Citadel Investment Group, the Chicago-based hedge fund and financial services group founded by Kenneth Griffin, has hired a portfolio manager from London hedge fund Moore Capital Management to manage global macro strategies, marking the firm’s first move into the industry's best performing investment strategy this year.

Kaveh Alamouti, who joined Moore in July 2002, will start in June as senior managing director at Citadel and will be based in London, according to a statement from Citadel.