Barclays' ex-rates trading MD finally lands at BlueCrest
Ankur Aneja has got a new job. It's not at a bank. Nor is it technically at a hedge fund. Aneja is understood to be joining BlueCrest, the family office of Michael Platt.
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Aneja was a managing director in euro swaps trading at Barclays, where he worked for 20 years. He resigned in July and his whereabouts has been a source of speculation ever since.
Aneja didn't respond to multiple requests to comment for this article. Multiple sources confirmed his imminent arrival at BlueCrest, though.
BlueCrest is a population destination for traders. It allows them to keep up to 30% of pnl, versus a standard rate of 20% at hedge funds. It also employs strong macro traders like Ben Atlas (also of Barclays) and Romain Laprade (ex-Morgan Stanley and Barclays until 2016.)
It's thought that Aneja is joining BlueCrest in London, but that he plans to move to the fund's Dubai office next year.
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