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Jeremy Kohler, a former portfolio manager at Segantii Capital, has joined quant hedge fund firm Squarepoint Capital in London also as a PM, having completed six months of gardening leave, according to a report by eFinancial Careers.
GoldenTree Asset Management, a global credit focused investment firm with approximately $55bn in AUM, has hired Sam Friedland as Principal and Head of Real Estate Credit Origination — a newly created role.
Elliott Investment Management has lost the services of London-based portfolio manager Pawel Serej, who played a key role in several of the firm’s high-profile campaigns led by partner Nabeel Bhanji, including Toshiba Corporation and Swedish Match, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Jain Global, the multi-strategy hedge fund firm launched recently by former Millennium Management Co-Chief Investment Officer Bobby Jain, has hired another portfolio manager in its London office, this time from Caxton Associates, according to reports.
Kevin Byrne, the Chief Financial Officer of multi-strategy hedge fund major Millennium Management, is defecting to rival firm Balyasny Asset Management, where he will take up the role of Chief Operating Officer, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Dymon Capital, one of Singapore’s top hedge fund firms, has made 12 intern appointments in the city state so far this year, with four of the intake having graduated from the National University of Singapore, according to a report by eFinancial Careers.
Multi-strategy hedge fund major Millennium Management has added Bobby Huffman, the former Head of European Trading at Apollo Global in London, to its team in Dallas, Texas, four months after he quit the UK to return to the American South, according to a report by eFinancial Careers.
Despite reducing its workforce by 4% earlier this year, mid-sized multi-strategy hedge fund Walleye Capital is still making new hires, including Rupert Graham, formerly head of options at WorldQuant in Switzerland, who has joined as a systematic volatility portfolio manager, according to a report by eFinancial Careers.
Citadel, the multi-strategy hedge fund major founded by Ken Griffin, has appointed Andrew Pidgeon, a senior executive from Segantii Capital Management, to head its Asia-Pacific treasury team, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Qube Research & Technologies has been on an aggressive hiring spree in the first half of 2024, adding several quantitative technologists from a diverse range of backgrounds to its new London office in the last month alone, according to a report by eFinancial Careers.
