Brianna Letzelter joins mini-prime’s Dallas office…
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Letzelter Leaves Park City Capital to Join Convergex
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Lewand Leaves 400 Capital to Join Weiss Asset Management
After two and a half years as head of investor relations at the New York-based 400 Capital Management, Mark Lewand relocated to Boston in May to lead investor relations at Weiss Asset Management, a new role at the 12-year-old firm. Weiss specializes in […]
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Halcyon Asset Management Hires Benatoff as Managing Principal and Firm Co-Head
Daniele Benatoff, the former Goldman Sachs proprietary trader who wound down his Benros Capital event-driven hedge fund last year, has joined US investment firm Halcyon Asset Management to lead a European push. Benatoff, a former FN Rising Star, became a […]
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Corman and Quinn Join Oak Ridge Investments
Oak Ridge Investments is pleased to announce that Robert B. Corman and Terry M. Quinn will be joining its investment team. Mr. Corman and Mr. Quinn will serve as co-heads of Technology sector research. Coinciding with the addition of Mr. Corman and Mr. Quinn, […]
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Lewis and Kaufmann Join GMT Capital
The $5.2 billion GMT Capital Corp. has added two new employees to its marketing and investor relations team. Jamie Lewis and Greg Kaufmann started at the firm in April and May, respectively, as vice presidents of marketing and development. They’ll work alongside Greg Lionberger, who has […]
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Bracco and Gorman Join Taconic Capital
Marianna Bracco and Marne Gorman join Ken Brody’s New York manager…
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Scherer Joins V2 Capital as Head of Global Business Development
V2 Capital, an SEC-registered investment advisor, today announced the hiring of Kristin Scherer as Managing Director and Head of Global Business Development. In this newly created position, Scherer’s primary responsibility will be to implement and execute the firm’s global marketing […]
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Fixed Income Trader Woods Joins Millennium Management
Millennium Management – Izzy Englander’s $22.4 billion hedge fund – has hired a former Goldman Sachs fixed income trader as its latest addition to its London talent pool. Tony Woods was most recently executive director, emerging markets trading at Merrill […]
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Speck Joins Argonaut Capital Partners as Sales Manager
High alpha boutique Argonaut Capital Partners, a specialist in managing European equities, has appointed Keith Speck as sales manager, London & Europe. Speck joins Argonaut from Baker Tilly Investment Solutions (previously RSM Tenon Investment Solutions), where he led the investment […]
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Cowley Joins Millennium Management as Portfolio Manager
Matthew Cowley appointed as portfolio manager at Izzy Englander’s US giant…
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TPG-Axon Capital Management Partner Wong Retiring
Wesley Wong, a Hong Kong-based partner of TPG-Axon Capital Management LP, left his employer of almost nine years as the more than $3 billion New York-based hedge-fund manager consolidates its Asia business. Keita Arisawa, formerly the company’s “point person” for […]
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Barclays Vet Hodges Joins Symmetry Investments as Head of Fixed Income Financing
Sarah Hodges (nee Daulby), a senior repo trader who spent over ten years at Barclays, has joined Symmetry Investments, one of the most hotly-tipped Asian hedge fund launches of 2014 from former Millennium Capital Partners executives. Hodges joined Symmetry in […]
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Lombardi Joins Lazard Asset Management’s Business Development Team
Melissa Lombardi joined Lazard Asset Management‘s business development team, focusing on alternative investments. She started at Lazard’s New York Office in June after working for one year at Sureview Capital in a research and investor relations role. The Greenwich, CT-based firm firm shut down earlier this […]
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Ragsdale Joins Headland Capital Management as Director of Marketing
George Ragsdale joined Headland Capital Management as a director of marketing in May. He is responsible for marketing a small-cap activist fund for Headland. Previously, Ragsdale was a director of investor relations and marketing at Dialectic Capital Management in New York. Prior to that Ragsdale […]
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Davis Joins BPV Capital as CFO
BPV Capital Management (BPV) today announced that it has named Craig Davis to the newly created position of Chief Financial Officer. In this position, Mr. Davis will be responsible for the development and management of business strategy as well as producing financial results. Mr. […]
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Bespolka Joins Finisterre Capital as Portfolio Manager
Kevin L. Bespolka joined emerging market specialist hedge fund manager Finisterre Capital as co-portfolio manager of the Finisterre Emerging Market Debt Fund. Mr. Bespolka is partnering with the UCITS fund’s existing portfolio manager, Christopher Watson, in this new position, part of the […]
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President and CEO of Harvard Management Co. Retiring
Jane Mendillo, who steered Harvard University’s endowment out of the biggest recession since World War II, will step down at the end of this year. Mendillo, who has served as president and chief executive officer of Harvard Management Co. since 2008, […]
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Sundstrom Joins PIMCO as Portfolio Manager
Geraldine Sundstrom, one of the most high-profile women in the European hedge fund industry, is set to join Pimco, the world’s biggest bond fund manager. Ms Sundstrom, who left Brevan Howard Asset Management in February following a poor fund performance, will […]
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Sung Leaves BlackRock to Join Samsung Asset Management
BlackRock’s Chang Hwan Sung has joined Samsung Asset Management in Hong Kong to start a new Asian equities long/short quant fund. At BlackRock he was most recently a portfolio manager for long/short and alpha advantage strategies in Asia…
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McKenna Leaves Harvard Management Co. to Join BlackRock
BlackRock Inc. (BLK) hired Harvard Management Co.’s Mark McKenna to start an event-driven hedge fund as the world’s largest asset manager seeks to expand its alternative-investment business. McKenna, 43, will be based in New York and lead a new team focused […]
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