Hedge fund Elliott creates position to oversee portfolio companies - Business Insider

Hedge fund giant Elliott Management is creating a position to oversee operations of its portfolio companies, according to people familiar with the matter.

Elliott is bringing onboard Jon Weber, Carl Icahn's former chief operating and finance executive who most recently served as head of portfolio operations at BlueMountain Capital. The number of executives who will work in this group is still undetermined, but Elliott has contracted with operating executives in the past, though that has not before been part of an internally organized group.

In 2015, Elliott launched Evergreen Coast Capital, a private equity arm that can buy companies outright instead of taking public stakes, with investments including software provider LogMeIn and healthcare technology firm, Athenahealth.that it had raised $2 billion for private-equity style buyouts, citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter. Overall, it has more than $34 billion in assets under management, up from $22 billion seven years ago.

Weber is the latest departure to hit BlueMountain, which over the past year has seen turbulence as it comes under a new corporate owner, Assured Guaranty. , the $2.5 billion BlueMountain Credit Alternatives, to focus on its collateralized loan obligations business and it was announced that co-founder Stephen Siderow would leave the firm.

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