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Tom Wagner, a former managing director and co-head of special situations at Goldman Sachs, has launched a pair of hedge funds to invest in distressed credit and event driven opportunities.
Wagner’s New York-based Knighthead Capital this month launched the Knighthead Domestic fund and a Cayman Islands version, Knighthead Offshore, with reported combined total assets of US$700 million.
The firm declined to disclose the funds’ performance estimates or current assets.
Prior to founding Knighthead, Wagner ran the high-yield distressed trading desk at Goldman. Ara Cohen, a Redwood Capital alumnus, is also a principal in the firm.
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