Soros Sons to Back New Hedge Fund From Ex-Soros Manager

Santiago Jariton, a former money manager at George Soros’s family office, is planning to start a hedge fund focused on stock bets in Latin America with anchor investments from two of the billionaire’s sons, according to people familiar with the matter.

Jariton, 37, who oversaw Latin America equity investments at Soros Fund Management until May, is expected to start the long-short equity fund in February with a maximum of $250 million under management, including money from Jonathan and Robert Soros, said one of the people, who asked not to be named because the matter is private. Representatives for the new firm, called Emerging Variant, and the Soros family declined to comment.