Manager Profiles

  • Value Sleuth

    May 01, 2012

    Cheah Cheng Hye uses methods from his investigative reporter past at his firm, Value Partners, to uncover hidden gems in Asia’s equity markets.

  • The Negotiator

    May 01, 2012

    With his unusual background and laid-back demeanor, Greylock Capital founder Hans Humes has emerged as the ambassador of choice between indebted emerging markets, banks and their hedge fund creditors.

  • Lighting the Way

    March 29, 2012

    Thomas Gimbel of Optima says the Lighthouse gives hope to people with vision problems.

  • Sprott tests his mettle

    March 29, 2012

    The Canadian manager's bold bets on precious metals cost him in 2011.

  • Leaving the Crimson Nest, One at a Time

    March 01, 2012

  • Help for the Homeless

    March 01, 2012

    John Wagner says LA’s Weingart Center assists people during hard times.

  • GoldenTree goes for extra credit

    March 01, 2012

    Steve Tananbaum’s GoldenTree applies old-fashioned Graham and Dodd values to new and increasingly complex debt instruments.

  • ESL's Sears Bet: So Crazy It Just Might Work?

    March 01, 2012

    Eddie Lampert’s wager on the troubled retailer is confounding analysts and infuriating investors. But rather than back off, he’s doubling down.

  • 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.


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