Back in January 2016, we reported that Pine River Capital Management, then run by noted hedge fund investor Steve Kuhn, was shuttering its Fixed Income fund, and returning roughly $1.6 billion to investors. The wind down was surprising for one of the industry’s most prominent names: Kuhn was one of four managers who helped the Pine River Fixed Income Fund score some of the industry’s biggest gains. They included a 93% return in 2009, fueled largely by bets on the housing market.
Unfortunately, the hedge fund had remained unable to replicate its profitable ways in recent years, and according to both Reuters and Bloomberg, Pine River is closing its master fund following a wave of client withdrawals that would bring assets below $300 million.
The fund, which started in 2002, had about $1 billion in assets prior to the latest redemption schedule. Because the withdrawals would cause the portion of illiquid assets to increase relative to the overall fund, the managers discussed placing those investments in a segregated account called a side pocket.
This post was published at Zero Hedge on Sep 18, 2017.
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