UBS hedge fund exposure

Saturday 17 October 1998 00:02 BST

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UBS, the Swiss bank whose chairman quit two weeks ago over losses arising from a $1bn investment in Long-Term Capital Management, is believed to have major exposure to Ellington, a $1bn hedge fund that has been severely hit by this week's fall in values of US-mortgage based bonds.

UBS last night refused to comment on reports that it had liquidated $250m of bonds held as collateral after Ellington allegedly missed a margin call this week.

Ellington is run by former Kidder Peabody trader Michael Vranos out of Greenwich Connecticut where Long-Term Capital Management is based. Mr Vranos has told investors that it is liquidating some of its bond portfolio in order to reduce borrowings and stay in business.

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