Was 2011 a very kind year to John Paulson? No, it was not. Is 2012 shaping up to be any different? Not really, no. His proclamation that last year’s losses were but an “aberration” has not exactly been backed up by the fact that AP was down 16 percent through June. A few clients have not only quit the fund but told anybody who will listen that leaving was one of the best decisions they’ve ever made. Also not great is the fact that assets under management have declined 44.9 percent to $21 billion from $38.1 billion, due to a combination of unfortunate performance and redemptions. Happily, though, there is a silver lining that perhaps few people have thought of, namely that John Paulson’s got mucho of his own dinero in the firm and he hasn’t given up on the place yet. Read more »
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So Long As John Paulson Doesn’t Work Up The Nerve To Send That Redemption Letter To A Certain Hedge Fund Located At 1251 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY, 10020, Paulson & Co. Will Be Around For Years To Come
By Bess LevinPIMCO Pantry’s Supply Of Gourmet Popcorn In The Garbage Can-Sized Tins Will Live To See Another Day
By Bess Levin
Bill Gross’s Pimco Total Return Fund, the world’s biggest mutual fund, attracted $231 million in investor deposits in January as performance rebounded. The new money ended three straight months of redemptions from Pimco Total Return, according to data compiled by Chicago- based Morningstar Inc. Investors pulled about $3 billion from the fund in the three months ended Dec. 31, bringing withdrawals last year to $5 billion, the research firm said. The $250.5 billion Pimco Total Return has advanced 2.4 percent this year, beating 99 percent of similarly managed funds, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. [Bloomberg, related]
Earlier this week, Phil Falcone notified investors in his Credit Distressed BlueLine Fund, in advance of a previously announced April 2012 wind-up. Today, he sent out a letter notifying investors in Harbinger Capital Fund I, Harbinger Capital Partners Offshore Fund I, Harbinger Capital Partners Fund II, and Harbinger Capital Partner Offshore Fund II that they should “anticipate” having redemptions frozen as well, on account of the Well Notice received by the SEC. Happy Holidays. [WSJ]
John Paulson, the billionaire hedge- fund manager having the worst year of his career, has received less than 10 percent in redemption requests for his Recovery and Credit Opportunities funds for year’s end, according to two people familiar with the firm. Withdrawal orders for those two funds, which together managed about $15 billion as of July 31, were due at the end of September and may give some indication of what total redemptions could be across all of Paulson’s funds, the worst-performing of which has tumbled 47 percent this year…“We’re going to give Paulson the benefit of the doubt,” said Trip Kuehne, founder of Double Eagle Capital Management LP, a Dallas-based firm that has invested with Paulson since 2005. “I believe in him and his firm and don’t plan to pull my money.” [Bloomberg]
Which is a mere 6 years after they asked for it back, so, not much to complain about here. Read more »
Unlike certain other hedge fund investors (no names: FrontPoint) Diamondback clients have balls. Read more »
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