Lansdowne Partners
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Lansdowne Partners is an investment management organisation founded in 1998, one of Europe's oldest hedge funds. The firm primarily provides its services to pooled investment vehicles.[1]
Sir Paul Ruddock set up the firm with Steven Heinz in 1998. Ruddock retired in 2013. He is still a significant shareholder.[2] Heinz left the firm in 2014. He will continue to sit on fund boards. Major investors Peter Davies and Stuart Roden control the firm with Alex Snow as chief executive.[3]
Lansdowne manages $18bn. It had to shut two hedge funds in 2009. Its main fund, the $8.9bn Developed Markets fund, returned 18% in 2011/2. Morgan Stanley has a 19% stake in the firm.
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