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Investors tempted to put money into star hedge fund manager John Paulson's new gold portfolio will have to commit at least $10 million and leave the money locked up for at least one year, according to a prospectus.
In return, Paulson & Co, one of the world's biggest and most successful hedge fund firms, says it can deliver returns that top gold prices, at a time analysts are betting that rising demand will make the metal even pricier.
Since founding his New York-based firm in 1994
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Now, Paulson is making a concentrated bet on miners and other bullion-related investments because central banks are buying gold and he expects prices to keep rising as demand outpaces supply.
Gold prices reached an all-time high of $1152.85 an ounce this week.
Paulson has hired two gold industry experts: Victor Flores, HSBC's former senior gold mining analyst, and John Reade, a former senior metals strategist at UBS. Reade had originally planned to join Credit Suisse.
Paulson introduced his plans to some existing investors earlier this week. Other potential clients are getting a look at the details in a private prospectus obtained by Reuters.
While Paulson is best known for his bet on the credit market
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Paulson's Advantage Plus fund has gained 18.62 percent this year, topping the Standard & Poor's 500 14.72 percent gain, in part because of out-sized gains in certain gold stocks.
The fund holds AngloGold Ashanti
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