Leucadia Asset Management Announces Strategic Relationship with Hampton Road Capital Management
Leucadia Asset Management, the asset management division of Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (NYSE: JEF), today announced a strategic relationship with Hampton Road Capital Management LP ("Hampton Road"), a fundamental long/short equity firm focused on investing in the technology, media, telecom ("TMT") and consumer sectors globally. In connection with the transaction, Leucadia Asset Management will invest long-term capital into Hampton Road's long/short equity strategy.
Based in Greenwich, CT, Hampton Road, led by Founder and Portfolio Manager John Thaler, began trading its strategy in January 2020. Thaler is a veteran, global TMT investor with more than 20 years of experience investing both publicly and privately. He previously was the Founder and Portfolio Manager at JAT Capital, a $3 billion TMT-focused hedge fund Thaler founded in 2007. Prior to JAT, he was a Portfolio Manager at $8 billion hedge fund Shumway Capital Partners, where he joined at launch in 2002.