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Arjing Kuo

Vice President

· Hong Kong

Areas of specialism

Hedge Funds
Systematic Trading
Global Markets
Discretionary Macro

In The Omerta Group since 2020 · 6 years

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About AJ

AJ Kuo is a Vice President at The Omerta Group, based in Hong Kong, where he specialises in recruiting senior investment professionals across Hedge Funds, Systematic Trading, and Global Markets for APAC. Since joining the firm in 2020, he has focused on Asian Macro Trading, advising leading buy-side and sell-side institutions on strategic hiring initiatives and building investment teams across discretionary and systematic markets.

Before joining The Omerta Group, AJ was a consultant at Selby Jennings, where he specialised in the recruitment of FX and Rates Sales & Trading professionals. His experience has enabled him to build a strong network across the global macro investment community and develop a nuanced understanding of the evolving talent landscape within financial markets.

AJ earned his degree in Business Communications and Management from Ohio University, USA.

Representative work

Representative assignments

Portfolio Manager, Asia Macro

Multi-Strategy Hedge Fund

Singapore

Portfolio Manager, JPY Rates

Multi-Strategy Hedge Fund

Hong Kong

Single-Manager Hedge Fund

Portfolio Manager, G10 Macro

Hong Kong

Portfolio Manager, Systematic Index Rebalancing

Systematic Hedge Fund

Singapore

Background

Credentials

Education and experience

Ohio University, USA

Degree in Business Communications and Management

Selby Jennings

Senior Consultant, Global Markets, June 2018 – April 2020

The Omerta Group

2020 - Present

Based in

TOG Hong Kong

Office 1601, 16/F
8 Wyndham Street
Central, Hong Kong

Consultants here4

CoverageAsia-Pacific

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Same office

Colleagues

Bradley Garland

Asset Management & Capital Formation, Board & CEO, Corporate Functions, Global Markets, Hedge Funds, Hong Kong

Bradley is Head of Asia Pacific and a senior member of the firm’s Asset Management, Hedge Fund and Global Markets practices. He is a member of the Global Financial Services Executive Committee and works closely with senior leadership teams across Asia Pacific, EMEA...

Senior Partner

Vithiya Vairon

Hedge Funds, Hong Kong

Vithiya Vairon is a Senior Partner at The Omerta Group and is based in Hong Kong. Since joining the firm in 2013, she has specialised in executive search across the investment management industry, partnering with hedge funds, asset managers, family offices and...

Senior Partner

Pranav Khemlani

Asset Management & Capital Formation, Hong Kong

Pranav joined The Omerta Group in 2022 and is based in Hong Kong. He is Vice President, Asset Management & Private Markets, specialising in executive search across Sales & Distribution, Investor Relations and Product Strategy / Client Portfolio Management...

Vice President

Where AJ works

Practices

Hedge funds

Portfolio managers, analysts, strategists and traders, and the COO, CRO and business management mandates that keep a platform running.

Systematic markets

Quantitative researchers, traders, portfolio managers and developers across high and mid-frequency strategies.

Global markets

Sales, trading, structuring, capital raising and research across every major asset class.

Asset management & capital formation

Leadership, portfolio managers, research, distribution and risk across traditional managers and alternatives.

Investment banking & capital markets

Managing directors and product heads across M&A, ECM, DCM, leveraged finance and restructuring.

(Re)Insurance

Managing directors and product heads across M&A, ECM, DCM, leveraged finance and restructuring.

Board & CEO

Chair, non-executive director, CEO and executive committee searches across financial services.

Corporate functions

COO, CFO, CRO, general counsel, audit and compliance leadership at partner and managing director level.

Technology, data, product & AI

CAIO, CTO, CIO, CDO and head-of-engineering mandates, and the executives building the AI and data infrastructure behind them.