Balyasny’s New $30 Million Man Adds Four to His Asia Macro Pod

Dmitry Balyasny Dmitry Balyasny’s hedge fund firm is making an aggressive push in Asia by hiring for a team led by a portfolio manager who was lured with a potential $30 million package earlier this year. Balyasny Asset Management recruited four people for the Asia macro trading pod headed by yen rates specialist Ron Choy, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The hires include Shumpei Kobayashi and Romain Vincent, who worked with Choy at BlueCrest Capital Management in Singapore, said the pe ...