(HedgeCo.Net)–Ramius LLC (“Ramius”), the global investment management business of Cowen Group, Inc. (“Cowen”) (Nasdaq:COWN), today announced a partnership with Samantha Greenberg’s newly-launched Margate Capital (“Margate”). Margate, a multi-sector equity long/short alternative asset manager, will leverage the institutional infrastructure and operational expertise of Ramius, which is providing seed capital to the new venture.

Founded this year, Margate will pursue a fundamental long/short equity strategy emphasizing catalysts and sector themes and will deploy a rules-based risk approach to protect capital and reduce volatility. Samantha Greenberg is the Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer of Margate, a woman-owned investment management business. Before she founded Margate, Ms. Greenberg served as partner and media/consumer sector head on the investment team of Paulson & Co. Inc., where she managed equity investments in media, cable, consumer discretionary and staples sectors from 2009-16. Ms. Greenberg previously worked in Goldman Sachs’ Special Situations Group and at Chilton Investment Company investing in TMT and consumer industries. Ms. Greenberg has been named to the Hedge Fund Journal/Ernst & Young’s “50 Leading Women in Hedge Funds.” She holds an MBA from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business and a B.S. in Economics, summa cum laude, with dual concentration in Finance and Strategic Management, from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

“We are excited to partner with Ramius, whose track record of successfully identifying and supporting emerging managers makes them the ideal strategic partner for Margate,” said Ms. Greenberg. “We are fortunate to benefit from Ramius’ expertise and capital, and our seasoned investment team looks forward to providing investors with our disciplined catalyst-focused absolute return strategy.”