AQR Capital Management’s head of trading, Hitesh Mittal, is taking a temporary paid leave of absence amid an ongoing SEC investigation of his former employer, Investment Technology Group Inc. During Mittal’s absence, AQR principal Brian Hurst will assume the management of the firm’s trading operations. ITG under SEC radar ITG announced late Wednesday that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission was investigating the lack of disclosure by the firm to its clients that a subsidiary of the agency broker was trading against client orders within ITG’s private stock trading venue or “dark pool”. ITG disclosed that a market-making unit run…
AQR’s Trading Head Goes On Leave Amid SEC Probe Of ITG
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Mani is a Senior Financial Consultant. He has worked in Senior Management role in large banking, financial and information technology organizations. He has provided solutions for major banking and securities firms across the globe in the area of retail, corporate and investment banking. He holds MBA (Finance) and Professional Management Accounting Qualifications. His hobbies are tracking global financial developments and watching sports