Mellon sells hedge fund unit amid BoNY merger

Mellon Financial is poised to sell its activist hedge fund business, after agreeing a $16.6bn (€12.3bn) merger with rival custodian Bank of New York earlier this week.

Mellon will sell its alternatives-strategy unit, Mellon HBV, to the division chief executive Mickey Harley. The deal is expected to close in the next few weeks and the business will be renamed Fursa.

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