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Trillium Surveyor, a provider of post-trade surveillance and best execution software, has appointed Lisa Balter Saacks as President. Saacks joins the Trillium Surveyor team with a wealth of B2B, SaaS, and fintech expertise.
Chicago-headquartered multi-strategy hedge fund firm Balyasny Asset Management has appointed Dan Childs, the former Head of European Prime Services Sales, EMEA at global investment bank Jeffries as its new Head, Cash and Liquidity Management, according to a report by The Trade.
Umair Khan Marwat has left Chicago-headquartered Balayasny Asset Management after an almost two-and-a-half year stint as trader, to take up the same position at multi-strategy rival Millennium Management, according to a report by The Trade.
Newton Investment Management, a $111bn London-based investment boutique owned by BNY Mellon, which is seeking seed capital to enter the hedge fund multi-manager business, has hired Liliana Castillo Dearth as Head of Emerging Market and Asia Equities.
Hunterbrook, a VC-backed hedge fund firm, has begun hiring financial journalists who will operate independently from, but provide support to, its research team in identifying possible investments, according to a report by the Financial Times.
Christopher N Gerosa, Chief Financial Officer at MarketAxess Holdings, the operator of an electronic trading platform for fixed-income securities, is to step down from his role, effective 31 January, 2024.
Frederico Lupi has been appointed as co-head of Pictet Asset Management’s Agora long/short fund, amid a steep decline in assets from €1.66bn in February 2021 to €1143m at the end of last month, according to report by CityWire.
FlexTrade Systems, a global specialist in multi-asset execution and order management systems, has appointed industry veteran Michael Kovach as its new Head of Fixed Income Sales in the Americas.
Reginaldo Takara has quit his role as Banco Santander’s Head of Credit Risk in Brazil to join Vinland Capital, a Brazilian hedge fund co-founded by former Goldman Sachs Group Inc partner Andre Laport, as Partner and Head of Credit Research, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Pictet Alternative Advisors (PAA), the alternative investment arm of Swiss private bank and financial service company Pictet Group, has appointed Trudi Usher Boardman to the role of Head of Hedge Funds, effective 1 November 2023.
