Premialab has appointed Jens Janke, former Head of Risk at hedge funds RAM and EIS, as its new Head of Data & Risk Solutions. In his new role, Janke will lead the development of what Premialab says is a key market segment for the business.

Millennium portfolio manager Alexander Altmann has left the multi-strategy hedge fund major to head up a new strategy role within Barclays’ equities trading desk in New York as Head of Equities Tactical Strategies, according to a report by Financial News.

Balyasny has lost the services of two senior engineers, with Connecticut-based Mark Franklin, who focuses on execution technology, joining Steve Cohen’s Point72, and London-based macro quant researcher Luke Pebody moving to Jane Street.

Jain Global, former Millennium Co-Chief Investment Officer Bobby Jain’s new hedge fund firm, which is gearing up for a much-anticipated July launch, has added Ian Harris as Head of Credit Risk in its London office, according to a report by eFinancial Careers.

Stuart Currey, APAC Head of Systematic Trading at Citadel Securities, has become the latest senior figure from the market-making firm to join multi-strategy hedge fund major Millennium, according to a report by eFinancial Careers.

Engineers Gate, a New York-based quant firm founded nearly 10 years ago by Highbridge Capital co-founder Glenn Dubin which has more than $2bn in assets, is building out an office in Singapore, according to a report by Business Insider.

BlueFlame AI, a generative AI platform that enables alternative investment managers to search and analyse their data and workflows, has appointed Ed Chu, part of the founding team at quant hedge fund Kepos Capital, as Chief Technology Officer.

Paul Meggyesi, a former JPMorgan managing director who has been ‘semi-retired’ since late 2022, has returned to full-time employment as a macro and FX strategist at hedge fund ExodusPoint Capital Management in London, according to a report by eFinancial Careers.