Ron Beller and Manal Mehta launch Branch Hill Capital

Ron Beller has recently launched Branch Hill Capital, a new hedge fund management firm based in San Francisco. Mr. Beller had previously founded Peloton Partners in 2005 with fellow Goldman Sachs veteran Geoff Grant, but the asset-backed security focused hedge fund firm went bust in February 2008. According to the Wall Street Journal, after the fund’s dissolution Mr. Grant founded Grant Capital...