Davidson Kempner Capital Management hired Perry Metviner as CTO in its NYC headquarters. Prior to joining Davidson Kempner, Metviner worked as a managing director at Barclays Capital for five-and-a-half years. His career also includes 11 years at Goldman Sachs, followed […]
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HFObserver Talent Exclusive: Notable Hedge Fund Hires, April 2014
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Berenger Leaves Credit Suisse to Join Capula Investment Management
Mathias Berenger, managing director and head of European vanilla options trading at Credit Suisse has left to join high-paying hedge fund Capula Investment Management. Berenger, a derivatives trading veteran who has been in the sector since 1996, joined fixed income […]
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Blackstone Vet Anderson Joins Tikehau Group
Debra Anderson joined the private debt business at Tikehau Group, said a spokeswoman for the firm. It is a new position, and Ms. Anderson will be responsible for expanding the firm’s credit business on a pan-European basis, the spokeswoman said…
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Boggess Joins Kingdon Capital’s Investor Relations Team
Management will add Russell Boggess to its investor relations team, according to a letter to investors sent last week. He will report to Sarah Silverman, Kingdon’s head of investor relations. Boggess had been director of hedge fund marketing and investor […]
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Former Napier Park COO Dundon Joins RenAsset Management
Desmond Dundon hired by RenAsset Management / Kazimir Partners…
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Wien Leaving JP Morgan to Join Och-Ziff Capital
Jeremy Wien, JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM:US)’s head of VIX trading and a competitive poker player, is joining hedge fund Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC. (OZM:US). Wien, 29, will trade equity-index derivatives at New York-based Och-Ziff, he said today in an e-mail to clients […]
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Schmitter Joins Fund of Funds Commonfund Capital
Miriam Schmitter, the former head of international private equity research at investment consultancy Cambridge Associates and a former FN100 star, has joined US-based private equity fund of funds manager Commonfund Capital…
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Mendola Launches Pacific Grove Capital
Jamie Mendola plots long/short equity offering targeting sub-$5bn companies…
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Former Och-Ziff Capital Partner Ross Joins Adage Capital
A former top investment executive at hedge-fund giant Och-Ziff Capital Management LLC has been hired by rival firm Adage Capital Management LP. Joshua Ross, formerly a partner and one of a handful of executive managing directors at Och-Ziff, landed at […]
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Chang Leaves Eaton Partners to Join Investcorp
Investcorp, a leading provider and manager of alternative investment products with more than $11 billion of assets under management, announced today that industry veteran Franklyn Chang, has joined the firm as a Managing Director. Mr. Chang joins Investcorp with nearly 20 years of […]
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Benjelloun-Touimi Joins Chenvari Financial Group as Partner
Arcade Capital founder Yassir Benjelloun-Touimi joins London firm…
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Flamand Joining Man Group’s GLG Partners
Man Group Plc (EMG), the world’s biggest publicly traded hedge-fund manager, hired Pierre-Henri Flamand after the former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. proprietary trader closed his own firm last year. Flamand will join Man Group’s GLG Partners unit this year as […]
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White House Economist Bianchi Joins BlackRock
BlackRock Inc. (BLK:US), the world’s largest asset manager, hired Sarah Bianchi, the director of economic and domestic policy for U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, as a managing director in its advisory unit, according to an internal BlackRock memo. Bianchi, 41, will […]
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Threadneedle Equity Team Joins Artemis Investment Management
Artemis Investment Management said on Wednesday it had hired five North American equity staff from Threadneedle, the international investment arm of Ameriprise Financial. Artemis, an independent asset manager of 17.7 billion pounds ($30.08 billion) at end-March, also said in a […]
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Morgan Stanley Vet Moledina Joins Moore Capital
Despite diversity initiatives, female traders in investment banking are still all too scarce. Senior female traders are even rarer, which is why Angelie Moledina’s departure from Morgan Stanley to hedge fund Moore Capital is significant. Moledina worked at Morgan Stanley […]
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Och-Ziff Capital Names Cutler as Head of Investor Relations Group in London
Hugh Cutler was appointed head of the investor relations group in London at Och-Ziff Capital Management Group, according to sources familiar with the situation. One source said Mr. Cutler had already started. Mr. Cutler was head of Europe and Middle East […]
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Goodreau and Trotman Join FlowPoint Capital as CIO and COO
Ken Goodreau has joined FlowPoint Capital Partners as chief investment officer and portfolio manager. FlowPoint has also hired Nick Trotman as chief operating officer and portfolio manager…
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Former BlueBay CEO Willis Joins Tech Company Algomi
The surprise announcement that Hugh Willis, co-founder and former chief executive of BlueBay, one of Europe’s biggest credit hedge fund managers, is to join Algomi, an obscure technology company, as a strategic adviser might seem unexpected, but Algomi says it is […]
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Virchow Joins Cheyne Capital as Partner
Cheyne Capital Management, the $7 billion alternatives manager, has added another partner to its ranks from hedge fund Meditor Capital Management, which was reported late last year to be shutting its European equity fund. Sebastian Virchow started as a partner […]
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Noto Leaves Goldman Sachs to Join Coatue Management
This has not been a particularly good year for Goldman Sachs. Its stock is down 9.4% in 2014. The bank’s key fixed income, currency and commodities trading machine continues to sputter, and regulators are limiting Goldman’s risk-taking bets. Now, an […]
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