Eureka Fund

4 statements across 1 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Sep 21, 2020 by Sir Paul Marshall · said 3 times in 1 episodes since 2020 · across every show →

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Sep 21, 2020
Disclosure
Marshall Wace seeded its TOPS strategy with $200M from the Eureka fund
“And so we, having measured it for about a year, we then said, or Ian said, let's put some capital behind this. And we put, by that stage, Eureka was a kind of two, two and a half billion dollar fund. We put two hundred million, so 10% of the fund, into a progr…”
Sir Paul Marshall Sep 21, 2020 ▶ 12:41 Paul Marshall – 10 ½ Lessons from 23 years at Marshall Wace (Capital Allocators, EP.157)
Sep 21, 2020
Disclosure
George Soros provided half of Marshall Wace's $50M launch capital
“We raised fifty million dollars of rich half was from Soros.”
Sir Paul Marshall Sep 21, 2020 ▶ 11:22 Paul Marshall – 10 ½ Lessons from 23 years at Marshall Wace (Capital Allocators, EP.157)
Sep 21, 2020
Assertion Supported
Marshall Wace closed its Eureka fund at $2B in 2001, returning capital
“And that's why we closed Eureka when it was two billion in 2001, gave back capital. And we've frequently closed our funds all the way through the life of the firm.”
Sir Paul Marshall Sep 21, 2020 ▶ 41:09 Paul Marshall – 10 ½ Lessons from 23 years at Marshall Wace (Capital Allocators, EP.157)
Sep 21, 2020 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Marshall Wace's Eureka Fund generated 9% long alpha versus 3% short alpha
“And if you look at the long-term record of the Eureka Fund as a proxy, our long-term annualized alpha on the long side is about nine percent, and our short side about three percent.”
Sir Paul Marshall Sep 21, 2020 ▶ 30:53 Paul Marshall – 10 ½ Lessons from 23 years at Marshall Wace (Capital Allocators, EP.157)
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