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| Founded | April 2005 |
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| Founder | Jeffrey Talpins |
| Headquarters | New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Products | Hedge fund |
| AUM | US$ 8.5 billion (January 2024) |
| Website | Official website |
Element Capital Management is an American hedge fund using a global macroeconomic investment strategy, [1] founded in 2005 [2] by Jeffrey Talpins.
Element Capital is headquartered in New York City. [3] In 2015, the company opened an office in Mayfair, London. [4]
In April 2017, Harvard University became a client of Element Capital, [5] an early decision by the endowment’s then-new chief, N.P. “Narv” Narvekar. [6] Other investors included the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Teachers Retirement System of Texas, and the Alaska Permanent Fund. [7]
The fund is almost always closed to new investments in order to remain an optimal size. The last time the fund opened to new capital was in mid-2018. It attracted $3 billion, mostly from existing clients, in just one month. [8]
In December 2018 The Wall Street Journal reported the fund had quietly become a “heavyweight,” managing $50 billion+. [9]
In January 2020, in order to continue prioritizing performance over asset-gathering, the fund proactively reduced its AUM by 20%. [10]
In early 2021, Element Capital returned about $2 billion of 2020 profits to its clients in order to maintain control of the growth of the fund, focusing on performance rather than accumulating assets. [11]
In February 2024, Element Capital returned more capital to its investors stating it will continue to downsize in order to focus more on performance. [12]
The fund uses a global macroeconomic strategy, trading based on political and economic trends, rather than the fundamental analysis of individual companies. Talpins uses options to try to capture growth from strategies aimed at predicting global economic shifts while also limiting potential losses from those strategies. [13]
Since launching in 2005 the fund averaged 21% annual returns, as of March 2019, with no down years. [14] [15] During the global financial crises of 2008, the fund returned 35%, and in 2009 it gained 79%. [16]
Jeffrey Talpins is the founder of Element and its chief investment officer since the fund launched in April 2005. [17]
In 2012, Adam Prestandrea joined Element Capital, stepping down as co-head of investments at Arpad Busson’s EIM SA. [18]
In October 2019, the company hired Colin Teichholtz, former Blue Mountain Capital fixed-income head, to research macro investment strategies and policy developments as part of the portfolio team. [19]
In September 2021, Element hired former member of the Bank of England's rate-setting Monetary Policy Committee, Gertjan Vlieghe, as its chief economist. [20]
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Element also plans to reduce the size of its fund by 20 per cent by the end of 2019.
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