BFAM lures PMs from EIP, Income Partners

BFAM Partners, the $3 billion Asia-focused hedge fund set up by Benjamin Fuchs, has hired two experienced portfolio managers from rival Hong Kong asset managers, one for its equity-linked team and the other to cover fixed income, AsianInvestor can reveal. Nicola Nicoletti, former chief investment officer at EIP Alpha, joined the multi-strategy manager as it makes a push to increase its equities focus, said a source familiar with BFAM. Nicoletti now covers equity market-neutral mul…