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Canada-based full-service cryptocurrency and digital assets hedge fund firm AltTab Capital has added to its portfolio management team with the appointment of Nick Tsui as a Crypto Trader and Options Specialist.
Akin has added to its investment management practice in the firm’s New York office with the appointment of Max Carpal as a Partner. Karpel was previously chair of Lowenstein Sandler’s emerging managers practice and co-chair of its family office practice.
26 Degrees Global Markets, the multi-asset prime broker previously known as Invast Global, has appointed Japanese industry veteran Hiroaki Nagakura as Head of Prime Services – Japan, effective immediately.
Brevan Howard has added another senior recruit to its ranks with the appointment of veteran technologist Steven Kordik, who has an extensive history working at both hedge funds and investment banks, according to a report by eFinancial Careers.
Point72 Asset Management, the hedge fund firm founded by Steve Cohen, now employs more than 100 people in Singapore having upped its headcount in the city state by more than 50% since early 2022, according to a report by the Straits Times.
Millennium Management, the New York-based, multi-strategy hedge fund major founded by Izzy Englander, has bolstered its legal team with the appointment of Linklaters partner Pansy Wong as International General Counsel in the firm’s London office, according to a report by Financial News.
The report cites an unnamed source with knowledge of the matter as revealing that in her new role, Wong will oversee Millennium’s legal matters in Europe and Asia, reporting to the firm’s global general counsel, Gil Raviv.
Wong spent over three years at Linklaters as a partner focused on fixed income trading, derivatives, equities, and legal compliance. Prior
A number of big-name hedge fund firms, including Balyasny Asset Management and Millennium Management, have parted company with metals traders after the price volatility that drew new money into the sector over the past two years dissipated leaving markets more settled, according to a report by Bloomberg.
TS Imagine, a global, cross-asset provider of trading, portfolio, and risk management solutions for financial institutions, has appointed Eric Chen to its APAC sales team in the firm’s Hong Kong office.
Chen will report to Fred Villain, TS Imagine’s Head of APAC Sales and will focus on providing solutions to hedge funds, asset managers, brokers and banks throughout global financial markets.
Chen joins TS Imagine from SS&C Technologies, where he managed the organisation’s top accounts in APAC and oversaw sales activity across mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. Prior to that he was at FinTech solutions company FIS Global.
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Global financial services provider Apex Group Ltd has appointed Qasir Bashir as Country Head – Denmark, with responsibility for overseeing the delivery of the firm’s single-source solution to Danish clients.
Citadel has continued investing in its energy trading business with the appointment of Patrick Reichert from Morgan Stanley as Head of Structuring and Portfolio Optimisation in the energy marketing business, according to a report by eFinancial Careers.
