New York Post

The Mooch is having ‘fund’ again

- By CARLETON ENGLISH

Anthony Scaramucci, back at his SkyBridge Capital hedge fund for just a month, is already drumming up new business.

The hedgie turned politico-for-a-minute turned hedgie once again, is close to landing a $30 million investment from the Korean Teacher’s Credit Union, The Post has learned.

While the investment is tiny compared with the $11 billion SkyBridge fund of funds, The Mooch, as the hedgie is known, hopes the cash primes the pump before a strong Asian push later this year.

“Only back a month and starting the grind!” Scaramucci, who flamed out as White House Communicat­ions Director after 10 days, told The Post.

The credit union has already invested $55 million in SkyBridge’s $785 million Legion Offshore fund. KTCU expects to close the transactio­n on June 1.

“Strong performanc­e” was the reason behind the increased investment, Scaramucci said, noting the fund’s 5.1 percent year-to-date gain.

Mooch’s SkyBridge is planning a tour through Asia soon after President Trump’s expected summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

SkyBridge will head to South Korea and Japan for a full tour of the those countries’ asset management businesses.

The fund will also be going to China, where it will join up with Chinese conglomera­te HNA Group to market SkyBridge there. It is an interestin­g pairing considerin­g that until last month HNA was expected buy SkyBridge — until it didn’t. cenglish@nypost.com

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