hedge fund
noun
: an investing group usually in the form of a limited partnership that employs speculative techniques in the hope of obtaining large capital gains
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The success of Citadel, which manages $68 billion in its hedge fund and has a huge securities-trading operation, has always been hard to pin on any one thing, as The New Yorker’s Gary Sernovitz teases out in a profile out this week that observed how Griffin fits none of Wall Street’s archetypes.
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Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
16 June 2026
Retail investors ended up with larger-than-average 20% of the $75 billion IPO while hedge funds took 10% and institutional investors with a buy-and-hold strategy took 70%, Reuters reported on Monday, citing a person close to the deal.
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Tobias Burns,
CNBC,
15 June 2026
Moreover, if Griffin stepped into public life now, the cynical wags in finance would declare the reason obvious—his hedge fund’s returns have been sagging.
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Gary Sernovitz,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
Steyer, a former hedge fund founder who left his company to pursue environmental activism and politics, was viewed favorably by 39% of voters but unfavorably by 43%, the poll found.
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John Woolfolk,
Mercury News,
11 June 2026
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Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
16 June 2026
Retail investors ended up with larger-than-average 20% of the $75 billion IPO while hedge funds took 10% and institutional investors with a buy-and-hold strategy took 70%, Reuters reported on Monday, citing a person close to the deal.
—
Tobias Burns,
CNBC,
15 June 2026
Moreover, if Griffin stepped into public life now, the cynical wags in finance would declare the reason obvious—his hedge fund’s returns have been sagging.
—
Gary Sernovitz,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
Steyer, a former hedge fund founder who left his company to pursue environmental activism and politics, was viewed favorably by 39% of voters but unfavorably by 43%, the poll found.
—
John Woolfolk,
Mercury News,
11 June 2026
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“Hedge fund.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hedge%20fund. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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