Reuters – Top hedge fund managers picked stocks as diverse as News Corp, holding company Porsche, and cosmetics maker L’Oreal on Monday at a hedge fund event seen by investors as revealing the industry’s top stock picks.
The Ira Sohn Conference, being held for the first time in London, attracted such speakers Chris Cooper-Hohn, the media-shy founder of The Children’s Investment Fund Management (TCI), Kynikos Associates founder Jim Chanos, Egerton Capital’s John Armitage, and Muddy Waters’ Carson Black.