Sightings…

WorldQuant has hired Yoram Singer as its chief AI scientist, a new position. Singer, who is a professor of computer [Read More]
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Virginia Retirement allocates to Farallon, SSG while terminating Bridgewater

Virigina Retirement System, which oversees $76.9 billion in assets, allocated $300 million to Farallon Special Situations, a closed-end fund focused [Read More]
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Performance Round-Up: May is a strong month across strategies

Large hedge fund managers generally posted strong gains in May as equity markets globally gained on hopes of recovering economies [Read More]
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ESG investment opportunities in the current COVID-19 environment

Environmental, Social and Governance focused-funds outperformed many other sectors during the equity market sell-off in Q1 2020 as well as [Read More]
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Sightings….

Mount Holyoke College has named Ana Yankova as chief investment officer, a new position for the $780 million endowment. She [Read More]
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