David Harding
Record Donation to Cambridge University from Hedge Fund Founder
David Harding, founder of the Winton Group, a UK-based hedge fund, donated a history-breaking £100 million ($131 million) to the University of Cambridge. It is the single largest private donation to a UK college. About 75% of the gift will support full scholarships to 100 excelling PhD candidates, while the rest of the gift, about […]
Hedge Funds Disagree on Britain’s Remaining in the EU
Economist Savvas Savouri at London-based Toscafund Asset Management believes that the UK would be a “better place” if it disengaged itself from the European Union. Savouri wrote his opinion in a report called “Britain Stands Up—Better to Exit European Union.” The Toscafund analyst stated that “If the EU doesn’t want to reform we should leave […]