Finance Asia reports that the New York-based hedge fund Eton Park has expanded its operations into Asia and has opened offices in Hong Kong’s Cheung Kong Centre.

The article reveals that concurrently, Eton Park has hired Barbara Yu to work in its Hong Kong office. She was formerly an executive director at Goldman Sachs in Hong Kong working on the proprietary trading desk, and left that firm earlier this year. Yu is traveling and unavailable for comment. Eton Park was established in 2004 by Eric Mindich, pulling together start-up assets in excess of $3 billion. He holds the honour of being Goldman Sachs’ youngest-ever partner, reaching those giddy heights at the age of 27, having built his reputation in the risk arbitrage department. He later became co-head of equities at Goldman, quitting at the age of 36 to start his own hedge fund, says the article.