Bobby Jain’s hedge fund Jain Global has bolstered its investment team with the hiring of Joseph Kansao, formerly a partner at BlackRock and an event-driven strategies specialist, as a Portfolio Manager, according to a report by Financial News.

White Elk Partners, the hedge fund founded by former BlueCrest and Brevan Howard portfolio manager Carl Radford, has bolstered its senior leadership with the appointment of Nicholas Alexander as COO and Head of Risk Management and Compliance, according to a

Hedge fund Brevan Howard has seen a notable exodus of senior technology staff in recent months, including at least seven key hires from its systematic and front-office tech teams, according to a report by eFinancial Careers.

Tech-powered hedge fund firm Fasanara Capital has appointed Sebastian Maciocia as Director of Capital Formation for its UK operations. Maciocia joins from Mercer, where he was a Commercial Segment Leader within the Financial Institutions Group.

Alternative asset manager AlphaQuest LLC has named John Neary as President, effective immediately. Neary will oversee all functional areas at the $2bn research-driven firm, reporting directly to Founder and CIO Nigol Koulajian.

In an unusual twist in the multi-strategy hedge fund hiring battle, portfolio managers coming off significant losses are increasingly in demand among the industry’s biggest players, including Citadel, Millennium Management, Point72 and Balyasny Asset Management, according to a report by

Hedge funds including Eisler Capital and quant trading shops including Squarepoint Capital are aggressively hiring traders who specialise in commodity volatility as global market swings create opportunities for profit, according tom a report by Financial News.

Citadel has strengthened its equities platform with the hire of Laura Sterner as head of business development for Citadel Global Equities, one of the flagship businesses within billionaire Ken Griffin’s $68bn multi-strategy hedge fund, according to a report by Reuters.

Third Point Investors Limited, the London-listed vehicle of Daniel Loeb’s Third Point, has appointed Gary Dombowsky as Chief Executive Officer, as the firm prepares for a major transformation of its business model, according to a report by Reuters.

Steve Cohen’s Point72 Asset Management has appointed Geoffrey Lauprete, former Chief Investment Officer of WorldQuant, as head of its systematic trading unit Cubist Systematic Strategies, according to a report by Bloomberg.