Ireland's Billion-Dollar Baby: Abbey Capital Booms With U.S. Bucks, Targets Asia, Middle East

Dublin, Ireland-based Abbey Capital has a billion reasons to be optimistic this year. The six-year-old managed futures shop recently surpassed the US$1 billion mark in assets under management.

One Billion and Counting…

Last year, Abbey’s strongest asset inflow stemmed from U.S. investments banks, according to founder Tony Gannon, who says that 70% of the fund’s investors are U.S.-based, with Europeans making up the balance.