Punit Kaji, a Singapore-based fund manager who joined BlueCrest Capital Management as a Senior Portfolio Manager in September last year, is returning to his previous employer Dymon Asia, according to a report by eFinancial Careers.

Dechert LLP has appointed Anthony Lombardi as a fund finance partner in London to help expand its fund leverage capacity across asset classes, including private equity funds, hedge funds and private credit funds, and bolster its presence in Europe.

Walleye Capital has appointed Eric Nolette, the former Head of Sector Data Analysts – Global Equities, at rival multi-strategy hedge fund Citadel, as Director of Data and Insights for its equity long-short business, according to a report by Financial News.

Multi-strategy hedge fund major Citadel, which managers $54bn in investment capital will “soon” announce the appointment of a new Chief People Officer following the departure of Matt Jahansouz, who has left the firm after just over three years, according to a report by Pension & Investments.

Axyon AI, a provider of AI-powered asset rankings and investment solutions to hedge funds firms and other asset managers, has appointed Nicholas “Nick” Greenland as Senior Vice President, Business Development.

TT International, an investment manager offering cross-asset long-only and long-short investment strategies has named the six team members that will lead the firm’s new Emerging Markets Debt offering, which it is launching to complement its existing global macro and EM strategies.

Grzegorz Swirszcz, a renowned artificial intelligence expert who spent over eight years at Google DeepMind, has been appointed as Quant Research Director at fast-growing London quant hedge fund Qube Research & Technologies, according to a report by eFinancial Careers.

Hedge fund Citadel has added several London-based portfolio managers to its Fixed Income and Macro business, with the $63bn hedge fund confirming three new hires who will take up their new roles between November of this year and mid-2025, according to a report by Reuters.

Eisler Capital, the $4bn hedge fund currently transitioning from a macro fund to a multi-stragey trading operation, has seen another wave of departures as it grapples with underperformance and stiff competition for talent in the hedge fund industry, according to a report by Bloomberg.

A number of hedge funds, including Brevan Howard Asset Management and Millennium Management, are ramping up their Japan-focused trading teams amid heightened volatility in global markets driven by economic shifts and changes in monetary policy.