Odey Asset Management, managed by Crispin Odey, is a London-based hedge fund with $6.2 billion in assets under management. Originally founded in 1991, Odey’s fund has had its fair share of ups and downs over the years, with an unequivocal high point coming in 2008, when bearish bets on European banks allowed the manager to generate a 54.8% return in that year. One of Odey’s original backers was George Soros, as the Yorkshire-born money manager has no fear of making bold prophetic statements in a style very similar to “The Man Who Broke the Bank of England.”
