Julian Robertson-backed Fund Closes As Investor Interest Fades

The magic touch that Julian Robertson once had seems to be fading, as the 83-year-old billionaire founder of Tiger Management, spawn of the well-known “Tiger Cub” hedge funds, is winding down some of his more recent fund ventures, Lawrence Delevingne of Reuters reports.

North Carolina closes fund of funds backed by native Robertson

Tiger Tar Heel, one of three hedge fund ventures Robertson started in 2010, was closed this spring, the report noted. Robertson, a North Carolina native whose alma mater was the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, created the hedge fund at the request of the North Carolina state pension system and operated as a...