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    • Friday, 2 September, 2022
      Berkshire Hathaway Inc
      Quant funds snap up shares in Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway

      Renaissance Technologies, DE Shaw, Bridgewater and others buy stock worth more than $900mn in second quarter

    • Thursday, 2 September, 2021
      Executives at hedge fund Renaissance to pay $7bn in back taxes

      Founder Jim Simons will pay additional $670m in largest tax settlement in US history

    • Thursday, 14 January, 2021
      Jim and Nathaniel Simons stand down as co-chairs of Renaissance

      US hedge fund names Peter Brown as sole chairman while father and son remain on board as directors

    • Friday, 12 June, 2020
      Hedge funds
      Renaissance hedge fund loses 20% this year

      Secretive firm founded by Jim Simons caught out by market volatility

    • Saturday, 18 April, 2020
      Hedge funds
      Flagship Renaissance fund dabbles with bitcoin

      Medallion has entered the world of cryptocurrency trading

    • Tuesday, 24 March, 2020
      News in-depthQuant investing
      Glitchy coronavirus markets cause quant funds to misfire

      Renaissance, Two Sigma and DE Shaw suffer unusual setbacks

    • Tuesday, 17 March, 2020
      Renaissance tripped up by coronavirus-induced market upheaval

      Secretive quant hedge fund endures one of its worst months in more than a decade

    • Tuesday, 18 February, 2020
      Tesla Inc
      Hedge fund Renaissance built stake ahead of Tesla share surge

      Algorithm-driven investment towards end of last year preceded price jump

    • Friday, 10 January, 2020
      Due Diligence
      The hedge fund winners and losers of 2019 Premium content

      Welcome to Due Diligence, the FT’s daily deals briefing

    • Monday, 8 April, 2019
      Hedge fund Renaissance pulls back on hunt for market trends

      Once highly successful strategy of latching on to patterns in futures has faltered

    • Friday, 15 March, 2019
      Renaissance founder says hedge fund has overcome Trump tension

      Chairman Jim Simons acknowledges issues over former co-chief’s political views

    • Tuesday, 8 January, 2019
      Hedge funds
      Renaissance joins big hedge funds in defying 2018 gloom

      Two Sigma, Citadel and DE Shaw also deliver stronger returns along lines of Bridgewater

    • Sunday, 1 July, 2018
      US & Canadian companies
      Hedge funds favour Democrats in political donations

      Long-term donors step up amount they give while Republican supporters hold back

    • Friday, 12 January, 2018
      Person in the News
      Rebekah Mercer, the mega-donor who bankrolled Trump’s campaign

      Media investment in rightwing media and campaign contributions give the heiress clout with the president

    • Thursday, 2 November, 2017
      US & Canadian companies
      Robert Mercer steps down as co-chief of Renaissance

      His backing of Trump and Breitbart had caused controversy inside the hedge fund

    • Wednesday, 1 November, 2017
      News in-depthCapital markets
      Renaissance, DE Shaw look to quantum computing for edge

      Major hedge funds start to experiment with quantum computing as quant investing evolves

    • Tuesday, 24 October, 2017
      US & Canadian companies
      Two Sigma rapidly rises to top of quant hedge fund world

      Fund now on par with Renaissance with assets under management reaching more than $50bn

    • Tuesday, 10 May, 2016
      Hedge funds
      Hedge fund geeks outshine activists in earnings bonanza

      Quants fail to displace all stockpickers as Citadel’s Ken Griffin bags joint top spot

    • Monday, 18 April, 2016
      US & Canadian companies
      Artificial intelligence-focused Numerai raises $1.5m

      Co-founder of Renaissance Tech invests in hedge fund where scientists compete to develop models

    • Sunday, 18 October, 2015
      Fund management
      The week: 19 October

      BlackRock has completed its acquisition of an infrastructure investment firm in Mexico

    • Wednesday, 14 October, 2015
      Hedge funds
      Renaissance Technologies winds down $1bn investment fund

      Vehicle’s demise follows weak performance and failure to attract outside investors

    • Tuesday, 5 May, 2015
      US & Canadian companies
      Hedge fund pay down as top 25 managers bank total of $11.6bn

      Industry suffers from mediocre investment performance and growing criticism

    • Thursday, 8 December, 2011
      Fund management
      Hedge funds braced for worst year since 2008
    • Sunday, 11 January, 2009
      News in-depthUK banks
      Hedge funds cut down to size?
    • Tuesday, 23 December, 2008
      US & Canadian companies
      Investor demands fund checks
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