NEW YORK: Citadel's commodities investments are up at least US$1 billion for the year, according to three sources familiar with the matter, helping to drive strong overall performance at one of the world's largest hedge funds.
British and Dutch gas prices, benchmarks for Europe-wide gas sales as well as some liquefied natural gas markets, lost half their value from September 2018 through October 2019. They hit 10-year lows in June, weighed down by an influx of LNG and gas supplies from Russia, the United States and others.
Hedge fund industry returns have been muted in recent years prompting some big names to wind down operations, such as Jamison Capital's macro fund, T. Boone Pickens' BP Capital and Andy Hall's main hedge fund at Astenbeck Capital Management.Citadel is among a handful of multi-strategy funds that have performed well despite the challenging commodities trading environment.