The ex-Asia head of Highbridge Capital Management, Carl Huttenlocher, is close to launching its hedge fund in Hong Kong, Asian Investor reports. Huttenlocher has appointed Morgan Stanley veteran, Scott Gaynor, as the COO of the firm.
The firm is now due to select the prime brokerages that will serve the upcoming fund, which is expected to reach $1 billion in assets. Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse were provisionally chosen as the three prime brokers.
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