Where it started.
Growth Preservation is the name under which Ward McKinley ran his first private investment partnerships from Vail, Colorado — the G&P Fund and the Highland Fund. Both closed in 2026. The work done here is what led to the founding of Copernicus Hedge Fund LP.
About Ward McKinley What it led toTwo family-office partnerships operated under Growth Preservation. Both closed in 2026. They are described here as a record of prior work — neither is open, neither is being offered, and no performance information is presented for either.
A family-office partnership built around the circumstances of its partners rather than around a published strategy. Closed in 2026.
A second family-office partnership, run on the same principle: a small, closed group of partners and a mandate written to fit them. Closed in 2026.
Running the two partnerships is what made the case for a larger, more formal vehicle with independent administration and audit. That became Copernicus Hedge Fund LP.
Copernicus is a separate business. The fund is managed by Copernicus Investment Manager LLC, with Copernicus Partners LLC as its general partner. Growth Preservation does not manage or advise it.
“We believe in having investing down to a science, but more so elevated to an art form.”
Questions about Copernicus Hedge Fund LP should go to the fund’s own site, where eligibility is confirmed before any materials are shared. Anything to do with Growth Preservation can come straight to Ward.