One of the most hotly anticipated hedge fund launches of 2017 has been hiring again. : One of the hottest macro hedge fund launches of 2017 has continued its recent hiring spree by poaching a portfolio manager from Brevan Howard in London. Amia Capital, which launched with $750m in assets under management this summer, has just hired Kirsten Filt, a portfolio manager at Brevan Howard who only signed up to Alan Howard’s firm in September last year. Filt, who left Brevan in June, joined Amia as a portfolio manager in late September.