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Citadel quant MD joins Balyasny

March 25, 2025 at 10:19 am

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Balyasny Asset Management has recruited Johnny Kang, a former Managing Director at Citadel, as a portfolio manager in its Greenwich, Connecticut office, marking another high-profile talent move between the two multi-strategy hedge funds, according top a report by eFinancial Careers.

Kang, who previously served as head of research for Citadel’s convertible arbitrage team, spent four years at the firm’s New York office. Before that, he was a Managing Director in systematic fixed income at BlackRock and spent over seven years as a portfolio manager at AQR Capital Management before taking a break to pursue a PhD at Harvard.

Following Kang’s departure, Citadel reallocated his responsibilities internally and will not seek a direct replacement.