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Institutional investors, 88, 130, 287

Investment committee, 95, 130

Investment in own fund, 75, 130

Investor base, 104, 105, 128, 130

Leverage, 86, 127, 131

Location, 96, 130

Losses and lessons, 84, 127, 131

Methodology, 99, 126, 130

Motivation, 73, 122, 131

Net exposure, 102, 103, 127, 130

Organization, 83, 125, 126, 130

Organization, role in, 94, 123, 130

Portfolio allocation and optimization, 86, 91, 126, 130

Private equity allocation, 130

Professional background, 50–51

Research, 91–92

Risk management, 127, 128, 131

Spin-offs, 37

Succession planning, 107

Tax efficiency, 93, 128

Technology allocation, 101, 126, 130

Track record, 77–78, 80, 129

Trades taken, 104, 124, 130

Transparency, 105–106, 128

U.S. vs. non-U.S. exposure, 100

Value investor, 104, 121, 123, 125

View of industry, 129

Cos Cob Partners, 38

Cotton, Robert, 51

Covenant Capital Management, 37

Covo, Mario, 51

Cranbrook Educational Community, 286

Credit Suisse First Boston, 51, 52, 54

Creedon, Scott, 37

Crest Capital Management, 52

Critical Infrastructure Fund, 51

Cross Asset Management, 54

Cumberland Associates, 3, 259–268

Allocation to other managers, 267

Assets, 74, 267

Background, 106

Continuity, 43, 73

Culture, 82

Hedging techniques, 264, 268

Institutional investors, 88

Investment in own fund, 75, 260, 262, 267

Investor base, 264, 267

Leverage, 86, 268

Location, 96, 267

Losses and lessons, 84, 263

Management committee, 260, 267

Methodology, 99, 261–263, 267

Net exposure, 102, 103, 264, 268

Organization, 83, 104, 260, 262, 267

Portfolio allocation and optimization, 86, 91, 260–262, 267

Private equity allocation, 101, 267

Research, 91–92

Risk management, 264

Succession, 107

Technology allocation, 261, 267

Track record, 76–80, 263, 265

Trades taken, 104

Transparency, 105–106, 265

U.S. vs. non-U.S. exposure, 261

Views of the industry, 266

Cypress Funds, The, 47

Czitron, Thomas, 51

Daido Life Insurance Company, 277, 279

Daniel, Joe, 51

Davidson, Charles, 6, 37, 53

Davidson College, 254, 257, 286

Davy, Darren, 20

De la Hey, John, 37

De Monici, Nella, 37

Deerfield Partners, 38

Delman, Michael, 5

Deltec Asset Management, 37, 38

Denison College, 21, 285, 286

Derchin, Michael, 37

Dexia, 54

Deutsche Asset Management, 51

Deutsche Morgan Grenfell, 52

Dickinson College, 286

Dickstein, Mark, 5, 8

Dickstein Partners, 5, 7

DiMenna, Joseph, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

Distressed, 57, 99, 211, 212, 213, 299, 304

Distressed credit unit, 189

Doane College, 286

Dresdner Bank, 51

Druckenmiller, Stanley, 21, 40, 47

Chief investment strategist, 22

Financial World's Top 100 Wall Street Earners, 5, 6, 8, 9

Forbes 400, 4

quarrel with Soros, 38–39

Soros departure, 20, 21

Due diligence, 64–66

Duff, Patrick, 5, 6

Duff, Philip, 17

Dunn Capital, 48

DuPont, 277

Dushay, Glenn, 5

Earle, Patrick 37

Early, Brenda, 8

Eastman Kodak, 277

ED&F Man, 61

Egerton, 48, 54

Einhorn, Steven, 94, 126

Eldon Capital, 37

Ellington Capital Management, 48, 52

Elliott Associates, see Singer, Paul

Ellis, Robert, 37

Ellison, David, 51

Emergent Capital Investment Management, 52

Emerging markets, 56, 58, 253

Emory University, 286

Endowments, see specific colleges

Allocation to hedge funds, 2, 271, 272, 285–305

Benchmarks, 290

Consultants, 289

Fees, 289