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BESTINVER sales trader joins MIT SIM

The TRADE

Brokerage business MIT SIM has appointed Neil Terence O’Connor as equity trader. MIT SIM carries out a range of brokerage activities, with a particular focus on supporting investors looking at small to medium sized enterprises. Milan-based O’Connor joins following almost 15 years at ACCIONA Group’s Spanish asset manager, BESTINVER.

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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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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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Distressed Debt Hedge Funds: How to Become a Vulture Capitalist

Mergers and Inquisitions

Ask anyone interested in distressed debt hedge funds for “the pitch,” and they’ll probably mention one of the following: “It’s like long/short equity or credit , but more interesting!” Distressed investing offers equity-like returns with lower risk.” Distressed assets offer non-correlated returns, similar to global macro.”

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

The TRADE

Most recently, he served as equity and derivatives trader, vice president at SSGA, focused on the EMEA region, having joined the desk in December 2016. Elsewhere, Wiedmann was head of marketing and key account manager at the investment boutique Tiberius Asset Management, also based in Zug, Switzerland.

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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. We filtered the data to examine U.S.