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Laurence Fletcher

Capital markets correspondent

Laurence covers markets and hedge funds for the Financial Times, and writes for the Tail Risk and Markets Insight sections.

His work includes numerous exclusives about the collapse of $600m hedge fund Heather Capital, while his investigations into hedge fund Dynamic Decisions were part of a series that won a Gerald Loeb award, a New York Press Club award and a U.S. National Press Club award.

He joined the FT in 2018, and previously worked at The Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Citywire and Bloomberg.

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  • Friday, 9 April, 2021
    Hedge funds
    Deliveroo shares slide as data offer scant evidence of short selling

    Food delivery company’s stock hits new lows in rocky start to trading for hotly anticipated listing

  • Wednesday, 7 April, 2021
    Hedge funds
    Maverick’s big bets on unloved stocks pay off in value rally

    Hedge funds ride rebound but some wonder if surge has run its course for now

  • Wednesday, 7 April, 2021
    News in-depthCitadel LLC
    How Ken Griffin rebuilt Citadel’s ramparts

    The Chicago-based hedge fund manager has rebounded from the brink of collapse during the last financial crisis

  • Monday, 5 April, 2021
    Hedge funds
    Hedge funds weigh prime broking relationships after Archegos fire sale

    Managers consider switching lenders as they fret about reputational damage

  • Friday, 2 April, 2021
    The Big Read
    ‘They can do what they want’: Archegos and the $6tn world of the family office

    The implosion of Bill Hwang’s investment firm has focused attention on a pool of capital almost twice the size of hedge funds

  • Wednesday, 31 March, 2021
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    Capstone chief surfs the highs and lows of market volatility waves

    Paul Britton had dreamt of being a trader but he needed a thick skin to survive the Liffe pit

  • Saturday, 27 March, 2021
    On Wall StreetHedge funds
    The great hedge fund rebound from ‘M&A arb-ageddon’

    Event-focused investors bet on further jump in corporate deals and restructurings in 2021

  • Wednesday, 24 March, 2021
    News in-depthHedge funds
    The little-known activist fund that helped topple Danone’s CEO

    Bluebell Capital runs just €70m in assets but has big targets in its sights

  • Monday, 22 March, 2021
    Odey Asset Management LLP
    Odey Asset Management loses executive pay tax battle

    Hedge fund said deferred plan was response to regulatory pressure after financial crisis

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    Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead

  • Thursday, 11 March, 2021
    Crispin Odey
    Hedge fund manager Crispin Odey found not guilty of indecent assault

    UK judge says alleged victim’s evidence ‘riddled with troubling inconsistencies’

  • Thursday, 11 March, 2021
    Hedge funds
    Hedge fund managers Talpins and Rokos stung by February market tumult

    Star traders were among hedge fund managers caught out by market rotation

  • Thursday, 4 March, 2021
    Hedge funds
    Hedge funds cash in on the ‘great reflation trade’

    High-profile managers profit from this year’s tumble in global bond prices

  • Tuesday, 2 March, 2021
    FT CollectionsGreensill Capital
    German regulator steps in as Greensill warns of threat to 50,000 jobs

    Finance group cautions on risk to clients as it seeks insolvency protection in Australia and rescue with Apollo

  • Monday, 1 March, 2021
    Chris Hohn
    Hedge fund manager Hohn pays himself $479m

    Payout marks one of the biggest ever in the UK after his firm’s profits surge

  • Wednesday, 24 February, 2021
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    London should be centre of ‘Spac revolution’, says ex-LSE chief

    Xavier Rolet and Matthew Elliott call for reforms to attract blank-cheque companies

  • Thursday, 18 February, 2021
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    LME brokers plan EU outposts to resolve Brexit effects

    Moves are intended to overcome regulatory barriers erected after transition period expired

  • Wednesday, 17 February, 2021
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    Crispin Odey ‘lunged’ at female junior banker, court told

    Founder of hedge fund manager Odey Asset Management is accused of indecent assault in 1998

  • Wednesday, 17 February, 2021
    News in-depthHedge funds
    ‘We got lucky’: hedge funds that cashed in on the Reddit rally

    Surge of amateur investors’ stock bets also boosted returns of some fund managers

  • Friday, 12 February, 2021
    News in-depthLondon fights for its future
    London’s sway in Europe put to test as rival hubs make trading inroads

    Amsterdam, Paris and New York grab share but insiders say outcome is still uncertain

  • Friday, 12 February, 2021
    ESG investing
    Investment firm Covalis looks to raise $1bn for ESG fund

    Launch comes as hedge funds increasingly see moneymaking opportunity in green investing

  • Monday, 8 February, 2021
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    Hedge fund Marshall Wace seeks venture capital deals

    Shift shows how investors in public companies are seeking new sources of returns in private markets

  • Sunday, 7 February, 2021
    Hedge funds
    Reddit-led market turmoil hits big quant hedge funds

    Short squeeze that sent price of GameStop rocketing has hurt some carefully placed bets

  • Saturday, 6 February, 2021
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    Melvin Capital, GameStop and the road to disaster

    Hedge fund faces questions over risk management after losing half its money in a Reddit trading frenzy

  • Saturday, 6 February, 2021
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    Hedge funds resume role as Wall Street’s villains

    Industry reels from GameStop backlash but has plenty of experience in fending off attacks

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