Finance
John Paulson Seeks Big Fees While Risking His Money
- Managers can lose their whole investment chasing fees of 55%
- Topwater, Prelude, Boothbay provide traders with capital
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After most of his clients have fled, billionaire John Paulson has embarked on a strategy to raise assets and generate big fees at the risk of losing his own capital.
Paulson & Co. signed up last year with the three main providers of so-called first-loss funds to pursue the wagers, according to a March regulatory filing. These deals with Topwater Capital, Prelude Capital Management and Boothbay Fund Management allow Paulson to lever-up his own capital many times over after he squandered much of it on wrong-way bets.