JPMorgan Credit-Swaps Trader Shukhman Said Leaving for Aesir
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Roman Shukhman, who traded credit derivatives at JPMorgan Chase & Co. through two debt booms and the 2008 financial crisis, is leaving the bank to join hedge fund Aesir Capital Management, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.
Shukhman, 36, joined JPMorgan in 2001 as the bank pioneered a credit-default swaps market that would expand to $62 trillion of outstanding contracts before the crisis. He traded indexes that allow hedge funds, banks and other investment firms to wager on the creditworthiness of North American companies.