Brevan Howard Builds Abu Dhabi Outpost Into $10 Billion Hub

  • Ville Helske, Louis Basger among managers who have moved
  • Firm employs 80 in Abu Dhabi and looking to add office floor

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Brevan Howard Asset Management has turned Abu Dhabi into its biggest risk-taking center, marking one of the most aggressive moves among firms that have set up in the city.

The macro-trading investment firm now runs about $10 billion from the emirate’s international financial free-zone, according to people with knowledge of the matter. That’s just under a third of its total assets and more than it manages from London or New York.