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Scholes Among Losers as Hedge Funds Slump in October

November 11, 2008 : Permalink

Bloomberg – Hedge funds run by Jeffrey Gendell and John Burbank III posted their worst monthly losses in October. Peter Thiel gave back gains made earlier in the year. Nobel-prize winner Myron Scholes froze his biggest fund. The managers, like […]

Horlick’s Bramdean Pulls Money From Scholes, Dinan Hedge Funds

August 25, 2008 : Permalink

Bloomberg – Nicola Horlick’s money-management firm, Bramdean Alternatives Ltd., pulled money out of hedge funds run by Nobel prize-winner Myron Scholes and James Dinan to focus on more defensive funds as volatility increases. “In response to the continuing market turbulence,” […]