AdvertisementA handful of macro traders have left Balyasny. Global macro strategies have struggled overall in 2024, but November was strong. A handful of macro traders have left the hedge-fund giant Balyasny Asset Management, according to four people familiar with the matter, who asked to remain anonymous because the information isn't public. Before November, however, global macro strategies had been among the worst performers in an otherwise strong year for hedge funds. Potts joined Balyasny in 2020 from BlackRock, where he was head of macro strategies, according to his LinkedIn bio.

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Persons: Gugesh Guganeswaran, Kurt Lichtman, Matthew Potts, Balyasny, Donald Trump, Brevan Howard, PivotalPath, Potts, George Arzeno, Stanley Sheriff, Brian Sack, Shaw, George Tyrrell, Goldman Sachs Organizations: Discovery, Bloomberg, Citadel, Barclays, Lichtman, Moore Capital Locations: Balyasny, BlackRock, San Francisco, United Kingdom, Miami, Millennium, D.E