April 9, 2025
Business Insider: Point72’s CTO Takes Us Inside His Plans for Tech Expansion, From AI to India
Our Chief Technology Officer Ilya Gaysinskiy recently sat down with Business Insider to discuss his strategic vision for advancing technology at Point72. Read More
March 20, 2025
Sonia Yu on APAC Talent Development
Sonia Yu, Head of Investment Professional Development for International and Point72 LaunchPoint for Asia, joined us to talk about her views on Point72’s talent pipeline in Asia Pacific (APAC), what differentiates our firm in the region, and her career journey from investment professional to senior leader and mentor. Read More
November 15, 2024
Gina DiMento and Sonia Yu Recognized by The Hedge Fund Journal
The report called out the role Gina plays in supervising and ensuring consistency across Point72’s global compliance programs, while Sonia was recognized for her work building and developing investment analysts’ professional skills through targeted development and career programs. Read More
November 12, 2024
Will Tovey on the London Office
Will Tovey, Head of UK, sat down with us to discuss the growth and evolution of the London office, and his journey to Point72. Read More
October 3, 2024
Dean Maki Receives Lynn Reaser Economic Forecasting Award
Point72 Chief Economist Dean Maki was recently awarded the National Association for Business Economics Lynn Reaser Economic Forecasting Award. Read More
October 2, 2024
Day in the Life of a Point72 Academy Associate: Natalia Bondanza
Ever wonder what it’s like to be in the Point72 Academy? Check out Academy Associate Natalia Bondanza’s “Day in the Life” feature in eFinancialCareers to get a glimpse into our 10-month investment analyst training program. Read More
September 19, 2024
2024 Point72 Fall Reading List
Senior leaders at the firm share their summer reading recommendations. Read More
September 10, 2024
Summer Intern Spotlight: Global Perspectives
This summer, we had students working in Point72 offices around the world. We asked interns in London, Hong Kong, and Warsaw, to tell us about their roles this summer and their experience in our global offices, including their biggest challenges and their favorite thing about the city they are working in. Read More
August 30, 2024
2024 Summer Intern Spotlight: Lasting Impressions
In the final weeks of our summer internship, we asked four of our interns to share their biggest takeaways, the skills they developed, and the projects they were most proud of. Read More
May 16, 2024
Dean Maki Earns First Place in Forecasters Club of NY Competition
Chief Economist Dean Maki finished first out of 43 participants. Read More
April 23, 2024
How I Got Here: Fidel Odeny Obadha
Fidel Odeny Obadha, an IT Operations Engineer in Asia IT Application Support, joined us to talk about growing up in Kenya, the biggest culture shock he experienced moving to Japan, and his favorite thing about living in Tokyo. Read More
March 20, 2024
How I Got Here: Cecelia Lee, Head of Data Sourcing at Cubist
Cecelia Lee, Head of Data Sourcing at Cubist, joined us to talk about how her team inspires her, why she loves philosophy, and her journey to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro. Read More
February 22, 2024
How I Got Here: Jerome Leslie, Technical Expert
Jerome Leslie, a Technical Expert on the End User Computing Technology team in New York, sat down with us to talk about his day-to-day at the firm, why building relationships internally is so important, and his love of travel. Read More
January 30, 2024
Harry Schwefel on Long/Short and Point72’s Commitment to Career Development
Point72 Co-CIO Harry Schwefel sat down with us to discuss his role overseeing our Long/Short Equity business, Point72’s culture and commitment to career development, and his thoughts on how to achieve success in this industry. Read More
December 6, 2023
Denis Dancanet on Cubist
Cubist Systematic Strategies President Denis Dancanet sat down with us to discuss the growth of the business and central team buildout, his journey to Point72, and what he looks for in new employees. Read More
November 20, 2023
Mo Grimeh on Global Macro
Point72 Head of Global Macro Mo Grimeh sat down with us to provide an update on the business and its growth since he joined in 2020, why he believes Point72 is a great place for a macro investor to further a career, and what he looks for in an investment professional. Read More
October 26, 2023
Ariel Speicher and Alyssa Friedman Honored by The Hedge Fund Journal
Ariel and Alyssa were recognized for their contributions to the growth of our firm and commitment to fostering a culture of learning and development. Read More
October 23, 2023
Financial News Names Jade Harber to 100 Most Influential Women in Finance List
Jade was recognized for her work overseeing a growing team of compliance officers across EMEA, as well as her commitment to mentoring and supporting young women inside and outside our firm. Read More
September 14, 2023
London Office Spotlight
We caught up with two of our most tenured London employees, Head of Trading for Europe Niall Hession and Jade Harber, Head of Compliance for Europe, to discuss its growth and what makes the London office so special. Read More
July 18, 2023
How I Got Here: Barry Pearson, UK Business Manager
Barry Pearson joined us to talk about how his career path at Point72 took him from Internal Audit to our London office; growing up in Scotland; and how soccer (or football) brought him to the U.S. Read More
July 7, 2023
Point72 Hong Kong Competes in Dragon Boat Race
The Hong Kong Dragon Boat Race returned after a three-year hiatus and Point72 had 25 paddlers participate in the competition. Read More
July 6, 2023
2023 Summer Reading List
Senior leaders at the firm share their summer reading recommendations. Read More
May 23, 2023
Point72 Celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
We sat down with four colleagues from our AAPI community and asked them to share what their heritage means to them and how they honor their culture through customs and traditions during Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Read More
March 6, 2023
Ewelina Stankiewicz and Warsaw Recruiting
Ewelina Stankiewicz, Senior Recruiting Manager for Warsaw, joined us to talk about building culture in a new office, recruiting on four continents during her career, and recharging with sports. Read More
February 9, 2023
Tokyo, Singapore, and Hong Kong Offices Take Part in Winter Volunteer Events
Three of our Asia offices—Tokyo, Singapore, and Hong Kong—took part in volunteer events organized by our Community Matters ambass… Read More
December 14, 2022
Kapil Mathur and Cubist
We caught up with Kapil Mathur, Cubist's first Chief Scientist, to talk about stepping away from running a PM team, transitioning into his current role, and the Quant Academy program. Read More
December 6, 2022
Point72 London Office Participates in a Busy Fall Charity Season
Our London office has been busy giving back to the local community and participating in multiple charitable events, organized by our Community Matters team. Read More
November 16, 2022
Laura O’Connor Honored by the Hedge Fund Journal
Point72's Head of Finance, Laura O'Connor, was named one of the “50 Leading Women in Hedge Funds 2022” by the Hedge Fund Journal. Laura was recognized by the publication for her work over the past decade in our Finance group, where she is responsible for overseeing our core Finance functions, including Fund & Management Accounting, Financial Planning & Analysis, Payroll, and Shared Services. Read More
August 2, 2022
Point72’s Summer Reading List
Point72 senior leaders shared books that they recommend—from science fiction novels describing a post-scarcity society, explorations of how algorithms and timing can be used to optimize our lives, to a tale of one of the most extreme explorers of the modern age. Read More
June 13, 2022
Business Insider: How Chess Helped Point72 Quant Dancanet in Wall Street, Tech Startups
Cubist President Denis Dancanet was profiled in Business Insider about his life and career path, including defecting from communist Romania during a chess tournament, ditching academia for Wall Street and helping launch two startups. Read More
May 2, 2022
The Point72 Running Group Launches and Hosts Its First Event
The Point72 Running Group recently launched and is now organizing group runs as a new way to connect with colleagues across the firm, for runners at all levels of experience. The group is starting organizing runs out of our New York offices and is hoping to expand to other office locations. Read More
January 24, 2022
Zhendi Su and Cubist Systematic Credit
Zhendi Su joined Cubist as a portfolio manager in the San Francisco area in 2019 to launch the Firm's first systematic credit strategy. She took the time to tell us about her career and the opportunity for systematic credit. Read More
August 17, 2021
Mo Grimeh and Global Macro at Point72
Mo Grimeh, Head of Point72’s Global Macro Business, joined us for an interview to talk about how he got to Point72, his experience so far, and his vision for the Macro business. Read More
May 25, 2021
Norica Ng on our Singapore Office
We caught up with Norica Ng, Singapore Office Manager, to chat about her experience supporting our Firm in APAC and how her role and our Firm has grown in the region. Read More
January 21, 2021
Alyssa Friedman and Recruiting for Cubist
Alyssa Friedman, the Head of Talent for Cubist and Discretionary Macro, talked to us about how her role at the Firm has evolved over more than a decade, the culture in our quantitative business, and her love for adventure travel. Read More
October 8, 2020
Joy Yang named to 50 Leading Women in Hedge Funds by The Hedge Fund Journal
Joy Yang, Head of Asian Economic Research, spoke with The Hedge Fund Journal about her role at the firm, the region’s monetary policy response to Covid, and how she supports women in the field. Read More
October 5, 2020
Point72 Welcomes Denis Dancanet
Last month, Denis Dancanet joined our Firm as the new President of Cubist, our systematic investing business. Now that he's settled in, we took the opportunity to ask him about his path to Point72, and what's next for quant investing. Read More