Citadel Investments, a Chicago-based hedge fund with $6-7 billion in assets, has hired Vince Kaminski, founder and head of Enron's research group in Houston. Kaminski, a quantitative heavyweight known as "the genius" within Enron, referred questions to Scott Rafferty, an investor relations official, who declined all comment.
An official familiar with the firm says Kaminski has taken a new role heading up quantitative analysis for Citadel's nascent energy trading operation. "Kaminski is very well known and well respected," he adds. The firm has recently been gearing up to trade energy (PFR, 4/22).
