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In February 2017, he left Sachem Head to become a portfolio manager for GIC Private Ltd., Singapore's sovereign wealth fund. [4] A 2016 article in Fortune noted that while other protégés of Bill Ackman were "struggling," Ferguson was "doing well," outperforming not only Ackman but the market. In 2014, Sachem Head's fund returned 20.5%. [1]
Glenview Capital Management is a hedge fund founded in 2000 with approximately $7.7 billion of capital under management as of March 2019. [5] Glenview manages capital for investors through a series of private investment funds. [1] [4] The firm was founded by Larry Robbins, the firm's CEO and portfolio manager, and is based in New York. [2] [7]
Below are the 20 largest hedge funds in the world ranked by discretionary assets under management (AUM) as of mid-2024. Only assets in private funds following hedge fund strategies are counted. Some of these managers also manage public funds and offer non-hedge fund strategies.
Saba profited during the 2020 stock market crash where it bought inexpensive CDSs on junk-rated companies and sold CDSs on investment-grade companies. [10] For the year 2020, Saba's flagship fund returned 33% while its tail fund returned 99%. In 2021, Risk named Saba hedge fund of year due to its strong performance during the COVID-19 pandemic ...
A hedge fund is a pooled investment ... the stocks of two or more merging companies to take advantage of market discrepancies between acquisition price and stock ...
Verition was a sizable owner of AOL stock in 2015 when it was acquired by Verizon for $4.4 billion, or $50 per share. Verition questioned the price in the Delaware Court of Chancery arguing AOL had sold itself too cheaply and thus had deprived shareholders of a bigger payoff.
Millennium Management's $69 billion hedge fund has lost money in just one year since its 1989 founding by employing this stock market strategy.
The firm was one of the few hedge funds and private equity companies that completed IPOs before the 2007–2008 financial crisis. [14] Also in 2007, it became a founding member of the Hedge Fund Standards Board which sets a voluntary code of standards of best practice endorsed by its members. [15] [16]