Activist hedge fund Pershing Square is the top 20 hedge fund listed based on performance along with Paulson’s Recovery Fund along with two commodity traders at the top of the list, while the bottom 20 includes quantitative managers such as Campbell, Cantab and Graham. Pershing’s’ hedge fund: Innovative activist investor up 10.43% year to date Pershing Square is up 10.43% year to date, as William Ackman’s risk free adventures in acquiring Allergan, Inc. (NYSE:AGN) by partnering with Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl Inc (NYSE:VRX) (TSE:VRX) raised more than a few eyebrows. But no deal has insiders talking like Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF), a…
Pershing, Passport, Chenavari Among Best Performers In 2014
Mark Melin
Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.