Balyasny Asset Management

Founded in Chicago in 2001 by Dmitry Balyasny, Taylor O’Malley, and Scott Schroeder, Balyasny Asset Management is a global alternative investment firm headquartered in Chicago and operating across more than 20 offices.

BAM invests across equities long/short, fixed income and macro, commodities, multi-asset arbitrage, and systematic strategies. Its model connects investment, risk, technology, and business infrastructure teams, with portfolio managers and specialist teams supported by firm-wide research and risk systems.

Its clearest scale advantage is in equities: BAM describes a platform with more than 300 analysts and 70 portfolio managers. It also has a substantial fixed-income and macro operation, with more than 140 investment professionals across 40 specialist teams. For students, internships span investment, technology, and business infrastructure, with 12-month rotational programs in fixed income and macro, commodities, and technology.