Like Many, Tiger Cub Chopra Struggles Wearing Trader And Manager Hats

Successfully running a hedge fund is about much more than making investments, veteran hedge fund managers lament.  This is a lesson that “Tiger Cub” Nehal Chopra, 34, is now learning as she manages $750 million in Ratan Capital Mangaement LP., a hedge fund she founded in 2009.

Nehal Chopra beating the market

Chopra has been killing the market since her fund was founded, making early bets on such turnarounds Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl Inc (NYSE:VRX) when the stock was in upheaval and trading at $15 per share, according to a report by Kelly Bit in Bloomberg. With average annual performance of 19 percent that includes beating the stock market in 2013 with a 47 percent return – a year in...