Ex-Deutsche Prop Trader Starts HF

Boaz Weinstein is raising money for the Saba Capital Tail Risk Fund.

Boaz Weinstein is raising money for the Saba Capital Tail Risk Fund, Financial News reports. The vehicle, which was launched in November last year to external investors with $160 million, trades options and low-cost credit default swaps.

Weinstein was working at Deutsche Bank as a proprietary trader, before setting up Saba Capital Management. The firm’s first hedge fund, a credit strategy, launched with $160 million in April 2009, has grown to $2.2 billion under management.

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