UPDATE 1-Pershing Square Holdings fund up 27.2 pct YTD through July
August 04, 2014 at 15:39 PM EDT
BOSTON, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Billionaire investor William Ackman's Pershing Square Holdings has risen 27.2 percent this year, according to an investor in the fund, after extending its gains modestly last month when many hedge fund managers suffered losses.