Brahman’s Savvy Short-Selling Spells Gains

The firm, which maintains a low profile despite managing more than $5 billion, has outperformed its peers with canny negative bets.

While some big-name hedge funds have posted sizable losses this year, a number of other managers have done pretty well. One of the major differences between these two groups? Savvy short-selling.

A good case in point: Brahman Capital Corp. The New York-based hedge fund firm is little known even though it has been around more than 25 years and managed $5.4

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