Pandemic Conditions Spotlight Human Money Managers

In recent years computer-driven quantitative investing has made human decision-makers look outdated and less successful. That is until coronavirus reared its ugly genome. The year 2020 for many people has been one of tragedy and loss, but for flesh and blood stock-pickers the year proved to be quite profitable. It seems that even for the …

Peter Zhou Launching a Hedge Fund of His Own

After ten years at Coatue and three years at Blackstone before that, rising investment star Peter Zhou is planning to open his own, tech-based, hedge fund. Zhou left Philippe Laffont’s Coatue early in 2020, where he was a senior managing director. He is rumored to already have gathered $300 million to start his fund. No …