JANA’s Decision To Ditch Hedge Funds Pays Off

The firm has found success managing longer lockup funds.

Barry Rosenstein, founder of JANA Partners. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg)

Barry Rosenstein, founder of JANA Partners.

(Daniel Acker/Bloomberg)

The folks at JANA Partners are glad they decided two years ago to shut their well-known long-short equity hedge funds. But it’s not just because of the Reddit short selling attack.

Rather, the activist firm’s move to emphasize its longer lockup funds has been a huge success over the past two years.

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