MOVES-Squarepoint Trading's former CEO joins Verition Fund Management

- Asad Samar, formerly chief executive officer of multi-asset trading agency Squarepoint Trading Group (STG), has joined Verition Fund Management as a portfolio manager, according to his LinkedIn profile.

Samar joined Verition, a multi-strategy hedge fund management firm, in February.

Samar could not be immediately reached for comment.

Squarepoint and Verition Fund Management did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment.