Why Chris Hansen’s Valiant Came up Short

The Tiger Grandcub’s short book has not performed nearly as well as those of other Tiger-related hedge funds.

Stephen Taub August 12, 2019

San Francisco

(David Paul Morris/Bloomberg)

When Chris Hansen announced earlier this year he was shutting Valiant Capital Partners’ long-short funds to new investors, the Tiger Grandcub cited its “renewed efforts on the short side” to identify frauds and what it calls “near frauds.” Hansen explained that the strategy

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