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Financial Services Financial And Insurance Activities Financial Service Activities, Except Insurance And Pension Funding 64.30 - Trusts, funds and similar financial entities
150 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
9 April 2021
Employment effect (start)
9 April 2021
Foreseen end date
31 December 2021
Description
The US-based global asset management company Point72 has announced that it will create 150 jobs at its new office in Warsaw in 2021. The company is looking for specialists with experience in technology, finance, data management and operations. The company expects that the Warsaw unit will become the biggest company’s unit outside the United States and it will support its crucial operations.
Point72 has been operating for over 25 years; the company specialises in equity portfolio management. Currently, Point72 employs over 1,650 people in 12 offices worldwide.
Eurofound (2021), Point72, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 104615, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/104615.
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