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BNP Paribas head of prime brokerage sales in EMEA quits

Oliver Jacomb, head of prime brokerage sales for Europe, Middle East and Africa at BNP Paribas, has become the latest former Deutsche Bank executive to leave the bank after the French lender acquired its rival’s prime business, according to a

Jefferies CTO joins Point72

Point72, the multi-strategy hedge fund firm run by Steve Cohen, has appointed Ramin Safai as its new chief information security officer (CISO). Safai, joins from Jefferies where he served as CISO and CTO, according to a report by eFinancial careers.

Opensee appoints COO

Opensee, which provides complete data access and real-time analytics to hedge funds and other financial institutions, has added to its senior leadership team with appointment of Anne-Laure Delaplace to the new role of chief operating officer.

Aaro Capital appoints COO

Aaro Capital, a cryptoassets and DLT investment specialist, has appointed Saul Benjamin as chief operating officer. Benjamin, who has over 20 years of experience in alternative asset management and institutional client relationships joins Aaro’s London-based team and will report to

Trian reshuffles top team as CIO retires

Ed Garden, one of three founding partners and chief investment officer at Nelson Peltz’s activist hedge fund Trian Fund Management, is retiring from the firm after 18 years to focus on personal investments, prompting a reshuffle of the firm’s management

Millennium taps Polar Capital’s head of trading

Multi-strategy giant Millennium has added Alex Jenkins, the head of trading at boutique hedge fund Polar Capital, to its team, according to a report by The Trade. Jenkins’ new role and title with her new employer have not yet been

Hazeltree appoints CTO

Hazeltree, a provider of treasury and liquidity management solutions for the alternative asset management industry, has appointed Richard Winter as the company’s chief technology officer. Winter has over 20 years of expertise in fintech and delivering software solutions for financial

Hong Kong hedge and PE funds lawyer rejoins Appleby

Hong Kong-based offshore funds lawyer Eason Huang has rejoined Appleby as a registered foreign lawyer in Hong Kong and a partner in the firm’s Shanghai office after all most three years as a counsel at Carey Olsen. Huang has almost

Citadel adds JPMorgan quant research MD to energy team

Simon Hurst, a commodities managing director at JPMorgan, has become the latest of the bank’s quant research execs to make the switch to a hedge fund firm, joining Ken Griffin’s Citadel as head of engineering at Citadel Energy Marketing (CEM),

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