BlueCrest Capital Management
BlueCrest Capital Management is a hedge fund which was founded by William Reeves and Michael Platt in 2000.[1] The Guernsey-based company has registered offices in London, New York, Boston, Geneva, Connecticut and Singapore.[2] BlueCrest Capital Management is Europe’s third-biggest hedge-fund firm, managing over £30 billion.[3] Bluecrest has won multiple EuroHedge awards, including Fund Manager of the year in 2004,2008,2009 & 2010.[4] The firm's employees are estimated to number c.600. [5]
Michael Platt is consistently ranked as one of the highest earning hedge fund managers in the world, being one of just two UK-based managers to break into the Global Top 20 with an estimated salary of US$225m in 2014.[6] Forbes estimated his net worth to be US$3.5 billion in 2015[7]
In 2014, Bluecrest spun off $8.2bn worth of assets into a new company, Systematica Investments, run by Bluecrest employee, Leda Braga. Leda Braga has often been referred to as the most powerful woman in Hedge Funds, earning in excess of US$50m annually.[8][9]
References
- ↑ "Michael Platt And William Reeves Bio, Returns, Net Worth". Insider Monkey. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
- ↑ "Company Overview of BlueCrest Capital Management Limited". Businessweek. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
- ↑ Westbrook, Jesse (Dec 2013). "Man Who Said No to Soros Builds BlueCrest Into Empire". Bloomberg. Bloomberg. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
- ↑ Yardis, Robert (Jan 2014). "BlueCrest Capital Management". Hedge Fund Intelligence. Hedge Fund Intelligence. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
- ↑ http://www.pensionfundsonline.co.uk/dir/entry.aspx?name=bluecrest-capital-management&id=99181&type=adviser&eid=1
- ↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/9894849/Top-40-hedge-fund-managers-earn-total-of-16.7bn.html
- ↑ http://www.forbes.com/profile/michael-platt/
- ↑ http://equinoxfunds.com/articles/Leda-Braga-The-Most-Powerful-Woman-in-Hedge-Funds
- ↑ http://www.forbes.com/pictures/mdg45ghlg/leda-braga-2/