Hedge fund Balyasny Asset Management has added Sean Hammersley as a portfolio manager, according to a report by eFinancial Careers. Hammersley was most recently managing director and co-head of the convertible bond team at investment bank Jefferies.
Prior to Jefferies, Hammersley was a managing director at Deutsche Bank and an accountant at KPMG, according to his LinkedIn profile.
Hammersley’s move follows that of Daniel Bruen, formerly senior vice president in equities trading, who started as a trader at Izzy Englander’s Millennium Management last month.
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