Red Kite Fund Lost 30% on Metals Bet, Investors Say

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Red Kite Metals, part of a $1 billion hedge fund run by RK Capital Management LLP, lost about 30 percent in January as metals prices tumbled, said two investors in the fund.

The slump followed a 9.4 percent decline in copper last month, said one of the investors, who declined to be identified because details of the fund's performance are confidential. David Lilley, a London-based partner who on Jan. 20 said he was bullish on copper, would neither confirm nor deny the loss in an e-mail today.