Akanthos Capital Management Fund Manager Profile

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Type

Hedge Fund Manager

Location

Woodland Hills CA US

Alternative Asset Classes

Established

2002

Firm Ownership

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Akanthos Capital Management (Akanthos) was a California-domiciled hedge fund that was founded in 2002 by Michael Kao, formerly of Canyon Capital Advisors where he analyzed, devised, and implemented trading strategies in a convertible and capital structure arbitrage, merger arbitrage, standalone, and options strategies, and firm-wide portfolio hedges using index options, interest rate instruments, currency options, and commodity options. The firm invested in capital structure long/short opportunities with an event focus.

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1 Known Decision Makers

Contact Name	Position	Location	Email	Telephone	Asset Class
	Chief Executive Officer & Portfolio Manager	Woodland Hills, US			HF

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3 Hedge Funds Managed

Fund Name	Share Classes	Inception Date	Core Strategy	Status	Latest AUM
			Capital Structure Arbitrage	Liquidated
			Capital Structure Arbitrage	Liquidated
			Capital Structure Arbitrage	Liquidated

Showing 3 of 3 hedge funds managed by Akanthos Capital Management