In the week ending 24 February, 2017, former Citadel money manager Brandon Haley is gearing up for the biggest hedge fund launch so far this year with $1bn in capital. Philippe Laffont, Louis Bacon, and Steve Cohen, are planning to invest in Ben Melkman's Light Sky Macro; Willis Towers Watson is setting up a new hedge funds 'supermarket' that offers investment at low cost; Rick Doucette and Gerry Polizzi are planning a $300m multi-strategy hedge fund; an Australian-based litigation funding company is opening an office in Houston; KTB Asset Management is raising private equity funds of hedge funds incorporating 10 global hedge funds; two former military officers launch an artificial intelligence-based hedge fund as traditional strategies may grow obsolete; Alan Howard is creating a new hedge fund that will be overseen solely by him; and BlueMountain Capital is raising money for a fund that will invest in credit for three to five years and target lower returns than its flagship hedge fund.

Tages Capital partnered with Cygnus Asset to launch of the Tages Cygnus Europa Event Driven UCITS Fund; and Exane Asset Management is targeting long/short opportunities through a dedicated Alternative UCITS fund.

LOGiQ Asset said it would shut down its Macquarie Emerging Markets Infrastructure Income Fund.

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