On the 3rd of January, Mala Gaonkar’s SurgoCap Partners began trading with $1.8 billion in assets under management, making it the largest woman-led hedge fund in the history of the industry. Gaonkar’s fund launched only a few months after Divya Nettimi, a former portfolio manager at Viking Global, set the previous record for the largest women-led hedge fund with a launch of $1 billion. Avala Global was also one of the largest hedge funds that debuted globally last year. The most significant launch was Alex Karnal’s Braidwell, which started trading in April with $3.5 billion in assets under management. Q4…
Female Hedge Fund Launches Pick Up In Tough Year For The Industry
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