New York (HedgeCo.net) – Rick Bensignor has joined hedge fund tech and prime broker Merlin Securities as chief market strategist.
In this new position, Bensignor will produce behavioral market strategy research focused on a wide variety of asset classes and macro-economic commentary. Bensignor will report directly to Stephan Vermut, founder and managing partner of Merlin Securities, and will be based in the firm’s New York office.
“Rick’s insights into behavioral economics and his deep understanding of the macro issues which drive markets make him a valuable and welcome addition to our team,” said Stephan Vermut. “Fund managers benefitting from our powerful reporting systems, risk analysis, and comprehensive fund workflow solutions will now also be able to take advantage of Rick’s market analysis, trading strategies and investment acumen. Having this type of seasoned professional as a resource is an incredible value-add for our clients.”
Within Morgan Stanley’s Principal Strategies Group Bensignor was the group’s chief market strategist. Previously, he had been the firm’s Institutional Investor-ranked technical strategy analyst and oversaw its technical research product for four years. Bensignor also served as the head of technical analysis, futures and commodities at Bloomberg, managing product development, sales and marketing. Before that, he was Morgan Stanley’s commodities technical strategist and head of its institutional commodity futures sales desk, which followed his 12-year trading career as a broker and independent trader on the floor of several New York futures exchanges.
“I am thrilled to be joining Merlin Securities which has, since its inception, been dedicated to becoming the premier provider of products and services to the alternative asset management industry,” said Bensignor. “I look forward to adding my thinking to Merlin’s incredible suite of products and services that enable asset managers to better run their businesses and focus on generating alpha for their investors.”
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