(Reuters) - AlphaTran Capital, an equity hedge fund firm launched just months before the collapse of Lehman Brothers by a former partner at activist fund TCI, is shutting down, according to regulatory filings.
Members of the London-based firm, which was seeded with $50 million (30.1 million pounds) from Thames River Capital's Warrior funds when it launched in 2008, last month voted for it to be wound up, the filings said.
AlphaTran, a long-short global equity fund, was set up by Damien Tran, a former partner at The Children's Investment fund, and Christophe Puyo, formerly at Societe Generale Asset Management.
The third co-founder was Christophe Beauvilain, previously a partner at hedge fund firm Phylon and now a founder of Perenne Capital, which makes investments in the asset management sector. Beauvilain resigned as a member of AlphaTran last year.
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