by Hedge Fund Insight staff Michael Platt, the co-founder of BlueCrest Capital Management, not only remains the richest hedge fund manager in Britain he has extended the gap to the rest of the pack. With a net worth of £3.7 billion, according to the Sunday Times, he is £2bn wealthier than the next hedgie, having been £1.6bn […] Read more »
Brevan Howard – Graphic of the Day – AUM v Regulated Staff
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Odey Is Big Riser In Hedge Fund Rich List
From Hedge Fund Insight staff Alan Howard, co-founder of Brevan Howard, and Michael Platt, of BlueCrest Capital, jointly head the list of Britain’s wealthiest hedge fund managers, each with £1.5bn fortunes, in The 2015 Sunday Times Rich List, to be published this Sunday, April 26. The 128-page special edition of The Sunday Times Magazine […] Read more »
Through the Lag – Europe’s Leading Hedge Funds Add Investment Staff
>One of the ways of looking at the health of a hedge fund business is in staffing levels. Like many other businesses in finance hedge funds cut back on headcount in late 2008 and into 2009, and the cutbacks in London based hedge funds continued into 2010 (see this article for data on last year). […] Read more »