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Multi-family office CV Advisors has strengthened its investment leadership team with the appointment of Hailey Gordon as a Portfolio Manager, adding hedge fund expertise to its advisory and research platform, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Brevan Howard has appointed Valdo Durrleman, a former Managing Director and second most senior quantitative strategist at now defunct Eisler Capital, as its new Head of Quantitative Analytics, according to a report by eFinancial careers.
Balyasny Asset Management has continued to expand its London operation with the hire of former Eisler Capital portfolio manager Akshat Shrivastava, as talent from the closed hedge fund finds new roles across the industry, according to a report by Financial News London.
Hedge funds, including Dymon Asia Capital, Polymer Capital Management, and Lighthouse Partners, are increasingly hiring dedicated talent scouts in Japan as renewed market activity drives a hiring push, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Hedge funds are ramping up efforts to hire experienced macro portfolio managers as uncertainty around US monetary policy and escalating geopolitical tensions create new trading opportunities, according to a report by Bloomberg citing recruitment firms including Cordell Partners.
ExodusPoint Capital Management has bolstered its macro trading team with the hire of Baris Temelkuran, a seasoned options trader with over a decade of experience at Goldman Sachs and a stint as global currency options executive at BNP Paribas, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Balyasny Asset Management has recruited another portfolio manager from Eisler Capital, with Nikoloaos Rapanos joining the multi-strategy major’s macro trading team in London, according to a report by eFinancial Careers.
Kal El Wahab, Bank of America’s head of linear rates trading in Paris, has resigned ahead of the firm’s annual bonus round, in a move that underscores the continued pull of hedge funds on senior bank trading talent, according to a report by eFinancial Careers.
Qube Research & Technologies has hired David Ainsworth, the former head of data engineering at Eisler Capital, as talent from the shuttered hedge fund continues to resurface across the industry, according to a report by eFinancial Careers.
James Malick, Chief Strategy Officer at Steve Cohen’s Point72 Asset Management, has exited the $41.5bn Stamford, Connecticut-based hedge fund, according to a report by Business Insider citing unnamed people familiar with the matter.