SAC Capital Advisors is the latest hedge fund to cut back on its fixed-income activities.
The $16 billion Greenwich, Conn.-based firm is shutting the debt business of its Sigma Capital Management unit in addition to other fixed-income retrenchments, Bloomberg News reports. SAC will shift the focus of its debt trading, moving some of its fixed-income portfolio into equities.
Mark Davies, the Bear Stearns veteran who joined SAC last year to boost its fixed-income investing, is leaving the firm. All told, SAC is eliminating about eight jobs when it closes the Sigma business on June 30.
By Gurvinder Singh and Bijesh Amin -- Historically, despite all the cited benefits (liquidity, transparency, control over assets, independent pricing etc.), the managed account model has not attracted the best managers. More...
Jeffrey McDermottJeffrey McDermott, formerly of UBS, has launched Greentech Capital Advisors, LLC, billed as a pure-play investment bank and advisory firm dedicated to alternative energy and cleantech companies. More...