New hedge funds update: June 2011

Tepper-backed Nokota plans for Q3 launch. SAC preps a quant fund.

FIRM NAME

FUND NAME

STRATEGY

PORTFOLIO MANAGER

AUM ($M)

LAUNCH DATE

Sumit Capital

Sumit Capital

Equity

Soumyo Sarkar

$20

February

Boodell & Company Capital Management

Boodell Value Capital Partners

Global equity,

Asia-focus

Peter Boodell

N/A

March

The Avalon Real Estate Funds

Avalon Growth Fund

Equity, commerical real estate

Team

N/A

March

Amethyst Capital Management

Amethyst Capital Partners

Equity, long-biased

Robert Bierig

N/A

April

Riverloft Capital Management

Riverloft Capital Partners

Event driven

Marc Lehmann

$24

May

Tusker Capital

Tusker Investment Fund

Global equity, commodities

Anuraag Shah

$30

May

Prudential Asset Management

Prudential Fixed Income Emerging Markets Long Short

Emerging markets, debt

Team

$30

June

Nokota Management

Nokota Fund

Equity, credit

Matthew Knauer,

Mina Faltas

N/A

Q3 2011

Greyson Capital Management

Greyson Asia Fund

Global equity,
Asia-focus

Hugh Kim

N/A

Q3 2011

The Short Fund

Behind the Numbers

U.S. equity,
Short-biased

Jeff Middleswart

N/A

Q3 2011

SAC Capital Advisors

N/A

Quantitative global equity

Steve Cohen

N/A

Q3 2011

Ridgeback Capital Management

Ridgeback HORIZON Fund

Equity

Wayne Holman

N/A

Q3 2011

BalanTrove Management

BalanTrove Partners

Event driven

Larry Clark

N/A

Q3 2011

Anchorage Capital

N/A

Distressed debt, European-focus

Anthony Davis,

Kevin Ulrich

N/A

Q4 2011

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