18 Salisbury Capital launches in Hong Kong

Alternative investment firm 18 Salisbury Capital has been launched in Hong Kong. Its Executive Chairman and Co-Founder is Michael Gibson who has spent the past 20 years at LIM Advisors. The firm is an Asia-focused, event-driven and special situations manager. Its first fund will be launched in October. The 18 Salisbury team includes Stephen Yuen (Co-Founder and Co-CIO, ex-LIM Advisors, Och-Ziff), Masanori Takaku (Co-Founder and Co-CIO, ex-Horizon Asset), Robert Kehres (Co-Founder, ex-LIM Advisors), Stan Wu (Head of Private Capital Markets), Andy Ip (Head of Operations, ex-Legends AM, OPIM) and Terufumi Hamazaki (Head of Public Capital Markets and Financing).