UBS arbitrage funds will use O'Connor brand name

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UBS has opened up three hedge funds to outside investors under the O'Connor brand name. Two arbitrag...

UBS has opened up three hedge funds to outside investors under the O'Connor brand name. Two arbitrage funds and a fund of hedge funds are now internationally available, under the overall control of Joseph Scoby in Chicago. The investment adviser to the fund is UBS O'Connor LLC. The funds are sub-advised by UBS O'Connor in London, which is headed by Chris Salter. The flagship fund is the Global Equity Arbitrage fund, which invests in three different strategies - merger arbitrage, convertible bond arbitrage and fundamental trading, a market neutral, fundamental-based trading strategy run b...

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