Aschenbrenner's leveraged fund liquidated after lenders demanded repayment
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NYU professor Aswath Damodaran says Leopold Aschenbrenner's fund was forced into liquidation after lenders demanded repayment of its leveraged positions.
Damodaran states the fund's value fell from $40 billion to $26 billion after heavy leverage amplified the losses. He says Citadel bought the remaining pieces of the portfolio. The account comes from a post by Rohan Paul on X that quotes Damodaran, and no other source is cited for these figures.
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Rohan Paul@rohanpaul_aiXDamodaran says Aschenbrenner's leveraged fund collapse ended in liquidationAINYU professor Aswath Damodaran describes how Leopold Aschenbrenner's fund, marked down from $40 billion to $26 billion after heavy leverage, was forced into liquidation when lenders demanded repayment. Citadel bought the remaining pieces of the portfolio, according to the quoted account.

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