BlackRock veteran Chen joins Balyasny Asset Management as portfolio manager
Chen, who worked at BlackRock’s New York office for 26 years until January 2026, joined Balyasny Asset Management as a portfolio manager based in New York. Balyasny declined to comment, while Chen’s LinkedIn profile indicates the move. Balyasny’s fixed income is run by Steve Goldberg and Nilson Kocher, alongside expanding investment-grade credit teams across multistrategy hedge funds.