Gardner Lewis is an asset management firm focused on transformational change, employing in the process fundamental research and advanced risk positioning. The hedge fund was founded in 1990 by Whitfield Gardner and John L. Lewis IV. Their primary strategies include equity, event-driven, and merger arbitrage strategies.
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In their latest quarterly letter made available to Hedge Fund Alpha, the firm disclosed their merger-arbitrage element generated YTD 1.4% gains. The comparable benchmark, the HFRI ED Merger Arbitrage Index, in the same time frame delivered 1.2% gains. Bloomberg's Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index outperformed with 2.8% gains.
