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Polar Capital’s head of trading departs for rival hedge fund Millennium

The TRADE

Polar Capital’s head of trading Alex Jenkins has left the boutique hedge fund to join rival Millennium, The TRADE can reveal. Jenkins has been head of trading at Polar Capital for three and a half years, joining in 2019 after serving with Highbridge Capital Management for five years as its head of European trading.

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BESTINVER sales trader joins MIT SIM

The TRADE

Read more – The results so far: Equities rebounding as market stays primed for continued macro uncertainty In mid-2019, Spanish asset manager Bestinver acquired local boutique Fidentiis – where O’Connor worked – in a deal that added around €350 million in assets under management to Bestinver’s €7 billion portfolio.

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People Moves Monday: In case you missed it

The TRADE

He took up his role as chief executive officer of the institutional clients group in 2019 after previously serving in the bank’s markets and securities services business. Investment banking boutique KNG Securities appointed Gary Ballard as its new head of equities.

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Middlebury College Investment Banking Placement (Using Data)

Peak Frameworks

While Middlebury previously offered an MBA program, this has since been phased out since 2019. Accordingly, Middlebury has very little representation at the elite boutique firms. Middlebury College does not have a business school but does offer business studies to its undergraduates.

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People Moves Monday: Shifts in the trading space

The TRADE

Polar Capital’s head of trading Alex Jenkins has left the boutique hedge fund to join rival Millennium later this year, The TRADE can reveal. Jenkins has been head of trading at Polar Capital for three and a half years, joining in 2019 after serving with Highbridge Capital Management for five years as its head of European trading.

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Janney’s Journey to $1 Billion and Beyond

The Deal

TM is the firm’s third acquisition of a boutique specialist since 2018. In March 2019, Janney tacked on Atlanta-based investment bank and research firm FIG Partners LLC. 8, Janney made a splash with a deal for New York-based middle market investment bank TM Capital Corp., FIG specialized in serving community banks.

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People Moves Monday: SSGA, Clear Street, BTIG and more…

The TRADE

Elsewhere, Wiedmann was head of marketing and key account manager at the investment boutique Tiberius Asset Management, also based in Zug, Switzerland. NatWest Markets confirmed that Robert Begbie would assume the role of chief executive permanently back in June 2020, having led the business on an interim basis since December 2019.