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Related: About this forumScaramucci Halts Withdrawals in a Fund After Stock, Crypto Swoon
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Scaramucci Halts Withdrawals in a Fund After Stock, Crypto Swoon
Katherine Burton and Nishant Kumar
Mon, July 18, 2022 at 6:36 PM
(Bloomberg) -- Anthony Scaramuccis Skybridge Capital suspended redemptions in one of its funds after sharp declines in stocks and cryptocurrencies, according to people familiar with the decision.
The Legion Strategies fund suspended redemptions because private companies, which are harder to sell, now make up about 20% of the portfolio, one of the people said. The fund is one of Skybridges smaller offerings, farming out most of its roughly $230 million of assets to hedge fund managers.
FTX, the crypto exchange co-founded by billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried, is among the funds private investments.
Scaramucci -- who returned to money management after spending 11 days in the White House as the Trump administrations communications director -- made a big push into crypto, a move that has hurt Skybridges performance this year. An index of the 100 largest digital assets has tumbled 56% in 2022.
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Scaramucci Halts Withdrawals in a Fund After Stock, Crypto Swoon
Katherine Burton and Nishant Kumar
Mon, July 18, 2022 at 6:36 PM
(Bloomberg) -- Anthony Scaramuccis Skybridge Capital suspended redemptions in one of its funds after sharp declines in stocks and cryptocurrencies, according to people familiar with the decision.
The Legion Strategies fund suspended redemptions because private companies, which are harder to sell, now make up about 20% of the portfolio, one of the people said. The fund is one of Skybridges smaller offerings, farming out most of its roughly $230 million of assets to hedge fund managers.
FTX, the crypto exchange co-founded by billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried, is among the funds private investments.
Scaramucci -- who returned to money management after spending 11 days in the White House as the Trump administrations communications director -- made a big push into crypto, a move that has hurt Skybridges performance this year. An index of the 100 largest digital assets has tumbled 56% in 2022.
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Scaramucci Halts Withdrawals in a Fund After Stock, Crypto Swoon (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Jul 2022
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spooky3
(36,209 posts)1. People had confidence to invest with Scaramucci? Really? I guess they
were too late to give Jared their money.
Bobstandard
(1,661 posts)2. I hope this doesn't start a trend
A run on hedge funds could domino into a hellish financial crash. I hope it doesnt happen. I hope this fund is an outlier.
bucolic_frolic
(47,001 posts)3. These genius egos don't know beans about risk