Hedge Fund

Chris Shumway

Firm: Shumway Capital Partners City: Greenwich, Connecticut 2008 Age: 42 2008 Assets Under Management (AUM): $6 Billion+ Chris Shumway, a protégé of hedge fund pioneer Julian Robertson at Tiger Managment, founded Shumway Capital Partners in 2002. See also: Top Hedge Fund Managers, Interviews w

Chase Coleman

Firm: Tiger Global Management City: New York 2008 Age: 33 2008 Assets Under Management: $5 Billion A direct descendant of Peter Stuyvesant, Charles Payson ‘Chase’ Coleman III graduated from Williams College. Coleman is the founder and managing partner of New York based Tiger Global Manag

Alpha Equation

The alpha equation of a fund is as follows: [ (sum of y) -((b)(sum of x)) ] / n where: n =number of observations (36-60 months) b = beta of the fund x = rate of return for the S&P 500, or another benchmark index y = rate of return for the fund

Alpha

A measure of a mutual fund’s risk relative to the overall market. It reflects the difference between a mutual fund’s actual performance and the performance expected based on risk level taken by the fund’s manager. A fund that produced the expecte

Louis Bacon

Firm: Moore Capital Management City: London 2008 Age: 51 2008 Assets Under Management: $15 Billion Louis Bacon is the manager of a leading New York City based hedge fund, Moore Capital Management (after his mother’s maiden name). Moore Capital is headquartered in New York City but has other o

Beta

Beta is value that reflects the amount of risk of a single or combined group of securities measured against the market as a whole. A beta value of 1 suggest that the security or portfolio will move in line with the overall market. A beta of less than 1 suggets that the security will be less volatile

Directional Fund

A directional fund is a type of hedge fund that maintains some exposure to the market thereby placing less emphasis on hedging risk. Directional funds are less steady but can produce higher returns given that they assume more risk.

Larry Robbins

Firm: Glenview Capital City: New York 2008 Age: 38 2008 Assets Under Management (AUM): $7 Billion Prior to founding Glenview Capital Larry Robbins was a trader at Leon Cooperman’s Omega Advisors. Focused on concentrated positions in large cap stocks, Glenview Capital is an activist hedge fund

Jonathan Lourie

Firm: Cheyne Capital City: London 2008 Age: 46 2008 Assets Under Management (AUM): $11 Billion Jonathan Lourie graduated from Dartmouth College Phi Beta Kappa and Summa Cum Laude in 1983. He went on to work for Morgan Stanley where he focused on the management of convertible bonds. Along with Stu

John Zwaanstra

Firm: Penta Investment Advisers City: Tokyo 2008 Age: 42 2008 Assets Under Management (AUM): $5 Billion Zwaanstra founded Penta Investment Advisers in 1998. Prior to that he had spent three years working as a fund manager for George Soros. Zwaanstra divides his time between Tokyo and Hawaii. See als