Manager Profiles

  • Putting Children First

    February 01, 2012

    David Spungen’s financial know-how — and fatherly instincts — help the Child Center of NY.

  • Caxton’s Law

    February 01, 2012

    Following the recent retirement of its legendary founder, Bruce Kovner, Caxton Associates is embarking on a new era under Andrew Law, his handpicked successor.

  • Out of the shadows

    February 01, 2012

    King Street has kept a famously low profile since its launch, but after its posting lackluster returns for two years and building up a large pile of cash, investors may want the firm’s founders to start talking.

  • Standing up for disabled kids

    December 09, 2011

    Octagon’s Mead Welles helps children with missing limbs live normal lives.

  • William Browder’s war

    December 09, 2011

    Reeling from the death of his lawyer in Russia, Hermitage founder William Browder is campaigning for justice — while working to reinvent himself as a global investor.

  • Medicine man

    December 09, 2011

    Oncologist-turned-fund manager Patrick Welton tweaked his methods to win institutional clients and now expects the changes to see him through a rough patch.

  • A tragedy spawns a search for answers

    November 01, 2011

    Marathon’s Andrew Rabinowitz founded R Baby in honor of his late daughter.

  • Spreading his wings

    November 01, 2011

    Universa founder Mark Spitznagel is looking to apply the skills he learned managing black swan funds to macro investing

  • Lean & mean

    November 01, 2011

    Many big hedge funds have bounced back from the financial crisis by getting smaller & more focused

  • From metaphysics to mortgages

    November 01, 2011

    Former philosophy professor Donald Brownstein crafts investment strategies as eclectic as his thinking at hedge fund firm SPM

  • Five to watch

    November 01, 2011

    Flexibility and a focus on niche strategies have powered these five young funds to stellar returns despite the market’s volatility

  • Scoring a touchdown for kids

    October 01, 2011

    Barington’s Jared Landaw supports Big Brothers Big Sisters’ Gridiron Games

  • Decoding BlackRock’s Black Box

    October 01, 2011

    After a string of acquisitions created a $113 billion alternatives powerhouse, the intensely secretive firm is emerging from the shadows

  • Hildene’s pure play

    October 01, 2011

    Brett Jefferson discovered a now-distressed esoteric security used to raise capital for banks during the credit bubble and put his fund on the map

  • Kyle Bass is betting on veterans

    September 01, 2011

    Hayman’s Kyle Bass says Troops First puts wounded soldiers back on track.

  • Mike Masters: The making of a maverick

    September 01, 2011

    Mike Masters operates outside the hedge fund establishment, but his idiosyncratic style suits his investors just fine.

  • Metzger runs his classroom like a hedge fund

    August 30, 2011

    In a Q&A with AR, the former Paloma Partners executive, now a professor of business, continues to worry about hedge fund risk.

  • Housing homeless teens

    July 01, 2011

    Philip Andryc of Berens Capital says Covenant House works for kids with nowhere to turn

  • Louis Bacon: Macro maestro

    July 01, 2011

    Moore Capital Management’s founder has had a tough few years, but he’s still outdoing his peers—and planning his legacy

  • Perceiving is believing

    July 01, 2011

    Joe Edelman says investor biases create opportunities for his health care and biotech fund, Perceptive Advisors

  • Josh Ufberg spreads the value of art

    June 01, 2011

    Josh Ufberg of Atalaya says the Urban Arts Partnership boosts learning in other areas

  • Canyon’s capital matters

    June 01, 2011

    Mitch Julis & Josh Friedman have built Canyon into the 13th largest hedge fund firm in the U.S.

  • Against the grain

    June 01, 2011

    Vermillion Asset Management’s Chris Nygaard and Drew Gilbert take an atypical approach to commodities

  • Owl Creek's Jeffrey Altman prepares students to think globally

    May 01, 2011

    Altman’s business program at Tulane focuses on giving students an international edge

  • Michael Hintze engineers success at CQS

    May 01, 2011

    Hintze’s mathematical mind has built the London firm into a $10.5 billion powerhouse

  • Platinum Partners pans for gold

    May 01, 2011

    Mark Nordlicht’s firm looks for pay dirt in unusual places

  • Visium plots expansion following 75% growth in assets

    April 01, 2011

  • D.E. Shaw’s Trey Beck aids Turnaround for Children

    April 01, 2011

    Beck says the nonprofit levels the learning field for kids.

  • Steady as she goes: Jamie Zimmerman’s Litespeed

    April 01, 2011

    The climb to $1 billion was slow and methodical

  • An education in conservation for Moore's Marco Birch

    March 02, 2011

    The Long Island resident supports the Group for the East End.

  • Ray Dalio's radical truth

    March 02, 2011

    Bridgewater’s rapid expansion led founder Ray Dalio to institute a bizarre culture of criticism. Can the world’s largest hedge fund—which just had its best year ever—handle its own success?

  • Crosslink Capital crosses over

    March 02, 2011

    By merging venture capital & hedge fund investing, Michael Stark plays both sides of the tech coin to winning effect

  • Pricing the environment

    February 01, 2011

    Generation’s Colin le Duc backs Forest Trends.

  • The reckoning of Centaurus billionaire John Arnold

    February 01, 2011

    The Enron trader turned hedge fund billionaire lost money last year. Can his effort to turn Centaurus into a mini-Enron revive his fortunes?

  • ABS 2.0: Waterfall Asset Management returns to its roots

    February 01, 2011

    Waterfall Asset Management’s Tom Capasse & Jack Ross are rebuilding a market they helped invent.

  • Brazil: Beyond the basics

    February 01, 2011

    BRZ’s Allan Hadid on how the country is modernizing, & what that means for hedge funds.

  • A passion for music

    December 09, 2010

    Manager—and violinist—Roy Niederhoffer backs the Harmony Program.

  • Jamie Dinan’s dream

    December 09, 2010

    Having inked the first bank deal since the financial crisis, York Capital proves it’s bigger than its founder.

  • Copia’s cautious comeback

    December 09, 2010

    After veering off course in 2008, Tim Flannery is bent on steering his energy fund back in the right direction

  • Finding homes for sick kids

    November 01, 2010

    Ridgecrest’s Sandy Prater supports New Alternatives for Children.

  • Are the Tigers losing their stripes?

    November 01, 2010

    About 100 funds claim kinship with Julian Robertson, but the DNA is running thin at a time when the patriarch is trying to raise money.

  • Scott Roth's Severn River changes tactics

    November 01, 2010

    Severn River’s Navy-veteran founders show they have serious survival skills.

  • Finding legal aid for kids

    September 30, 2010

    John Shapiro of Lawyers for Children.

  • Will success spoil John Paulson?

    September 30, 2010

    The high-profile manager goes on the defense about his size and his bullishness.

  • The best little hedge fund in Texas?

    September 30, 2010

    Salem Abraham's once high-flying fund has faced a tough year.

  • Filling in the missing middle

    August 31, 2010

    Scopia Capital's Jeremy Mindich backs Root Capital's innovative mission.

  • Tudor returns to its roots

    August 31, 2010

    Paul Tudor Jones turned conservative when he reasserted control after the crash of '08. With the macro fund's returns muted, questions about his retirement have surfaced. But Jones says he's sticking around.

  • Launching Lucidus

    August 31, 2010

    Despite a less than spectacular start, the Caxton spinout has pulled in $1 billion on the strength of its founders' lengthy track record.

  • Seeing is believing

    July 01, 2010

    Joseph D'Ambrosio of Ibis has eyes for the Eye-Bank.

  • Plain truth at Plainfield

    July 01, 2010

    Max Holmes is fighting a smear campaign started by two dodgy creditors. As the facts come out, he's being vindicated.


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