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BEN MELKMAN’S LIGHT SKY MACRO IS SHUTTING DOWN


SINCE LAUNCHING WITH ABOUT $900 MILLION, HE HAS MADE ABOUT 1% A YEAR OVER THE
LAST FIVE YEARS

Ben Melkman in Hong Kong in 2018. Photo: Anthony Kwan/Bloomberg News
By Juliet Chung

March 2, 2022 7:00 am ET

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A macro investor told clients this week that he plans to shut down his
hedge-fund firm, Light Sky Macro LP, according to people familiar with the
matter.

Ben Melkman’s Light Sky, which managed roughly $1 billion recently, started in
March 2017 with investments from other hedge-fund managers including Steven A.
Cohen and Daniel Loeb. Mr. Melkman was previously a partner and portfolio
manager at Brevan Howard Asset Management, where he attracted notice for a
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