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Renowned Italian ship, Amerigo Vespucci, “the most beautiful vessel in the world” according to Italian ambassador Paolo Toschi, will dock at Old Doha Port on December 17, coinciding with Qatar National Day (QND) to mark the long-standing friendship and cultural co-operation between Qatar and Italy. “We will bring here the most beautiful vessel in the world, a ship that is almost 100 years old and that has been continuously operational since the 1930s, every year,” Toschi told Gulf Times. “It will be in Doha until December 21 and the public will have the opportunity to visit it.” “Vespucci is a sign of our friendship in four different ways,” the ambassador said. “One is peace, because this vessel travels the world...it is now doing a world tour of over 30 countries. Qatar is the first in the region in this tour, and it is a sign of direct friendship, peace and dialogue with Qatar.” “Second is education, as this ship is used to train naval officers today, as it was 100 years ago,” he continued. “It is a very different ship from those built nowadays, as it stands as a testimony of how traditional knowledge could still be fundamental in facing today’s challenges and upskill future generations.” “In our view, education is about having perspective on the past to be able to read the future,” Toschi noted. “Third is environment, because this ship studies the health of the oceans and of marine life,” the ambassador said. “We feel this is something that connects us with Qatar very directly.” “Finally, fourth is inclusion,” he stated. “Alongside the Vespucci, we will welcome to Doha the catamaran Spirito di Stella, which is also on a parallel world tour with the project ‘Wheels on Waves’.” “The boat is entirely designed to function with a crew of people who are carrying disabilities,” Toschi said. “Doha’s public is invited to join us in this activity and concerned locals are encouraged and able to sail and be part of this visit and of this experience.” Going back to the Vespucci, the envoy said the public can visit the ship’s website www.tourvespucci.it and book their visits. “Next to the Old Port, there will be what we call ‘Villaggio Italia’,” Toschi said. “It is a village where the public of Doha, visitors and residents, can access for free and experience Italian culture, whether it is food, fashion, design, music among others.” “We consider this our contribution to celebrating Qatar National Day,” he added. Meanwhile, the envoy noted that Italy chaired G7 summit this year and Qatar was invited for the final meeting of the ministers of foreign affairs. “It is a year of tension and challenges in the international agenda in the Middle East and in Europe,” he remarked. “We wanted to finish on a note of dialogue and openness to the Middle East and the Arab world.” “That is why we invited Qatar for the final meeting of the ministers of foreign affairs of the G7,” Toschi said. “HE the Minister of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dr Mohammed bin Abdulaziz bin Saleh al-Khulaifi graced the meeting,” he continued. “The goal was to work for peace together, work for peace in Gaza, work for peace in Lebanon.” “At the same time, we are attentively following the last developments in Syria, with the objective of ensuring a peaceful transition which guarantees the civilian population and the political unity of the country,” the envoy said. “We want to bring peace back to the region. We want to de-escalate tensions, we want to make sure that peaceful resolution of dialogue prevails over violent confrontation,” he said. “Qatar has shown to be a very committed diplomatic actor, a very committed mediator even in the face of adversity.” Regarding the trade volume between Qatar and Italy, the ambassador said: “The current trade exchange between Italy and Qatar amounts to €3.4bn from January-October this year. In the same period, Italian exports to Qatar rose by 6%, making Italy Qatar’s 3rd global and first European trade supplier.” Related Story Renowned Italian ship to dock in QatarJets aren't ready to send Aaron Rodgers to the sideline as a lost season reaches the home stretch

'Business development' has become a coveted role at hedge funds amid the war to recruit top PMs. Citadel BD ace Matthew Giannini joining Walleye was one of the most noteworthy moves of 2024. Hedge funds hired dozens in BD in 2024 — BI tracked the names of more than 40 who joined top firms. One of the most intriguing hedge-fund personnel moves in 2024 came late in the year. It wasn't a superstar portfolio manager nor another big bank executive migrating to the buy side. Advertisement It was someone with barely any media profile at all: Matthew Giannini, a senior leader in Citadel's business development unit, whom Walleye Capital hired in October as COO of its long-short equities business. The move, from the industry's $66 billion killer whale to a comparatively much smaller fish, surprised several industry insiders BI spoke with at the time, underscoring the continued demand for the niche role of vetting and wooing investment professionals. Advertisement Business Insider wrote in May about the evolution of the "business development" role , which has grown into a coveted specialty amid the boom in multimanager hedge funds. These firms, prized by investors for robust returns uncorrelated with the stock market, have added $200 billion in assets since 2019. Hiring has followed suit — headcount since then soared 90% at multimanagers compared with just 6% at other hedge funds — provoking a talent war that has been one of the industry's defining themes and challenges over the past few years. Even though total assets managed by these firms declined in 2024 for the first time in seven years (some investors pulled money amid growing costs paired with lackluster returns in 2023), "the war for talent appears to be continuing unabated," Goldman Sachs' prime services team observed in a September report on multimanager hedge funds. These roughly 50 firms added 2,400 new employees in the previous 12 months, Goldman found, a 15% increase. Hiring at multimanager hedge funds has far outpaced the rest of the industry. Goldman Sachs Prime Services Business development was no exception, with dozens of hires by top hedge funds 2024, according to industry sources, LinkedIn bios, and publicly reported moves. Advertisement Millennium, the largest multimanager with $72.1 billion in assets under management and more than 6,000 employees, hired at least 10 people in BD in 2024, BI's analysis shows. Balyasny, which has spent hundreds of millions hiring PMs this year, added at least six new BD executives to facilitate hiring this year, including three managing directors — most recently commodities specialist David O'Connor, who joined in November from external search firm Maven. Citadel has been hiring as well, adding a handful of people to one of the most revered BD units in the industry. The hedge fund last year became the most profitable of all time, something founder and CEO Ken Griffin attributes in part to an "unparalleled" ability to "recruit experienced professionals to Citadel" and "tremendous success attracting gifted graduates from the premier colleges and universities." Unsurprisingly, Griffin's talent whisperers are highly sought after. Perhaps none has more gravitas than Giannini. Several industry professionals who know him say he's tall, charismatic, intelligent, and deft at winning over PMs — someone who provides an actual edge in an industry desperate for it. When Giannini left Balyasny in 2018 to rejoin Citadel, it contributed to a turf war between the funds . Advertisement "Matt is, if not the best, one of the best closers I've ever met," a BD professional told BI earlier this year. Leaving Citadel for Walleye may raise some eyebrows, but joining Walleye offers a potentially lucrative upside for Giannini compared with a typical BD role. Business group heads at these funds usually take home a cut of their unit's profits, and while Walleye struggled in 2023 it has been executing an overhaul the past year that's bearing fruit. The fund is up 15.4% through November, putting it near the top of its peer group for 2024. He also joins some familiar faces at Walleye, including Thomas DeAngelis, company president and another ex-Citadel BD leader, and Anil Gondi , a long-time PM who joined from Balyasny this summer and will oversee the long-short equities division with Giannini. The pair overlapped at Balyasny in the 2010s. Advertisement Giannini's hiring and the dozens of others at top funds in 2024 signals that the burning demand for investment talent, and those gifted in recruiting it, won't likely dim any time soon. "One clear theme from our conversations with multimanagers was that the 'war for talent' synonymous with this segment has not seen any material de-escalation in the last year," Goldman Sachs said in its report. Business Insider has tracked business development professionals who joined top funds in 2024, according to industry sources, LinkedIn bios, and publicly reported moves. This list isn't exhaustive, and we may update it as we learn more. Firm Name of hire Previous firm Balyasny Nicole Amen DRW Balyasny Daniel Anzalone BlueCrest Balyasny Harry Case Verition Balyasny David Matz Smith Hanley Balyasny David O'Connor Maven Search Balyasny Kelly Suter IMC BlueCrest Josh Beals Chi-Rho Financial Capstone Investment Advisors Grace Guo Goldman Sachs Capstone Investment Advisors Brian Hopkins Hudson Bay Citadel Trystan Davies-Tommason The Omerta Group Citadel Donata Leonova Millennium Citadel Olivia Rees Goldsmith & Co Citadel Hannah Rosenthal Google Citadel Michelle Tsang Two Sigma Eisler Ruvhen Chinaire The Omerta Group Eisler Chris Harnett Citadel Freestone Grove Christopher Aldaco D.E. 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