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Citadel’s Ken Griffin Leaves 2008 Tumble Far Behind
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Rob Copeland describes the comeback of Citadel hedge fund and its founder Ken Griffin. During the 2008 financial crisis the firm almost collapsed with $8 billion in losses. It recovered only by barring clients from withdrawing money for 10 months, and slowly selling distressed assets as the market recovered. It took over 3 years to make up losses. Leverage at the time was high with 3 dollars of borrowed money for $1 in client money. Leverage in 2015 is higher at $7 of borrowed money for $1 of client money. In 2012-2015 three year period, by taking aggressive positions early, Citadel has made $3 billion. It is now engaged in many investments including commodities, buying and selling securities for other investors, trading, fixed income, global equities. To offset the higher risk Citadel bets equally on up and down markets, so that only 52% of stock bets need to work, according to Griffin. Copeland shows the highly intense nature of the business, large turnover of managers, the atmosphere on the 37th floor of the Chicago offices with 500 scenarios being simulated of the hedge fund's investments, and analysts looking at 36 screens of 14,000 investment positions. After the 2008 financial crisis highly leveraged activity continues at Citadel, just as other hedge funds have pulled back and targeted lower returns in mid to high single digits, or to improve their image. Citadel assets increased from $16 billion to $26 billion since the beginning of 2014, with higher returns of over 25% in its main investment funds Kensington and Wellington in 2013. The average hedge fund made returns of 6.2% in 2013, according to analysis by firm Hedge Fund Research. As part of risk mitigation Fed chairman Ben Bernanke has joined the firm as advisor- in 2008 the Fed was questionning this type of highly leveraged activity that led to the collapse of Lehman and Bear Stearns. Of the top ten hedge funds only Millenium Management and Citadel had leverage this high in reports to the SEC under Dodd Frank of regulatory assets that include borrowings for investment, showing systemic risk that remains in the financial system.
A hedge fund story of fall and recovery- Ken Griffin of Citadel hedge fund in 2008 and in 2015
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Citadel had leverage of $3 in borrowed funds for $1 of client money in 2008 to make investments. It nearly collapsed in the 2008 financial crisis with losses ranging from 35-60%, losses of $8 billion. In 2015 it has $7 of borrowed funds for $1 of client money for investments, according to the WSJ. It now makes investment bets equally in up and down markets to offset the higher risk, so that only 52% of the bets need to work. It recovered during the last crisis by barring investors from withdrawing money for 8 months. By taking aggressive positions early in the recovery of the market Citadel made $3 billion in 2013-2015. Many of the hedge funds are now less aggressive than Citadel following the 2008 financial crisis, preferring to target smaller returns and improve the image with clients such as college endowments and pension funds.
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