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Goldman’s Choppara joins Millennium in Dubai

Izzy Englander’s Millennium Management has bolstered its growing emerging markets team in Dubai with the addition of Naveen Choppara, co-head of emerging market rates and forex trading in CEEMEA at Goldman Sachs Group Inc, according to a report by Bloomberg.

Credit Suisse risk specialist joins Brevan Howard

Brevan Howard has appointed John Antonakakis, a managing director and global head of market risk for cash equities, systematic strategies and ECM at Credit Suisse, as its senior risk officer on equities strategies, according to a report by Financial Careers.

BFAM closes London office as senior PM departs

BFAM Partners, the Hong Kong and New York-based hedge fund firm founded by Benjamin Fuchs, has closed its London office after parting company with one of its most senior portfolio managers, Emmanuel Slezack, according to a report by Bloomberg. The

AlphaGrep appoints CEO of domestic investment management arm

AlphaGrep, a global multi-asset, quant-based proprietary trading firm founded in 2010 by University of Pennsylvania alumni duo Mohit Mutreja and Parshant Mittal, has appointed Bhautik Ambani as the chief executive officer of its domestic investment management unit in India. In

Morgan Stanley appoints head of European hedge fund credit sales

Morgan Stanley has appointed Charlotte Creager, an executive director in emerging markets at Goldman Sachs, as the bank’s new head of European hedge fund credit sales based in London, according to a report by eFinancial Careers. Creager spent 14 years

Marshall Wace continues hiring spree

As major banks makes significant staffing cuts, hedge fund Marshall Wace is continuing its hiring spree with the London-based firm adding to its headcount on both sides of the pond, according to a report by eFinancial Careers.

StoneX adds multi-assetCAS compliant custody solution to PB offering

StoneX Financial Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of StoneX Group Inc, has expanded its institutional prime brokerage offering with the launch of a multi-asset CASS compliant custody solution coupled with new financing capabilities, which include repo financing and securities lending,

K&L adds hedge funds lawyer to team

Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has appointed Ron Feldman as a partner in the firm’s Asset Management and Investment Funds practice. He joins the firm’s London office from Fieldfisher LLP, where he served as the leader of the hedge

NYC pension exec appointed deputy CIO at Cinctive

Michael Haddad, the former deputy CIO and interim CIO of the New York City Comptroller’s Bureau of Asset Management, has been appointed as deputy chief investment officer at Cinctive, a New York-based hedge fund with over $1 billion in assets,

Eisler Capital nabs another bank trader

Eisler Capital, the $4.3 billion hedge fund firm founded by Edward Eisler, has added another bank trader to its team, with the appointment of Hersh Patel as a portfolio manager based in London, according to a report by eFinancial Careers.

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