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Harmonic hedge fund keeps tune after founders’ farewell

A year after the hedge fund's leadership change, its top team hopes to benefit from rising interest in its specialist strategies

L-R: Patrik Safvenblad and Alastair Smith
L-R: Patrik Safvenblad and Alastair Smith Photo: company photograph

When the two founders of small hedge fund Harmonic Capital Partners departed after 14 years with the business, investors got the jitters.

More than 10% of assets under management were pulled from the firm, which focuses on absolute returns from macro-economic and geopolitical risk, when the duo left in July 2016. The firm saw around $200 million flow out, taking its total fund assets down to $1.7 billion, where they remain.

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