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BlueCrest delivers outsized gains

hedgeweek

5 months ago

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Michael Platt’s decision to return client capital and trade exclusively with internal money has paid off in style, with his hedge fund-turned-private trading firm BlueCrest Capital Management posting an estimated 7,858% cumulative gain over the past decade.
BlueCrest gained 73% in 2025, according to a person familiar with the matter, extending a run of outsized returns since the firm stopped managing external capital in 2016. The gains were fuelled in part by heightened volatility early last yea...

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