Winton Capital’s 11 Hedge Fund Directors Share $453 Million

Directors at David Harding’s Winton Capital Group hedge fund shared dividends totaling 311 million pounds ($453 million) for 2015 after the payout was boosted by 145 percent from a year earlier as assets under management rose.

The firm’s 11 directors also received a total of 23.1 million pounds in pay, with the best rewarded receiving 11 million pounds, according to accounts filed by the quantitative hedge fund manager in London. Dividends for one of the directors was paid to a family trust, the filing published on Thursday shows. A spokesman for London-based Winton declined to identify the highest-paid director and to comment on the accounts.