Friday, April 13, 2012

Citadel Soars to $115 Billion With Reporting Rule Change


Citadel Advisors LLC and Millennium Management LLC said their assets soared ninefold when tallied under a new rule that requires hedge funds to disclose investments financed through borrowings Bloomberg writes.

Citadel, run by Ken Griffin out of Chicago, reported $115.2 billion of regulatory assets in a March 30 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, compared with $12.6 billion of net assets. Millennium, founded by Israel Englander, disclosed comparable figures of $119 billion and $13.5 billion as of year-end.

The two firms are among more than 1,200 private fund advisers that have registered this year with the SEC and begun providing a more comprehensive count on the assets they manage, including those acquired through the use of borrowed money, under rules aimed at curbing systemic financial market risks…

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