With the multistrategy hedge fund titans closed to outside cash amid a dearth of talent able to manage their money, Citadel and Millennium traders are seizing the chance to go it alone. And investors are backing them with an avalanche of assets.
“Citadel and Millennium are as good a pedigree as you’ll find today,” said Craig Bergstrom, chief investment officer at New York-based Corbin Capital Partners that invests in hedge funds. Yet, “it’s a meaningful transition to go from running a portfolio at a highly-levered platform to generating returns as a standalone fund. Some will be surely be successful, while others will struggle,” he said.