Magnetar Capital
Magnetar Capital is a leading alternative asset manager that aims to break common barriers among various investment styles, including quantitative and qualitative, short and long duration. The firm is purposeful in how it sources, analyzes, structures, and manages investment risks to deliver diversifying returns to investors. Magnetar invests across geographies, in both public and private transactions.
Associated People
Alec Litowitz
2005 - present
Brian Portnoy
2019 - present
Ross Laser
2005 - present
Tom Rutledge
2008 - present
Travis Kling
2011 - 2015
Robert Bryan
2008 - 2008
Chris Rossbach
2005 - 2007
Michael Block
2005 - 2006
Systematic Investing
Magnetar Capital defines event-driven as strategies seeking to profit from investments in companies experiencing a material change in their ownership or capital structure. Its HRP focus is to efficiently extract the risk premia associated with event-driven strategies. Its event-driven HRP strategies currently include Systematic Risk Arbitrage and Systematic SPAC.
Alternative Credit and Fixed Income
Magnetar aims to generate stable returns across economic regimes, with low correlation to the broader markets.
Energy and Infrastructure
Magnetar invests in high-quality energy/infrastructure and renewables companies led by talented management teams – including companies positioned to benefit from climate change, carbon reduction, and energy efficiency initiatives.
Assets under management: $12.9 billion (as of January 2021)