San Francisco Chronicle – he Taylor Woods Master Fund Ltd., a commodity hedge fund provided with about $150 million in startup capital by Blackstone Group LP last year, has grown to more than $500 million, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said.
Taylor Woods is aiming to expand assets to at least $1 billion, said the person, who declined to be identified as the information isn’t public and didn’t give a timeframe for the planned increase. The fund, which began trading in February, returned 3.22 percent in its first four months, according to a report to investors obtained by Bloomberg News.
