Looking back at Platinum Grove, Rocker and Tykhe

In a new feature, AR pulls key stories from its archives. Five years ago, Ross Garon was forming the now-defunct Tykhe, while Lone Pine battled AIDS and a group of Duquesne traders split.

Suzy Kenly Waite September 13, 2010

One year ago Platinum Grove knocked out its upfront fee. Credit Suisse eyed Mesirow’s funds of funds business (the deal was never consummated). David Rocker, who ran short-biased Rocker Partners for two decades before retiring in 2007, wrote about

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