Point72 Asset Management, the hedge fund firm founded by Steve Cohen has hired Bobby Previti, formerly a Bank of America managing director, as a macro portfolio manager in London, according to a report by Financial News London.

Multi-strategy hedge fund firm Balyasny Asset Management has bolstered its New York team by hiring Bernard Yiu, a mortgage-backed securities portfolio manager formerly at Verition, according to a report by eFinancial Careers.

Verition Fund Management is expanding its energy trading platform in a year when many commodity specialists have struggled to generate returns hiring around 10 senior energy traders across London and Dubai over the past year, according to a report by

Macro specialist Capula Investment Management has added Point72 veteran rates trader Vinay Dhanuka to its London operation, as competition for top-tier portfolio managers intensifies across the hedge fund industry, according to a report by Financial News London.

Walleye Capital, the New York-headquartered multi-strategy hedge fund firm, has brought in former Eisler Capital Portfolio Manager Greg Bugaj while parting ways with Nomura alumnus Gunnar Tyler Henning, according to a report by eFinancial Careers.

Many senior New York hedge fund professionals are planning eventual relocations to Miami once their children leave for college, according to a report by eFinancial Careers citing veteran hedge fund recruiter Claude Schwab.

UBS O’Connor has lost the two executives overseeing its $2bn private-credit strategy just weeks before Cantor Fitzgerald is due to complete its acquisition of the hedge fund business – a departure that has already forced restrictions on at least one

Rani Nazim, former co-head of European credit trading at Morgan Stanley, has re-entered the financial markets after nearly two years away, taking on the role of Credit Portfolio Manager at Verition Fund Management’s London office, according to a report by