Brevan Howard
Private alternative investment manager founded in 2002, specialising in global macro and digital assets for institutional investors. It has hubs in nine cities including Abu Dhabi and reported about USD 34 billion in assets in August 2025.
Industry: Alternative investment management (global macro and digital assets) | Founded: 2002
About Brevan Howard
Brevan Howard is an alternative investment manager that specialises in global macro and digital assets. Its website says it serves institutional investors such as sovereign wealth funds, corporate and public pension plans, foundations and endowments. The firm reports more than 1,050 team members, over 145 portfolio managers and nine hubs: London, New York, Geneva, Jersey, Hong Kong, Abu Dhabi, Singapore, Bengaluru and Austin.
Brevan Howard was founded in 2002. Wikipedia names Alan Howard as founder with four co-founders, and Hedgeweek described Trifon Natsis in 2025 as a co-founder based in Abu Dhabi. Aron Landy is chief executive; Wikipedia reports he took over from Alan Howard on 29 October 2019.
The firm combines directional, relative value and derivative trading strategies, and offers multi-portfolio manager strategies, single-portfolio manager strategies and thematic co-investments, including digital asset strategies. BH Digital is its digital asset management division, which runs an evergreen multi-strategy approach and draws on the same offices. The Brevan Howard Master Fund is one of the funds tokenised by KAIO, which listed about USD 18 million of onchain value for it on its site.
In August 2025 Bloomberg reported, and Hedgeweek repeated, that Abu Dhabi's Lunate had agreed to buy a minority stake in Brevan Howard, with Lunate committing USD 2 billion to a new investment platform in Abu Dhabi Global Market. The size and price of the stake were not disclosed. Hedgeweek said Brevan Howard's Abu Dhabi office, set up in 2023, manages roughly USD 10 billion.
Brevan Howard is privately held. Hedgeweek put its assets at USD 34 billion in August 2025, and an October 2026 report described it as a USD 35 billion manager. The same report said Brevan Howard affiliates took part in Ripple's USD 500 million strategic round announced in November 2025. The firm has not published revenue or profit figures.
On 6 October 2026 Ripple announced that its Ripple Prime unit will provide multi-asset prime brokerage, clearing and financing to funds managed by Brevan Howard. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Leadership
- Trifon Natsis, Co-founder
- Aron Landy, Chief Executive Officer