The growth-focused flagship fund at Tiger Global tumbled 14.3% in May, bringing its 2022 losses to over 50%, a supply acquainted with the return instructed CNBC’s David Faber.
“Our current public fund efficiency is deeply irritating. Our enterprise is about up with period to climate storms once they come up,” Tiger Global mentioned in an investor letter.
In the first quarter, Tiger Global doubled down on a number of tech holdings, together with Snowflake, Carvana and Sea, earlier than the market decline bought uglier, in accordance to a regulatory submitting. Carvana has plummeted 77% in the second quarter to this point, whereas Snowflake is down 44% and Sea is off by greater than 30% this quarter.
The tech sector, particularly unprofitable corporations and richly valued software program names, has taken a beating these days in the face of rising charges. Those sharp declines in tech have pushed the Nasdaq Composite down greater than 23% yr to date and off 26% from its all-time excessive.
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Despite the steep losses, Tiger Global is seeing 5 instances extra inflows than the quantity of redemptions requests, in accordance to a supply.
A spokesperson at Tiger Global did not instantly reply to CNBC’s request for remark. Bloomberg News first reported the fund’s May efficiency.
This yr’s brutal sell-off has inflicted big ache on some hedge funds. Melvin Capital Management, the hedge fund burned by the GameStop mania, said last month it will unwind its funds and return money to traders as losses accelerated.
— CNBC’s Deirdre Bosa contributed reporting.