Gates Capital Returns 32.7% Tries To Do “Fewer Things Better”
Gates Capital Management’s Excess Cash Flow (ECF) Value Funds have returned 14.5% net over the past 25 years, and in 2021, the fund manager continued to outperform. Due to an “absence of large mistakes” during the year, coupled with an “attractive environment for corporate events,” the group’s flagship ECF Value Fund, L.P returned 32.7% last year. According to a copy of Gates Capital’s marketing materials, which ValueWalk has been able to review, following this performance, the firm’s assets under management have increased to $2.6 billion. The managing partners own approximately one-third of the total fund assets. Increasing concentration Over the...