Poker-Playing JPMorgan VIX Trader Jeremy Wien to Join Och-Ziff
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Jeremy Wien, JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s head VIX trader and a competitive poker player, is joining hedge fund Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC.
Wien, 29, will trade equity-index derivatives at New York-based Och-Ziff, he said yesterday in an e-mail to clients and co-workers. He joined JPMorgan, the biggest U.S. bank, in 2012 to trade options and futures on the VIX, as the Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index is known. In his e-mail, Wien thanked JPMorgan colleagues for the two-year experience.