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Arini adds top Deutsche Bank credit trader to team

Arini, a hedge fund firm founded by former Credit Suisse credit trader Hamza Lemssouguer, has continued its recent hiring spree by acquiring the services of another big bank credit trader – Deutsche Bank’s Ardacan Celebi, according to a report by

Bell Rock hires from Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse, and KPMG

While the big multi-strategy hedge funds such as Citadel and Millennium are making headlines with their high-profile recruitment drives, smaller funds are adding staff too, with London-based Bell Rock Capital among those making multiple hires this year. The firm has

MFA names new Vice President, US Government Affairs

Managed Funds Association, the trade association for the global alternative asset management industry, has appointed Georgette Sierra as Vice President, US Government Affairs with a focus on the development and promotion of public policies that advocate for fair, transparent, and

Pine River appoints Repo Trader

Pine River Capital Management, a global relative value alternative asset manager, has appointed Abby Mongeon as a Repo Trader. She will focus on fixed income funding, working with Portfolio Managers across the firm’s fixed income relative value strategies. 

Crypto Facilities names ex-True Arrow ops chief as new CEO

Crypto Facilities, a multilateral trading facility for derivatives referencing crypto assets which allows institutional clients to trade contracts long and short, has appointed ex-True Arrow Capital Management COO and CFO Mark Jennings as its new CEO. In the past, Jennings

Schonfeld loses senior tech and recruitment staff

Several senior staff in $13bn multi-strategy hedge fund firm Schonfeld’s technology and recruitment teams have recently left the business even as the company continues on a big recruitment drive that started earlier this year, according to a report by Business

Balyasny appoints head of new Dubai operation

Balyasny Asset Management has continued to build out its senior team in Dubai with the appointment of Tarek Rizk, the Global Head of Alternative Investments at the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), as its new head of the Mena region,

HFA names new Board of Directors, Regional Director and Committee Chairman

Members of the Hedge Fund Association, an international nonprofit trade and nonpartisan lobbying organisation for the alternative investment industry, have re-elected Alexander Reyes, and elected Paul Gray, Rob Hartnett and Krista Oldfield, to serve on the association’s 2023 Global Board

Point72 adds portfolio managers in New York and London

Point72 Asset Management, the $27.2bn hedge fund firm founded by Steve Cohen, has continued its recent hiring spree with the addition of portfolio managers in both New York and London, according to a report by eFinancial Careers. Siddharth Mehla joined

Digital Currency Group names new CFO

Digital Currency Group, the company that owns cryptocurrency trading, lending, and asset custody platform Genesis, and digital currency asset manager Greyscale Investments, has appointed Mark Shifke as its Chief Financial officer, according to a report by CoinDesk.

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