Hedge Fund - Algebris Investments

Algebris Investments was founded in 2006 by Eric Halet and Davide Serra with seed capital from TCI’s Chris Hohn. Hohn has a 22% passive stake in Algebris. Halet got his MBA from the University of Pittsburgh and was previously a global industry analyst at Wellington Management. Serra was the former head of European banking research at Morgan Stanley and holds a CEMS Master’s in International management. Algebris is a long/short equity fund that focuses on long-term opportunities mostly in financials with a three year horizon or greater. Algebris lost around 32 percent in 2008, gained 31% in 2009. The fund also returned 9.3 percent during the first 10 months of 2010.