The pound's crash last week caused some hedge funds including BlueBay Asset Management and Crispin Odey of Odey Asset Management to cheer — saying they profited from the market turmoil.
But overall, the industry might have been caught flat-footed.
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Hedge funds were bullish on the pound before mini-budget turmoil
Crispin Odey has said he correctly bet on the pound's plunge. Options data show many of his hedge fund peers were net long
The pound's crash last week caused some hedge funds including BlueBay Asset Management and Crispin Odey of Odey Asset Management to cheer — saying they profited from the market turmoil.
But overall, the industry might have been caught flat-footed.