Cantillon, the hedge fund outfit set up by William von Mueffling and the team that walked out of Lazards last year, is close to starting a U.S equity market neutral fund. The new vehicle will be managed by Jay Genzer, a former Lazards colleague who joined Cantillon on February 6 after the expiry of his one-year-no-compete clause.
He had worked with von Mueffling at Lazards since...