At a Morgan Stanley conference in January at the Breakers luxury resort in Palm Beach, Joshua White was treated like a mini celebrity as his startup hedge fund piqued the interest of attendees.
The founder of London-based Regents Gate Capital, who’s striking out on his own after spending 15 years as portfolio manager at Balyasny Asset Management and Ken Griffin’s Citadel, said he got more than twice the number of requests for meetings at the event than he had time to accommodate all.