London-based hedge fund behemoth Brevan Howard just made a couple of big hires in its New York office.
Bloomberg News reports that the $27 billion hedge fund hired Michael Lyublinsky, who was previously the global head of trading for the Royal Bank of Scotland in its massive Greenwich, Connecticut office.
The fund also hired Scott Eichel, who ran securitized products and US credit at RBS's Greenwich operations.
RBS received a huge bailout during the financial crisis, and announced earlier this year that it would downsize in the US and elsewhere.
The UK Government took the first step towards selling off its stake in the bank earlier this month when it sold $3 billion in RBS shares.
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