Hedge Fund Eisler Hires Ex-Goldman Partner to Recruit Traders

Eisler Capital has hired former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. partner Alain Marcus to recruit traders for the hedge fund as it transforms itself into a multi-strategy investment firm.

Marcus will handle talent acquisition and development at London-based Eisler in the newly created role, according to an internal memo seen by Bloomberg. “These two functions are critical for building a market leading organization,” the firm said in the memo sent by founder Edward Eisler.

A spokesman for Eisler Capital, which manages about $3.5 billion and returned about 15% in its multi-strategy hedge fund last year, declined to comment.

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