Sowood Capital

Sowood Capital is a Boston based hedge fund that lost 50% of its capital in the credit market turmoil of July 2007. Jeffrey Larson, the founder, worked for 12 years at the Harvard Management Company, the organization responsible for managing some of the business affairs of Harvard University. Harvard had seeded Larson with $500 million. Losses from the collapse were about $1.5 billion. Chicago-based hedge fund Citadel LLC bought out Sowood's position and made huge profits as the markets recovered.[1]

Sowood Capital is considered to be "the first high-profile victim of the credit market crisis".[2]

References

Karmin, Gregory Zuckerman and Craig (2007-10-28). "Sowood's Short, Hot Summer". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
John McCrank (2021), Factbox: Biggest blowups among financial funds, Reuters, 29 March.

Bibliography

Strasburg, Jenny, Burton, Katherine (31 July 2007). "Sowood Funds Lose More Than 50% as Debt Markets Fall (Update4)". Bloomberg. Archived from the original on 16 March 2013. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
Citadel scoops up Sowood Capital. Financial Times. (subscription required)

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[1] Karmin, Gregory Zuckerman and Craig (2007-10-28). "Sowood's Short, Hot Summer". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2021-01-27.

[2] John McCrank (2021), Factbox: Biggest blowups among financial funds, Reuters, 29 March.