According to a report by Bloomberg, Point72 Asset Management has hired portfolio managers from rivals LMR Partners and Caxton Associates, as the hedge fund firm led by billionaire Steve Cohen pushes ahead with its expansion of macro trading.Philipp De Cassan (Linkedin), who previously traded for LMR, will start working for Point72’s macro team in December, according to a spokeswoman for Cohen’s firm. Former Caxton money manager Steve Mellor (Linkedin) joined this week. Both will work in the firm’s London office.Cohen has made a series of additions to his macro team since Mohammed Grimeh (Linkedin) joined in February as global head of the unit. They include Alex Blanchard (Linkedin), formerly Goldman

<div>According to a report by Bloomberg, Point72 Asset Management has hired portfolio managers from rivals LMR Partners and Caxton Associates, as the hedge fund firm led by billionaire Steve Cohen pushes ahead with its expansion of macro trading.<br><br></div><div><strong>Philipp De Cassan </strong><a target="_blank" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/philipp-de-cassan-83406135/">(Linkedin)</a><strong>,</strong> who previously traded for LMR, will start working for Point72’s macro team in December, according to a spokeswoman for Cohen’s firm. Former Caxton money manager <strong>Steve Mellor </strong><a target="_blank" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-mellor-057267121/">(Linkedin)</a> joined this week. Both will work in the firm’s London office.<br><br></div><div>Cohen has made a series of additions to his macro team since <strong>Mohammed Grimeh </strong><a target="_blank" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohammed-grimeh-00b85213/">(Linkedin)</a> joined in February as global head of the unit. They include <strong>Alex Blanchard </strong><a target="_blank" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-blanchard-61bb047/">(Linkedin)</a>, formerly Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s repo trading chief, and <strong>Andrew DiMaria </strong><a target="_blank" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-dimaria-9112115/">(Linkedin)</a>, previously the bank’s head of U.S. government-bond trading. <strong>Sean Perrotta </strong><a target="_blank" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-perrotta-58a5a773/">(Linkedin)</a>, ex-head of rates at MKP Capital Management, will start at Point72 in March.</div><div><br><strong>Linked Articles: </strong><br><a target="_blank" href="https://www.talnt.sh/article/10455">Point72 | Sean Perrotta | Portfolio Manager, Macro | Americas</a><br><a target="_blank" href="https://www.talnt.sh/article/13892">Point72 | Alex Blanchard | Portfolio Manager, Macro Trading | Americas</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>

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Sameer is currently a Portfolio Manager at Caxton Associates since March 2024. Prior to this, he was the Head of Hedge Fund and Public Market Investments/Director of Investments at Miras Investments/Blue Ocean Capital Advisors from October 2022 to February 2024. Before that, he served as a Portfolio Manager at Millennium from July 2021 to May 2022. His previous roles include Executive Director and Portfolio Manager, Liquid Markets Proprietary Trading at Nomura from January 2020 to June 2021, and Junior Portfolio Manager, Volatility Strategies at BFAM Partners (Hong Kong) Limited from September 2018 to January 2020.

Earlier in his career, Sameer was an Investment Manager at RIL Treasury at Reliance Industries Limited from June 2015 to August 2018, a Trader at Edelweiss Financial Services Limited from August 2014 to May 2015, and a Market Maker at Optiver from July 2013 to June 2014. He also worked as a Summer Associate at Barclays in April 2012, and as a Senior Analyst at Deutsche Bank from June 2009 to May 2011.

Sameer began his career as a Summer Analyst at Lehman Brothers from May 2008 to July 2008 and as an Intern at the Centre for Analytical Finance at the Indian School of Business from December 2007 to January 2008.

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Sanchit is the Chief Executive Officer and portfolio manager at Caxton Associates Dubai since November 2023. He also serves as a Portfolio Manager at Caxton Associates since July 2022. Prior to this, he held the position of Director, Global Head EM Asia Options and Head FXO Singapore (EM & G10) at Barclays from July 2017 to July 2022. Before that, he was the Head Emerging Market Options, Asia at Société Générale from July 2016 to June 2017. His experience also includes Vice President at Credit Suisse from September 2010 to June 2016. Earlier in his career, he worked as an FX Options Trader at JP Morgan Chase Bank from January 2008 to August 2010, an Associate Consultant at Bain & Company Ltd from June 2007 to December 2007, and a Software Engineer at Infosys Technologies Limited from July 2003 to May 2005.

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