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.

  • Custom fit

    February 01, 2012

    With Citigroup’s private bank focusing on ultrawealthy investors, consultationis in and one-size-fits-all is out.

  • 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

  • Addition by subtraction

    November 01, 2011

    How South Carolina Retirement Systems’ CIO Robert Borden is teaming up with Apollo and Lighthouse to whittle down his exposures

  • 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

  • Where the money is

    October 01, 2011

    J.P. Morgan’s private bankers court hedge fund managers

  • 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.

  • Doing well to do good

    September 01, 2011

    Ascension Health’s Josh Kaplan is redesigning the portfolio to look at varying economic environments, which is giving more exposure to hedge funds


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