Goldman Sachs' head of macro US credit trading resurfaces at hedge fund

13 February 2025

2 minute read

When Goldman Sachs partner and 20-year lifer Kaushik Murali left the bank last October, it wasn't clear what he was leaving for. Now, his destination has been revealed as a One William Street (OWS), a hedge fund that makes asset backed and structured credit investments.

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Murali has joined OWS as a partner and deputy CIO. He joins the fund after just under four years as a Goldman partner; he was promoted in 2020 and served as head of macro US credit and leveraged finance trading. OWS, which has over 100 employees and $7.5bn AUM, was founded in 2008 by ex-Lehman Brothers MD David Sherr.

There are only a few partners at OWS, and Murali appears to be the only external partner hired since its founding in 2008. Other partners are all seemingly ex-Lehman people who jumped ship with Sherr, and have spent the last 17 years at the fund. A few partners have left over the years, including Omer Gundogdu, who left last August to become CEO of Unifi Asset Management.

Murali is the second ex-Goldman hire in five months; New York based Shawn Joshi joined OWS as an MD in October. He was an MD at Goldman that left in 2019, but had stints at Morgan Stanley and asset management firm Compass Rose before joining OWS. Another recent senior hire is ex-Blackstone MD John Nusbaum who joined as an MD and portfolio manager in December.

Glassdoor reviews suggest that nobody shirks work at OWS and that Murali may have his work cut out for him. One quantitative analyst said "you can't leave early because your boss works harder than you."

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