TIMELINE
By Josh Friedlander
2002
December 31 2002
Billion Dollar Club: 100 firms hold $310 billion in assets
2003
March 1 2003
Citadel returns Ivy Asset Management’s $100 million upon learning it had talked to former Citadel manager Reade Griffith, who was getting ready to launch Polygon
Reade Griffith
April 16 2003
Lancer Offshore Fund Group files for bankruptcy protection, the first hedge fund to do so
May 14 2003
A precursor to mandatory registration, the SEC holds its first hedge fund roundtable. Only two hedge fund managers attend: Jim Chanos of Kynikos Associates and George Hall of Clinton Group
June 1 2003
Former Morgan Stanley chief global strategist Barton Biggs launches Traxis
Barton Biggs
August 1 2003
SAC technology star manager David Ganek starts Level Global, quickly raising $600 million
September 1 2003
William von Mueffling leaves Lazard to launch Cantillon Capital Management, raising $1.8 billion within...