Ken Griffin, Citadel Take a Stake in Cherry Hill Mortgage

Ken Griffin, Citadel, Cherry Hill Mortgage: In a 13G just filed with the SEC, Ken Griffin‘s Citadel Advisors reported a 7.6% passive stake in Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment (NYSE:CHMI). The mortgage investment company began trading publicly nearly one week ago.

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In the filing, Citadel disclosed ownership of 573,691 shares. The initial public offering of Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment Corporation involved around 6.5 million shares of common stock at a price of $20 per share and ended last Wednesday.

Update: In a series of Form 4 filings just reported, Citadel has made a few changes in its Cherry Hill stake. After briefly upping its position above 600,000 shares, Griffin’s firm now reports that it owns 400,000 shares. This represents a little over 5% of Cherry Hill’s outstanding shares.

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