Ascot Partners
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Ascot Partners was a hedge fund that acted as a major feeder fund channeling investor money into Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ascot Partners canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7612026 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ascot Partners Context triple: [Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC Ponzi scheme, usedFeederFunds, Ascot Partners]
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A.
Newmarket Capital Group
Newmarket Capital Group is an independent film financing and production company known for backing critically acclaimed and unconventional movies.
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B.
Horseshoe Group
Horseshoe Group is an archaeological complex of ancestral Puebloan ruins within Hovenweep National Monument, noted for its semicircular arrangement of masonry structures around a canyon head.
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C.
Avalon Investments
Avalon Investments is a financial investment firm associated with businessman and former Michigan governor Rick Snyder.
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D.
William Morris Endeavor
William Morris Endeavor is a major talent and media agency representing artists, entertainers, and brands across film, television, music, sports, and digital media.
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E.
Oak View Group
Oak View Group is a global sports and live entertainment company that develops, owns, and operates arenas and venues, and provides venue management and related services.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ascot Partners Target entity description: Ascot Partners was a hedge fund that acted as a major feeder fund channeling investor money into Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme.
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A.
Newmarket Capital Group
Newmarket Capital Group is an independent film financing and production company known for backing critically acclaimed and unconventional movies.
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B.
Horseshoe Group
Horseshoe Group is an archaeological complex of ancestral Puebloan ruins within Hovenweep National Monument, noted for its semicircular arrangement of masonry structures around a canyon head.
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C.
Avalon Investments
Avalon Investments is a financial investment firm associated with businessman and former Michigan governor Rick Snyder.
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D.
William Morris Endeavor
William Morris Endeavor is a major talent and media agency representing artists, entertainers, and brands across film, television, music, sports, and digital media.
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E.
Oak View Group
Oak View Group is a global sports and live entertainment company that develops, owns, and operates arenas and venues, and provides venue management and related services.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | hedge fund ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Gabriel Capital Corporation
ⓘ
J. Ezra Merkin ⓘ |
| basedIn | New York ⓘ |
| channeledFundsTo | Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme ⓘ |
| clientType |
high-net-worth individuals
ⓘ
institutional investors ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| faced | investor lawsuits after Madoff scandal ⓘ |
| generalPartner | Gabriel Capital Corporation ⓘ |
| hadConsequence |
reputational damage to J. Ezra Merkin
ⓘ
significant investor losses ⓘ |
| hadRiskConcentration | substantial exposure to a single manager, Bernard Madoff ⓘ |
| implicatedIn | Madoff investment scandal ⓘ |
| industry | financial services ⓘ |
| investedWith |
Bernard L. Madoff
ⓘ
linked to:
Bernie Madoff
|
| investmentVehicleType | limited partnership ⓘ |
| legalJurisdiction |
State of New York
ⓘ
linked to:
New York State
|
| managedBy | J. Ezra Merkin ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a major feeder fund to the Madoff Ponzi scheme
ⓘ
heavy losses in the 2008 Madoff scandal ⓘ |
| operatedAs | feeder fund to Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC ⓘ |
| primaryStrategy | feeder fund investing substantially all assets with Bernard Madoff ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Ariel Fund Ltd.
ⓘ
Gabriel Capital L.P. ⓘ
linked to:
Gabriel Capital Corporation
|
| sector | asset management ⓘ |
| subjectOf | regulatory investigations related to Madoff investments ⓘ |
| sufferedEvent | collapse following exposure of Madoff Ponzi scheme in December 2008 ⓘ |
| usedCustodianOrBroker | Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ascot Partners Description of subject: Ascot Partners was a hedge fund that acted as a major feeder fund channeling investor money into Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.