Point72 recruited ex-Citadel rates portfolio manager George Arzeno to bolster its macro-trading operation. Then, Balyasny swooped in with an offer before he started at Point72. Go to newsletter preferences Thanks for signing up! The macro portfolio manager was lured away from Citadel this spring by Point72, which had been ramping up its macro-trading operation, Bloomberg reported in March. But in another salvo of the multimanager hedge-fund talent war, Arzeno is now expected to join Balyasny after the fund swooped in with a sweeter offer than Point72, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Persons: Point72, George Arzeno, Balyasny, — Organizations: Citadel, Service, Bloomberg, Balyasny, Business Locations: Point72