Gregory Ciongoli, a partner in the public investment group at The Baupost Group, has left the $23bn value-oriented, multi-strategy hedge fund firm, which is headed by Chef Executive Officer and Portfolio Manager Seth Klarman, according to a report by Pensions & Investments Online.

Dr Clemens Völkert, Chief Risk Officer of European Commodity Clearing will leave the company at the end of March 2024. Völkert, who has held the position since July 2021, did not seek an extension of his contract for personal reasons.

Jaime Villa, Head of Macro Research at $13.8bn proprietary trading firm-turned hedge fund Schonfeld Strategic Advisors, has left the business after just 15 months in the role, according to a report by Business Insider.

Farallon Capital Management, the San Francisco-headquartered multi-strategy hedge fund firm founded by Tom Steyer, has appointed Katie Mathieson as the Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) for Farallon Capital Europe effective 25 March, according to a report by Pensions & Investments Online.

Linyun Fu, a software engineer at X who survived Elon Musk’s axing of 50% of jobs at the social media platform, has left the company after eight years to take up a new software engineering role at multi-strategy hedge fund major Citadel, according to a report by eFinancial Careers.

Ben Hutson has left his position as a Portfolio Manager at Garda Capital Partners, the fixed income-focused hedge fund firm spun out of Black Rivffer Asset Management in 2015, to rejoin Barclays, according to a report by eFinancial Careers.

Portfolio BI, a provider of investment management solutions to the alternative asset industry, has appointed Jonathan White as the new Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. The provider’s previous CEO, Jeremy Siegel, will step down after a five-year tenure.

Global multi-strategy investment firm Palliser Capital has appointed former Elliott Management Equity Partner and Senior Portfolio Manager, Steve Kasoff, as Chairman of Palliser Capital US, with effect from 1 March 2024.