Optiver hired a partner from hedge fund Rokos in London
Chris Rokos of Rokos Capital Management may be on his way out of the UK, but some of his hedge fund's most senior people seem intent on sticking around. Andrius Jankunas, a partner at the firm who joined in 2018, has resurfaced with an electronic trading firm's London office.
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Jankunas joined Optiver as its global head of quantitative modelling and strategy. He held the same role for Rokos throughout his tenure there. Before that, Jankunas spent just shy of two decades at Goldman Sachs, holding a number of senior roles in its quant strat division. He was latterly EMEA and Asia head of commodities strats, but also held senior roles in credit, equities and fixed income trading.
Jankunas spent the last two years out of the market while sitting out a noncompete period. This may soon be a thing of the past; Andy Burnham's UK government is planning to reform the labour laws surrounding non-competes, much to the chagrin of hedge funds.
Optiver didn't respond to a request for comment, but it seems a particularly senior role to place in its London office. The trading firm is headquartered in Amsterdam, and has growing offices in both Chicago and New York. Its London office has been growing steadily for years, but it seems like a secondary location for the firm, with even the likes of its Sydney office offering greater average compensation last year.
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