Cantor’s Head of Equity Derivatives Weinig Departs After Year

Sept. 10, 2025, 4:27 PM UTC

The head of equity derivatives at Cantor Fitzgerald LP, the brokerage controlled by the family of US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, has left the firm after little more than a year.

Jacob Weinig departed New York-based Cantor last month, according to a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority filing. He joined the brokerage in May 2024, the filing shows.

Weinig is a former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. trader who specializes in equity derivatives, contracts that derive their values from underlying stocks. He previously co-founded hedge fund Malachite Capital Management, which collapsed in March 2020 and hit lender Credit ...



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