Sebastian Stewart, a former Partner at Somerset Capital, has joined Pacific Asset Management as a Partner and Head of US Institutional Business Development. Based in the £4.5bn independent asset manager’s London office, he will report to Global Head of Institutional

Sam Finkelstein, a former Chief Investment Officer of Fixed Income and Liquidity Solutions at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, has joined Citadel as a Senior Portfolio Manager to lead a new development program for its fixed income and macro business, according

Law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has rehired Ira Kustin, who has experience with both hedge funds and credit funds, as a Partner in its investment management practice in its New York office as part of its expansion

Quant trading firm Vatic Investments, which takes ‘inspiration’ from systematic hedge fund firm Renaissance Technologies, has hired a new team to trade statistical arbitrage strategies using client money, according to a report by eFinancial Careers.

Global fund administrator Opus has appointed industry veteran James Jackson as Executive Vice President in Halifax, Canada. The appointment follows a number of EVP and SVP level hires in the region as Opus further expands its North American footprint.

Align, a provider of technology infrastructure solutions and managed IT Services, has appointed Vinod Paul, who joined the business in 2017 and previously held the position of Chief Operating Officer, as President of Align Managed Services, effective immediately.

Millennium Management, the $60bn multi-strategy hedge fund major founded by Izzy Englander, has appointed Matthew Nguyen as the firm’s new Deputy Head of Commodities, according to a report by Bloomberg.

Point72 is set to ramp up the quota of quants based at its London office in St James’s Square, having steadily added Portfolio Managers and Analysts in recent months, according to a report by eFinancial Careers.

Balyasny has lost one of its Staff Software Engineers to Stripe with Bogdan Cozmaciuc choosing to swap the multi-strategy hedge fund in London for the payments giant in Bucharest, Romania, according to a report by eFinancial Careers.

Sophia Whitbread, the only female fund manager at hedge fund firm Odey Asset Management, which collapsed last year following multiple allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct against its founder, Crispin Odey, has joined fund group Ninety One, according to a