First loss is rapidly becoming popular, though many still don’t understand its mechanics. Bloomberg reports that John Paulson has signed up with three of the industry’s top first-loss providers. Witherspoon Partners Founding Partner Keith Danko shared his thoughts on the topic, as quoted in this Bloomberg headline story from April 23, 2018: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-23/paulson-levers-up-bets-seeking-big-fees-while-risking-his-money

Witherspoon Partners New Year’s Marketing Plan: From January 2018 Emerging Manager Monthly Emerging Manager Monthly published a special report in its January 2018 issue, “A Look Inside Emerging Manager Programs.” In it Witherspoon Partners’ Founder and Managing Partner Keith Danko shares New Year’s marketing resolutions in a guest column (“Making Your Marketing Plan for the …

Witherspoon Partners has once again been invited to present a workshop for emerging managers at the Opal Emerging Manager Summit, being held for the first time in New York City at the Crowne Plaza Times Square on September 14-15 (www.opalgroup.net). The conference is one of Opal’s annual events specifically tailored to emerging fund managers and …

Renaissance’s Medallion Made a Stunning Shift After Trump’s Election Witherspoon Partners Founding Member Keith Danko quoted in this August 16th Bloomberg piece on the fabled and opaque quant fund Medallion: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-16/renaissance-s-medallion-made-stunning-shift-after-trump-election

For the second consecutive year, Witherspoon Partners has been invited to present a workshop for emerging managers at the Opal Emerging Manager Summit South, taking place in Austin, Texas on November 7th (www.opalgroup.net). The conference is one of two annual events hosted by Opal specifically tailored to emerging hedge fund managers and those who invest …

PRINCETON, NJ—Witherspoon Partners is pleased to announce that it has expanded its team to include two new senior executives, Jim Butler and Sebastian Man. In addition, Phoebe Outerbridge was promoted to Managing Director of the firm. Jim Butler joins Witherspoon as Senior Managing Director. Jim has a 35-year track record in institutional fixed income sales, …

Witherspoon Partners has been invited to present a workshop for emerging managers at the Opal Emerging Manager Summit South in Austin, Texas on November 6th (www.opalgroup.net). The conference is one of two annual events hosted by Opal that caters to emerging hedge fund managers and allocators. At the workshop, the firm will discuss fund branding …

Reprinted from Hedge Fund Alert (HFAlert.com), April 15, 2015 Value Investor Employs Quant Tools A long/short equity manager who takes a systematic approach to picking value stocks is getting ready to launch a commingled fund. Nathan Rex, who holds a Ph.D in physics, has been employing the strategy since 2011 — first at a family …

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