Hedge fund manager suffered extreme stress before taking his own life
Hedge fund manager suffered extreme stress before taking his own life Guy Rushton worked at Polar Capital before taking his own life. A hedge fund manager who killed himself last year had experienced a build-up of “high stress” over his job, health and the financial impact of Covid-19, his widow told an inquest. Guy Rushton, 36, was found dead in a barn near his Wiltshire home last May, just hours after being classified as missing. Rushton had worked at asset management firm Polar Capital, where he was the sole manager of the UK Absolute Equity Fund, which he founded ...