Veteran macro trader Brent Cook has joined Fulcrum Asset Management as a portfolio manager, continuing a career that has taken him across major banks and hedge funds in Europe and Australia, according to a report by eFinancial careers.
The report cites unnamed people familiar with the move as revealing that Cook joined the London-based investment firm this week and is expected to manage a macro strategy combining external client capital and firm assets, according to
His appointment adds to Fulcrum’s investment bench as macro strategies regain attention amid volatile global markets and shifting inflation expectations.
Cook began his career in hedge funds as head of macro trading in London at Citadel in the mid-2000s before moving into banking roles. He later worked at Deutsche Bank, ANZ and Macquarie, spending several years in Australia before returning to London.
More recently, he held roles at Nomura, joined Eisler Capital in 2022 and moved to multi-strategy hedge fund Schonfeld in 2023.
Fulcrum Asset Management was founded in 2004 by former Goldman Sachs chief economist Gavyn Davies and runs a mix of discretionary and quantitative investment strategies alongside alternative solutions for institutional investors.
The firm has also attracted external capital for some of its investment teams. Bloomberg reported in December that Millennium Management allocated $2.3bn to Fulcrum partner Fawaz Chaudhry to run in a separately managed account focused on long-short equity strategies.
