Key Takeaways
- • Walleye Capital, a $17bn hedge fund, is expanding its equity long-short business after losing Matt Giannini to Citadel.
- • Walleye hired Jordan Tanner from Balyasny and Anna Dev from Millennium to strengthen its stock-picking unit.
- • The firm added 14 external equity managers during 2026.
- • Walleye's multistrategy fund was down 0.5% year to date, according to the source article.
Summary
Walleye Capital is expanding its equity long-short business following the departure of Matt Giannini to Citadel, according to the source article. The $17bn manager has hired Jordan Tanner from Balyasny and Anna Dev from Millennium, and during 2026 it added 14 external equity managers to the platform.
The firm's multistrategy fund was down 0.5% year to date. The available text of the report is truncated, so further details on the scope of the expansion, the mandates of the new hires, and the drivers of fund performance are not confirmed here.
The firm's multistrategy fund was down 0.5% year to date. The available text of the report is truncated, so further details on the scope of the expansion, the mandates of the new hires, and the drivers of fund performance are not confirmed here.
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