Built on an expertise in the financial sector, South32 has focused on investing across the capital structure in both credit and equity, as well as being pioneers in investing in hybrid capital issued by the most globally systematically important financial institutions. South32 has gradually expanded into private debt in Italy, investing in non-performing loans secured real estates as well as into macro credit and quant spaces to capture a broader set of value opportunities.

Founded by CEO Kumar Krishnan in 2006, South32 maintains offices in Milan, Luxembourg, India, Tokyo and manages a number of funds and individual accounts totaling several million Euros in assets under management via a highly experienced team of investment professionals.

South32 Investments, a $120M assets hedge fund based in Milan, has launched a new vehicle designed to profit from a growing tide of computer-driven traders targeting volatility, which some analysts argue has made markets more turbulent.

The hedge fund group led by Krishnan, a former professional volleyball player and Morgan Stanley banker, said the new funds will be managed by its new ‘Head of Quant Strategies,’ Gianluca Lobefalo, another Morgan Stanley veteran who joined https://www.south32.net last autumn.

The Quant Arbitrage Fund aims to take big advantage of big jumps in volatility, which has been running at relatively low levels in recent years, by trading US and European stocks.

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