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In 2014, Fortress was named "Hedge Fund Manager of the Year" by Institutional Investor and "Management Firm of the Year" by HFMWeek.Fortress has previously been recognized by Institutional Investor as “Discretionary Macro-Focused Hedge Fund of the Year” for 2012, and “Credit-Focused Fund of the Year” for both 2011 and 2010. [13]
R. G. Niederhoffer Diversified Fund Offshore was the HFM Week Magazine Managed Futures Fund of the Year in 2008. [66] R. G. Niederhoffer Diversified Fund Offshore was ranked #9 of the Top 100 Hedge Funds by Barrons in 2009, [67] and #42 in 2010.
Warren Buffett famously made a bet with a hedge fund manager that an S&P 500 ETF would outperform a managed fund over a decade (starting in 2008), and Buffett won easily. If there's a lesson there ...
The fund operated out of the offices of hedge fund manager Michael Steinhardt. Early investors included friend and Harvard classmate Eliot Spitzer , [ 25 ] Steve Brill , and Martin Peretz . Cramer raised $450 million in $5 million increments and received a fee of 20% of the profits he generated.
And among global hedge funds taking long and short bets on stocks last year, the total weighted average return came in at 12.75%, according to a private Goldman Sachs note that was seen by Reuters.
BOSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) -As a money manager, Scott Bessent's years of inconsistent performance have contributed to a nearly 90% decline in his hedge fund's assets. Now, with other business lines ...
Kenneth Cordele Griffin (born October 15, 1968) is an American hedge fund manager, entrepreneur and investor. He is the founder, chief executive officer, co-chief investment officer, and 80% owner of Citadel LLC, [1] [2] a multinational hedge fund. He also owns Citadel Securities, one of the largest market makers in the United States. [3]
Stanley Freeman Druckenmiller (born June 14, 1953) [1] is an American billionaire investor, philanthropist and former hedge fund manager. He is the former chairman and president of Duquesne Capital, which he founded in 1981. He closed the fund in August 2010, [2] at which time it had over $12 billion in assets.