Fasanara Capital has appointed Dr Darran Specter, CFA, as Head of Quant Equity, as the $6bn asset manager continues to expand its quantitative investment platform.
Former Jump Trading digital-asset trading chief Chris Drew has joined crypto-focused hedge fund Fasanara Digital as head of trading, bringing extensive experience from electronic and quantitative markets as the firm looks to broaden its investment activities, according to a report
Two Sigma increased average employee compensation at one of its London businesses by more than a third in 2025, even as the number of staff at the entity fell, according to a report by eFinancial Careers.
Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square has built a distinctive approach to employee retention around a simple principle: give staff a meaningful financial stake in the hedge fund manager’s success, according to a report by Forbes.
Man Group has hired Eric Woitscheck, a capital markets specialist from DWS as the London-based investment manager prepares to expand its ETF business into Europe, according to a report by etfstream.
Jain Global has hired Jon Stead, Morgan Stanley’s head of high-yield trading in London, in a move that could see the multi-strategy hedge fund expand its European credit trading operation, according to a report by eFinancial Careers.
US hedge fund manager DLD Asset Management is establishing a presence in Hong Kong as it seeks to expand its relative-value trading activities across Asia, hiring Maso Capital Partners co-founder Sohit Khurana as its first senior recruit in the city,
Point72 has strengthened its global macro investment platform with the appointment of a senior trading executive from AQR Capital Management, continuing the hedge fund’s investment in discretionary macro capabilities, according to a report by eFianncial Careers.
Millennium Management has reportedly hired natural gas trader Ryan Sheffler from Castleton Commodities International, a move that underscores the fierce competition among multi-strategy hedge funds to build out commodities trading teams, according to With Intelligence.
Prediction markets platform Kalshi has recruited a quantitative developer from Citadel, underscoring its efforts to strengthen its engineering and trading technology capabilities as the fast-growing firm continues to expand, according to a report by eFinancial Careers.
