Hedge fund Cinctive gains 4% in October, source says
By Carolina Mandl
NEW YORK, Nov 7 (Reuters) -New York-based hedge fund Cinctive Capital Management posted a 4% gain in October mainly driven by bets on stocks, outperforming some rival multi-strategy hedge funds, according to a source familiar with the matter.
The hedge fund founded by Richard Schimel and Lawrence Sapanski made a profit with equity positions in companies in sectors such as technology, utilities and consumer, the source added. The hedge fund's performance was bolstered by accurate predictions of several companies' third-quarter earnings results.
The fund, with roughly $3 billion in assets under management, is up 15% year-to-date, the person added.
Cinctive's performance in October beat gains posted by giant multi-strategy hedge funds, which have a very diverse portfolio, trading assets from equities to rates and credit in many different ways and with multiple portfolio managers.
Citadel's flagship Wellington was up 1.2% last month, while Schonfeld Strategic Advisors' flagship fund Strategic Partners and Millennium Management gained 2.3% and 0.4%, respectively, sources familiar with the matter said. Schonfeld's Fundamental Equity fund, also a multi-strategy fund, had the same 4% gain Cinctive had.
The firms declined to comment on the matter.
The performances illustrate that many multi-strategy hedge funds successfully navigated a challenging month, during which the benchmark S&P 500 .SPX declined by 1%.
Business Insider first reported on Citadel's, Millennium's and Schonfeld's performance.
Reporting by Carolina Mandl in New York; Editing by Lisa Shumaker
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