Elliott Associates L.P. returned 13.4 percent in 2012, according to sources close to the matter. The fund, which was created by maven Paul Singer in 1977, had a 2012 that came in broadly in line with its own returns from previous years, but lagged the S&P 500 (INDEXSP:.INX) return of 16 percent for the twelve-month period.

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