Does that mean they'll now be known as 1.44?

I'll get my coat ... but first:

Steve Cohen's $11 billion family office Point72 Asset Management plans to double its Japan staff

  • To over 60 people
  • Over coming years
  • To take advantage of what it says are "enormous" investment opportunities
  • The fund has already tripled its Tokyo staff to 30 in the past three-and-a-half years

There is more info here at Bloomberg ... linky:

"When we look at Japan we see an enormous opportunity in the alpha space"

"It's incumbent upon us to ensure that we have the right people, the best positioned, the best trained to seek those alpha opportunities out."