CitiGroup Hedge Funds
Analysts Expect CitiGroup to Close More Hedge Funds
Recently, Citigroup revealed that it has closed its Quantitative Strategies hedge fund. Now, it appears that there will be more Citi hedge funds closing. The shuttering of hedge funds by Citi appears to be in response to the Dodd-Frank financial regulation.
Citi has closed the $400 million fund, which ran internal capital exclusively, as part of its effort to come into compliance with the Volcker rule, which bars proprietary trading by banks. The move is "really not a surprise," analyst Gerard Cassidy at RBC Capital Markets told TheStreet.com, given that the Dodd-Frank financial regulation law requires the bank "to get rid of prop. trading anyway. They will continue to sell or shut down funds that are part of Citigroup Holdings," the unit that includes its asset management and retail alternative investment offerings.
The bank's alternative investments business, Citi Capital Advisors, features corporate credit, emerging markets, equity, global macro, mortgage credit and municipal debt strategies, according to its Web site. The equity division, where Quantitative Strategies manager Shakil Ahmed worked, also features event-driven and financial partners teams.
"At the end of the day, with the incremental business costs, it just doesn't make sense for Citigroup to operate the fund," Todd Hagerman, an analyst at Sterne Agee & Leach, told TheStreet. "I think they will shut the whole thing down."
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