Hedge Funds case studies, worked step by step

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All topicsCredit, distressed and capital structure7Earnings, models and KPIs8Event-driven and merger arbitrage7Fund economics, NAV and LP decisions8Global macro trades7Long pitches and valuation14Manager evaluation and attribution7Pairs and relative value5Portfolio construction and sizing7Risk limits and drawdowns7Short selling6Systematic research and data11Volatility, options and convertibles6
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  1. 061Vornix EdTech spends Rs 12,000 to acquire a customer paying Rs 500 a month at a 30% gross margin, with 4% monthly churn, and trades at 8x sales. Build the unit economics and make the short case.Short sellingCoreCoatue ManagementNew York · 2023
  2. 062A backtest on Orlin Minerals gives a Sharpe ratio of 2.1. The price file has one duplicated day and one bad print at ten times the true price that reverts the next day. What does cleaning do to the Sharpe, and how would you catch these errors automatically?Systematic research and dataCoreSquarepoint CapitalLondon · 2026
  3. 063Ferrin Vol Fund sells one-month at-the-money index straddles every month at 16% implied volatility, while realised volatility averages 12%. Roughly what does it earn in a normal month, and what happens in a month when the index moves 12%?Volatility, options and convertiblesCoreVolatility and relative value funds
  4. 065Your long thesis on Ruvello Textiles is that its EBITDA margin rises from 9% to 13% as cotton prices fall 15%. Cotton is 45% of revenue. What if cotton does not fall? Rebuild the margin with cotton flat and up 5%, and say what else must carry the thesis.Earnings, models and KPIsCoreApollo Global ManagementRemote · 2021
  5. 068Tarsil Pharma trades at 14x earnings while three peers trade at 20x, 22x and 24x. But 35% of Tarsil's revenue comes from one US product that loses patent protection in two years, which would cut earnings by 30%. Is Tarsil mispriced against its peers?Long pitches and valuationCorePoint72London · 2026
  6. 071A pod holds three longs of 4% of NAV each, Kalinda Paints, Rasvi Tyres and Orbel Chemicals, all helped by falling crude, with pairwise correlation of 0.8 and 30% volatility each. How many independent bets is that really, and what is the combined risk?Portfolio construction and sizingCoreMulti-manager platformsLong-short equity funds
  7. 073How would you make money from social media data on Fizzora Beverages? You have three years of daily brand mentions and sentiment, and quarterly sales. Design the signal, the test and the trade, and say how you would know it is not noise.Systematic research and dataCoreTwo SigmaNew York · 2024Two SigmaNew York · 2024
  8. 076Brellin Textiles is restructuring with an enterprise value of Rs 900 crore, Rs 600 crore of secured debt and Rs 500 crore of unsecured bonds trading at 35. What does each class recover, which is the fulcrum, and what is the upside in the bonds?Credit, distressed and capital structureCoreCredit and distressed funds
  9. 080Tanvik Beverages wants to enter a new state with 5 crore people, where per-capita soft drink spending is Rs 600 a year. It targets a 6% share in three years at a 20% EBITDA margin, with Rs 150 crore of set-up cost. Size the market, the revenue and the payback.Global macro tradesCoreBridgewater AssociatesStamford · 2026
  10. 081Tessaro Hospitals runs 3,000 beds at 62% occupancy and earns an average of Rs 50,000 per occupied bed-day. Your structured idea is that occupancy rises to 72% in two years as new wings mature, with 50% of incremental revenue flowing to EBITDA. Set out the thesis, the catalyst, the numbers and the main risk.Long pitches and valuationCorePoint72London · 2026

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