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ESG TALENT TURNOVER: What happened to the ESG hires hedge funds made in 2020 and 2021? Where are they now? efinancialcareers on just-released AMObserver report: https://t.co/c4i4AzwZE6. READ AMObserver REPORT https://t.co/hssG7rmKkA

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The New York City Comptroller’s Office seeks Senior Investment Officer to allocate portion of Bureau of Asset Management's $240 billion retirement system portfolio to hedge funds, including macro, equity long/short, quantitative, event driven, relative value investment strategies

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"Head of" Hires/Moves: King Street/Global Head of Strategy Kris Mastronardi; Blackstone/Global Head of Product Management Michael Getty Atienza; Systematica Investments/Head of Client Service Dijon Anthony; Citadel Securities Head of Employee Relations Jenna Persky Wizenberg.

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Firms listing government-mandated base salary ranges resorting to big ranges with added caveats: "Actual base salaries may vary based on factors including but not limited to education, training, experience, past performance, and other job-related factors" https://t.co/5xdSDKR0mt

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Strategist/Product Specialist Jobs. Two Sigma BD/product influencer; Cerberus corporate credit product specialist; Wellington product management equities specialist; Voleon portfolio strategist to serve as investor “bridge"; Manning & Napier investment communication strategist.

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Big firms with institutional client focus currently hiring retail wealth managers. Fortress hires Managing Director, Co-Head of Private Wealth Solutions Adam Bobker from Blackrock. Bridgewater hires Blackstone's JoAnne Pitter Akiwowo into wealth management solutions role.

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Sculptor Capital seeks principal to manage its real estate holdings and credit positions, including office, hotel, multifamily, logistics, gaming, senior housing, and land development properties, as well as its joint venture relationships throughout the US https://t.co/L8mjwGkjww

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Job posting surprise of the week: $Billion+ Houston-based hedge fund seeks marketer to help raise assets. Requirements: Member of a top golf course in Houston; Have wealthy friends.

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Marble Bar Asset Management (MBAM) hires Joseph Maestri, Jonathan Levy from firm called Trading Labs whose main client is MBAM; D.E. Shaw seeks marketing and communications recruiting strategist ideally sans recruiting experience: https://t.co/qP1lCWNW8s

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Featured: Fundamental Analysts needed for top convertibles and capital structure arbitrage teams
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Second “C” in “CCO” as likely to be “Communications” or “Content” as “Compliance” for big firm these days. Balyasny lands Chief Communications Officer Joe Snodgrass; Citadel seeks CEO's communications head; Point72 the CIO content head; Millennium EMEA/APAC's communications head

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Content is King: Big funds pairing content leaders with C-Suite heads. Citadel seeks communications head for office of the CEO; Millennium Management needs EMEA/APAC communications head to report to CCO; Point72 hiring head of content for office of the CIO.

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September spike in corporate strategy & development roles at firms ranging from market makers to alternative asset managers and crypto firms, including DRW Holdings, FS Investments, GCM Grosvenor, Coinbase.

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Fall Season: Verition Fund Management, Hayfin Capital, Eisler Capital, Squarepoint Capital actively landing new hires for key investment and support roles.

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Citadel lands and promotes several macro PMs and desk strategists, including recently promoted US macro value PM Dylan Gordan, desk strategist Angus Hanley, formerly a Goldman rates markets strategist; and quantitative macro desk strategist Jonathan Pinder, from Autonomy Capital.

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Featured Job: Mental Health CIO with passion for psychedelic treatments. Partner-level role at $1.25 bln firm Satori Capital founded on principles of conscious capitalism. Must have broad worldview, incessant optimism, and exercise mind, body, soul with equal intention and vigor.

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Featured Job: SIG affiliate seeks Sports Trader to bet on pregame and in-game US professional sports from firm's Dublin, Ireland office. Required: Interest in some subset of NFL, NBA, NCAAF, NCAAM, Soccer, Tennis, or Baseball. https://t.co/qPvi71SX08

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Investment firms keep pulling Responsible Investment/ESG talent from ESG teams of credit ratings agencies. Insight Investment hires head of Responsible Investment research from Fitch Ratings Climate Vulnerability Scores team. For more on ESG hiring trends: https://t.co/91pNYfpayJ

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Sign of the times: Wellington hiring for private equity, venture capital, hedge fund, asset management roles, expanding further into mass affluent retail segment in Asia, transitioning to a hybrid work environment where employees are encouraged to work remotely two days a week.