Cantor Fitzgerald, the “broker’s broker” that literally rose from the ashes of 9/11 to rebuild its business trafficking in multiple product types, including ETFs and options, and positions itself as an “agency-only” aka “conflict-free” broker, today announced the second phase of its plan to expand into the [often-conflicted] territory of hedge-fund seeding.
As reported by FINAlternatives, 
Cantor hopes to raise $1.25 billion for their hedge fund seeding business, and the first tranche could provide between $25 million and $50 million to upwards of 25 emerging managers.
Cantor, which by virtue of its gargantuan global footprint, often finds itself not only standing in between captive buyers and sellers, but has occasionally been embroiled in issues that strike at the epicenter of the famous Chinese Wall. However much the strategy of a broker providing trading capital to its customers might seem to present potential conflicts with regard to the firm’s “agency-only execution” model, one source who is not authorized by his firm to publicly comment, suggested “..industry watchers are confident that Cantor will always do the right thing..” Link to the full story by clicking on the FINAlternatives log.
