Hedge funds: EFG consumes Marble Bar

Lehman Brothers sells its stake.

Swiss private bank EFG International has acquired UK hedge fund group Marble Bar Asset Management. MBAM, which was set up in 2002, has $4.4 billion in institutional and ultra-high-net-worth assets under management. It specializes in long/short equity strategies.

It is the second acquisition for the private bank of an alternatives house. In February 2006, EFG International acquired CM Advisors, a fund of hedge funds business. Total client assets relating to hedge funds will now be about SFr15 billion ($13 billion) and 18% of total revenue-generating client assets.

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