Hedge Fund Balyasny Bans Hiring From Griffin’s Citadel Unit

Per Bloomberg this morning. Any idea/color on why?

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Dimitry Balyasny wrote an email called "Adapt or Die" to his employees blaming them for the hedge fund's poor performance, which he said "sucked".  Ken Griffin obtained this email and showed it to his employees as an example of bad corporate culture.  So there's been beef between these two for a while.

 

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