Citigroup will pay the executives fees while gradually pulling out assets to comply with impending U.S. rules, said the people, who requested anonymity because the terms aren’t public.
The deal was Citigroup’s response to the Volcker rule, which seeks to protect the financial system by restricting banks’ hedge-fund investments and proprietary trading. Instead of selling the funds or winding them down, the New York-based bank will give managers time to attract money from other investors while also granting them control of the business. CCA executives, who make bets on assets ranging from risky European loans to complex credit instruments, can wager with the lender’s money until it’s withdrawn.
'They’re getting a couple of years to diversify the client base away from Citi and to build a stand-alone firm', said Craig Cognetti, a partner with Grail Partners LLC in New York. 'If these efforts are successful, this could be very lucrative for the owners of the business'.
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