Billionaire Howard Pitches Abu Dhabi as Global Financial Hub

  • Brevan Howard opened an outpost in the city earlier this year
  • Co-founder touts the city’s regulation and favorable taxation

Alan Howard

Photographer: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg
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Abu Dhabi could become a global financial center, according to billionaire Alan Howard who pitched the emerging hedge fund region as the best time zone to trade for macro money managers.

In a rare public appearance, the co-founder of Brevan Howard Asset Management counted the city’s robust regulation, rule of law and favorable taxation as a lure for financial firms moving to the capital of the United Arab Emirates.