Balyasny Adds 5.1% YTD On Equity Trades, As Firm Makes Two New Hires [Exclusive]

Dmitry Balyasny’s Balyasny Asset Management’s flagship Atlas Enhanced strategy returned -0.4% in October, according to a copy of the firm’s investor update, which ValueWalk has been able to review. The multi-strategy hedge fund has returned 5.1% for the year to the end of October. Since its inception in January 2006, the Atlas strategy has returned 13.1% annualized with an annualized volatility of 8.1%. Balyasny’s Atlas Global strategy is up 3.5% for the year to the end of October. It has returned 9.1% annualized since inception with an annualized volatility of 6.9%. Turnaround strategy Last year, the firm’s flagship hedge fund…