Sophia Whitbread, the only female fund manager at hedge fund firm Odey Asset Management, which collapsed last year following multiple allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct against its founder, Crispin Odey, has joined fund group Ninety One, according to a report by Financial News.

Former UBS hedge funds specialist Roman Berri is to be named Head of Fund Offering at Julius Baer following long-serving incumbent Patrick Roefs’ decision to step down from the role next month, according to a report by CityWire.

Law firm Otterbourg has promoted Michael Rich, who represents banks, hedge funds, PE funds, commercial finance companies and other institutional to a Member of the firm in its banking and finance department.

Multi-strategy major Bridgewater Associates is splashing the cash in a bid to secure future data talent, with Ray Dalio’s Connecticut-based hedge fund currently offering to pay $41,000 for eight-week investment engineer internships, according to a report by Financial News.

Optima Partners, a global regulatory compliance and risk management advisory firm, has appointed Michele Foldenauer, most recently an Exam Manager in the private funds unit of the SEC’s National Exam Program, as a Director. 

Quantitative Investment Management, a Virginia-based quantitative trading firm with $1bn in AUM, has appointed Chris Obenshain and Bland Painter as Co-Portfolio Managers of its Quantitative Cipher Program. 

Northern Trust Asset Management, a leading global investment management firm with $1.18tn in assets under management as of 31 December, 2023, has appointed Milan Vidojevic as Director, Quantitative Solutions, International.

Aymeric Paillat is leaving JP Morgan after 17 years with the bank to take up the position of Portfolio Manager at hedge fund Sona Asset Management, where he will focus on structured credit investment, according to a report by Reuters.

Chris Rayner-Cook, a Senior Director of global trading at CoinBase and a former Portfolio Manager at several hedge fund firms including Millennium Management and Citadel, has left the publicly traded digital assets exchange, according to a report by eFinancial Careers.

Balyasny has appointed two new business development Managing Directors to its team in New York – David Matz and Daniel Anzalone, who will focus on finding new portfolio manager talent, according to a report by eFinancial Careers.