Ackman Widens Lead As Top Hedge Fund Performer In 2014

William Ackman’s Pershing Square Capital widened its lead as the top performing hedge funds monitored by HSBC’s HedgeWeekly report, with the ISAM Systmatic Fund elbowing its way into third place after posting a monster performance number in August. Other notables in the top five include Chenavari Toro Capital fund, with 19.21 percent performance year to date, and Trisheld Special Situations fund, posting 18.08 percent year to date performance.   Ackman’s Pershing Square moves to 29.89%% YTD performance It was Ackman that took the spotlight, however.  From ValueWalk’s last post on July 28, Pershing Square extended its lead, moving from 23.97…