• Fasanara appointed Dr Darran Specter as head of quant equity on Aug. 12, 2026, to help build its Open Quant multi-manager platform.
• London-based Specter will focus on sourcing external quantitative equity managers globally, portfolio construction, and investment process development.
• He joins from Brevan Howard, where he spent two years as senior portfolio strategist working on portfolio manager evaluation and capital allocation.
• Earlier, he spent more than 11 years at Abu Dhabi Investment Authority as a portfolio manager overseeing multibillion-dollar allocations to systematic hedge funds.
• The hire extends the firm’s investment in quantitative research and technology as it expands its network of quantitative investment managers.

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