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BlueCrest Capital Management UK LLP

  • Wednesday, 4 June, 2025
    Michael Platt’s bet against US dollar helps drive BlueCrest to 28% gain

    Hedge fund turned family office has long-term bearish stance on US currency

    BlueCrest’s office in London
  • Monday, 10 March, 2025
    Donald Trump bets propel Michael Platt’s BlueCrest to 15% gain

    Hedge fund turned family office eclipses rivals with currency and bond wagers on a slowing US economy

    BlueCrest Capital Management’s offices in London
  • Tuesday, 23 July, 2024
    Financial Conduct Authority UK
    FCA takes push for $700mn BlueCrest redress plan to Court of Appeal

    Regulator fined macro hedge fund £41mn following allegations of ‘reckless’ conduct

    Financial Conduct Authority headquarters
  • Sunday, 5 May, 2024
    Michael Platt’s BlueCrest prepares to expand trading teams

    Secretive family office in late-stage talks with 30 portfolio managers after several years of outperformance

    BlueCrest’s London offices
  • Thursday, 21 December, 2023
    Tax
    BlueCrest loses appeal over tax on partner pay

    Senior people at investment firm now liable for income tax on part of their remuneration, court finds

    HMRC
  • Wednesday, 5 October, 2022
    Fund management
    BlueCrest doubles money in bond market rout

    Michael Platt’s private investment group outperforms peers with bets on interest rates

    City of London skyline at dusk
  • Wednesday, 22 December, 2021
    Financial Conduct Authority UK
    UK regulator fines BlueCrest Capital £40m for ‘reckless’ conduct

    FCA says former hedge fund did not manage risk of moving money managers from external to staff investment fund

    The FCA office in London
  • Monday, 2 August, 2021
    Hedge funds
    Hedge funds enter private equity turf with deals for unlisted companies

    Buying into private companies seen as way to bypass overcrowded IPOs

    Mike Platt, Daniel Loeb and Paul Marshall
  • Tuesday, 8 December, 2020
    BlueCrest to return $170m to former investors after SEC settlement

    US regulator says UK investment firm misled clients and prioritised managing founders’ money

  • Friday, 20 December, 2019
    Ex-hedge fund BlueCrest extends winning run with 50% gain this year

    Investment house has trounced returns of around 9% in broader industry

    Geneve, Switzerland - 11 May 2014: view of the modern embankment and the center of Geneva, Switzerland
  • Wednesday, 18 December, 2019
    FT SeriesSomeone is wrong on the internet
    Hedge fund bro gonna hedge fund bro

    Mike Platt has loadsa money, and wants everyone to know.

  • Friday, 4 October, 2019
    Fund management
    BlueCrest’s emerging market traders decamp to Geneva

    Moves led by department head have echoes of post-crisis exodus to Switzerland

    Aerial view of Geneva, Lake Geneva with famous fountain Jet d´Eau are seen in the background, Switzerland, 50 megapixel image.
  • Thursday, 25 February, 2016
    Capital markets
    Hedge funds spar over Norske Skog debt restructuring

    GSO and BlueCrest embroiled in battle over paper group’s debts

    trees
  • Thursday, 7 January, 2016
    FTfmGillian Tett
    Rational markets expect crazy economies

    The financial Great crisis provided a nasty demonstration of showed limits of models. Fiscal and monetary policy are even less predictable

  • Sunday, 20 December, 2015
    Business InsightJonathan Ford
    Hedge funds and institutional investors — one unhappy marriage

    BlueCrest’s decision to concentrate on managing own wealth holds lessons for both sides

    Michael Platt, co-founder of the hedge fund BlueCrest Capital Management Ltd., poses for a photo in London, U.K., in this undated company handout release to the media on Monday, Jan. 4, 2010. Platt's $5 billion BlueCrest Capital International fund hasn’t had a down year since the firm was launched in November 2000. Source: BlueCrest Capital Management Ltd. via Bloomberg EDITOR'S NOTE: NO SALES. EDITORIAL USE ONLY.
  • Friday, 18 December, 2015
    US companies
    BlueCrest’s own partners’ fund fares better than clients’

    Partners’ personal pot has been one of the best performers in the world over past three years

    Mike Platt co-founder founder and principal of the hedge fund manager BlueCrest Capital Management in their offices in Grosvenor Place, London.
  • Thursday, 17 December, 2015
    City InsiderHarriet Agnew
    City Insider: Square Mile’s Christmas story

    No shortages of candidates to fill roles in the City’s nativity play

    ...Governor of the Bank of England Mark Carney. Photograph: Rosie Hallam
  • Friday, 4 December, 2015
    UK companies
    BlueCrest billionaire drops clients to manage own wealth

    Mike Platt opts to do without outside money

    Mike Platt co-founder founder and principal of the hedge fund manager BlueCrest Capital Management in their offices in Grosvenor Place, London.
  • Thursday, 3 December, 2015
    US companies
    City insider: Darwinian reminder for Mike Platt

    Staley’s overtures to former colleague Masters; football’s goal against Aids; a night at the opera

    Mike Platt co-founder founder and principal of the hedge fund manager BlueCrest Capital Management in their offices in Grosvenor Place, London.
  • Tuesday, 1 December, 2015
    Fund management
    BlueCrest to turn private as fee model wanes

    Fund to oust external investors and focus on staff’s own assets

    Mike Platt co-founder founder and principal of the hedge fund manager BlueCrest Capital Management in their offices in Grosvenor Place, London.
  • Monday, 9 November, 2015
    US companies
    AMG buys stake in Leda Braga’s hedge fund

    BlueCrest sells most of its remaining holding in ‘quantitative’ fund manager Systematica

    Hedge Fund Systematica Investments' CEO Braga poses in their offices in Geneva
  • Sunday, 19 July, 2015
    London fights for its future
    Brevan Howard switch ends talk of London exodus

    Move ‘reverses trend’ of hedge funds exiting for Switzerland

    Aerial view of Geneva (Geneve/Genf) from the north tower of St-Pierre Cathedral over the city's waterfronts on both sides of Rhone river as it flows out of Lake Geneva (Lake Leman). Most of the city's landmarks are visible, starting with the famous Jet D'Eau, a powerful water fountain on the lake, a symbol of Geneva. HDR image with a lot of details.
  • Tuesday, 20 January, 2015
    Currencies
    BlueCrest suffers losses in Swiss franc fallout

    Hedge fund closes trading books of senior currency trader

    A man looks at a board showing currency exchange rates in Bern January 15, 2015. The Swiss National Bank shocked financial markets on Thursday by scrapping a three-year-old cap on the franc, sending the safe-haven currency soaring against the euro and stocks plunging amid fears for the export-reliant Swiss economy. REUTERS/Thomas Hodel (SWITZERLAND - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS)
  • Friday, 26 September, 2014
    UK companies
    BlueCrest spins off trend-following fund

    Systematica Investments to take over $8.9bn of assets

  • Wednesday, 6 November, 2013
    Capital markets
    Quant funds suffer dismal ‘QE’ losing streak

    October has been a good month, but not good enough

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