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This award-winning hedge fund manager is betting on gold and against Treasurys in a new era of capital scarcity
Despite only starting up Brumby Capital in May of last year, Russell Clark has already delivered a return of around 27% for investors and won a hedge fund industry award nomination as best newcomer to boot. The launch of the new fund was, Clark explains, opportunistic. Having made his name as a contrarian, short-selling manager for large parts of his career Clark had taken a break from managing outside assets for a few years and was content to invest his own capital. Last spring, however, he saw an opportunity to exploit the chaos created by President Donald Trump's 'Liberation Day' to raise money from institutions ... (full story)