Chicago-headquartered multi-strategy hedge fund firm Balyasny Asset Management has appointed Dan Childs, the former Head of European Prime Services Sales, EMEA at global investment bank Jeffries as its new Head, Cash and Liquidity Management, according to a report by The Trade.
Childs, who has 20 years of industry experience, has spent almost the last three years at Jefferies after co-founding treasury technology start-up Kayenta in 2018.
Prior to Kayenta, Childs spent the bulk of his career at Citadel, most recently as International COO after previously heading up treasury and operations.
He began his career as a software developer before joining RBC and then Societe Generale.