At a glance
- Tullu had joined from Pimco a year earlier.
- ExodusPoint has lost three named macro staff, according to Financial Conduct Authority records cited by Hedgeweek.
- For allocators weighing key-person risk, ExodusPoint's exits follow two Dubai macro portfolio managers Alternatives previously reported leaving within a year of joining.
Citadel lost senior macro volatility portfolio manager Avi Tullu in September and Simon Roach, a former head of EMEA rates trading at Merrill Lynch, in October, Hedgeweek reported, citing eFinancialCareers. Tullu had joined from Pimco a year earlier. Roach had been at Citadel more than a decade.
ExodusPoint has lost three named macro staff, according to Financial Conduct Authority records cited by Hedgeweek. Soham Sengupta joined the firm as a senior macro analyst in December 2025 and left in October. Foreign exchange trader Rupert Guest, who arrived from Barclays in January 2025, and Jim McKeever, who joined from Caxton Associates in 2024, have also left.
For allocators weighing key-person risk, ExodusPoint's exits follow two Dubai macro portfolio managers Alternatives previously reported leaving within a year of joining. Citadel is still hiring into the same macro business.
Citadel hired HSBC foreign exchange trader Vineet Mudgil, Emaad Alvi from Tudor Investment Corporation and Max Dykes from RBC, and brought Pedro Goldbaum from Deutsche Bank, according to Hedgeweek. Goldbaum joined the New York rates team.
As many as 100 macro investment professionals have left or lost their positions across London's hedge fund sector, according to the eFinancialCareers report cited by Hedgeweek.
Reported by the Hedge Funds & Liquid Alts desk from Hedgeweek, citing eFinancialCareers and FCA records. Published . Corrections