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Steve Cohen’s Point72 has demonstrated the value it places on nurturing the next-generation of quant analysts, by offering a bumper $300k salary for a teacher to educate its up and coming graduate trainees, according to a report by eFinancialCareers.
The Managed Funds Association, the trade association for the global alternative asset management industry, has appointed Jeffrey Himstreet as vice president and senior counsel, regulatory affairs.Â
Former Goldman Sachs vice president Dan VanBeek has been appointed as the new head of governance, risk and compliance at Jersey-based macro and derivatives hedge fund Brevan Howard, according to a report by Financial News.
At Brevan Howard, VanBeek, who was appointed as vice president, information security officer at Goldman Sachs in January last year, will be responsible for implementing cyber policies and ensuring there is a standard structure for cyber management and risk management across the business, as well as embedding compliance throughout the firm’s infrastructure, and raising security awareness for technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Prior to his time
MarketAxess Holdings Inc, the operator of an electronic trading platform for fixed-income securities, has appointed Nancy Altobello as lead independent director of the board, effective 13 April, 2023, succeeding Stephen P Casper, who has served in the role since 2012.
Casper will continue to serve as a director.
Altobello brings more than three decades of global audit and talent management experience to the board. Most recently, she served as Ernst & Young’s global vice chair, talent, where she led the company’s global talent function covering more than 250,000 people in over 150 countries.
Altobello joined Ernst & Young in 1980
Abacus Group, a managed security services provider for hedge funds and other alternative investment firms, has appointed Jonathan Shapiro as the firm’s first chief revenue officer. Â
TS Imagine, a cross-asset provider of trading, portfolio, and risk management solutions for sophisticated investors and their teams, has expanded its team in North America with two key additions to its sales team.
Geneva-based asset management company Noble Capital Management (NCM) SA has appointed Nicolas Ganne as Senior Portfolio Manager. He will be in charge of developing the range of trading strategies implemented within the framework of NCM’s antifragile investment.
Prior to joining NCM, Ganne was senior broker/derivatives trader at BGC Partners, where he was in charge of the firm’s High Touch initiative. Specialised in antifragile investments, NCM manages three funds under Swiss law and provides wealth management services to ultra-high net worth individuals and family offices.
With an extensive knowledge of technical analysis and behavioural finance, Ganne has 16 years of
Hedge fund majors Millennium Management and DE Shaw are both actively hiring technologists in India with a focus on data scientists and data engineers as they ramp up operations in the country, according to a report by ET CIO.
New York-based Millennium, which has over $58 billion in AUM, reportedly has 30 roles open in Bengaluru for technologist, including data engineers, to work in the firm’s fixed income and commodities team.
DE Shaw meanwhile, which manages more than $60 billion in assets, and has recently opened new offices in Bengaluru and Gurugram housing over 300 employees, is also looking for
Channel Capital Cayman, an independent directorship service provider to global hedge and private equity funds and investment vehicles, has expanded its Cayman Islands team with the appointment of Martin Laufer as fund director.
Channel Capital Cayman, which serves investment funds domiciled primarily in the United States, Cayman Islands and other offshore financial centres, was established to assist with ongoing compliance with regulatory obligations through an ndependent director service.
As an experienced independent director, Laufer has been providing fund governance and related services to a variety of offshore investment funds since 2017. Prior to joining Channel Capital Cayman, he worked for
Fredrik Gentzel, the former chief executive officer of Capula Investment Management, a hedge fund specialising in bond and macro economic trading strategies, is joining $8 billion investment firm Orchard Global as its chief operating officer (COO) based in London.
In his new role at Orchard, which lends to banks, asset managers, and others using structured finance, as well as risk transfer solutions, Gentzel will be responsible for client data and information delivery as well helping the firm grow assets and expand its product offering.
Gentzel, who has over 23 years of financial markets experience, began his career as a derivatives
