Dacey and DiMarzio Join Pioneer Investments in Boston
Pioneer Investments has announced two appointment to its US institutional team. Mark Dacey has been named head of US consultant relations and Amy DiMarzio joins as a fixed income investment strategist....
View ArticleFlather Named Portfolio Manager at Palisade Capital Following Acquisition of...
Paul K. Flather joined Palisade Capital Management as portfolio manager of the firm’s newest hedge fund, the Palisade Long/Short Alpha Fund. Palisade Capital acquired Mr. Flather’s own hedge fund firm,...
View ArticleEnforcement Director Khuzami Resigns from SEC
Robert Khuzami, the enforcement director of the top US securities regulator, has announced he is stepping down after a four-year tenure marked by aggressive insider trading investigations and criticism...
View ArticleFulcrum Asset Management’s Head Trader Horrocks Leaves Firm
Fulcrum Asset Management LLP, the $1.4 billion computer-driven hedge fund group founded by former British Broadcasting Corp. Chairman Gavyn Davies, has lost its head trader, James Horrocks. Horrocks...
View ArticleBTIG Hires Three Traders from Knight Capital
BTIG LLC, a global financial services firm specializing in institutional trading and related brokerage services, is strengthening its Chicago presence with the hire of three veteran traders: Matt...
View ArticleBerry Joins Capula Investment Management
Capula Investment Management, the hedge fund manager, has bolstered its efforts to target the distressed lending market with the hire of a former managing partner at alternative finance provider...
View ArticleWang to be Named Chairman of China Operations at BlackRock
BlackRock will this week announce it has hired Wang Hsueh-ming, a former Goldman Sachs partner, to help ramp up the Chinese operations of the world’s largest asset manager. Ms Wang’s appointment as...
View ArticleLucassen Joins Aberdeen Asset Management as Fund Manager
Aberdeen Asset Management has appointed Dimme Lucassen as a fund manager within the property multi-manager team, based in Amsterdam. He moves over from Schroders Property Investment Management, where...
View ArticleRew and Nguyen Join AMP Capital as Portfolio Managers
AMP Capital has appointed Dr Alistair Rew and Celine Nguyen as portfolio managers to its alternatives investment team. Prior to joining AMP last week, Rew worked for more than eight years at XL Group...
View ArticleCQS Hires Chabarek from Moore Capital
Moore Capital Management, one of the world’s most famous hedge funds, has suffered its first key London departure since the retirement of star financier Greg Coffey last year. Soraya Chabarek, a...
View ArticleMoss Joins Argentière Capital as CFO
Deepak Gulati hires Richard Moss as CFO as Flamand’s loss-making firm winds down…
View ArticleAlternatives Manager Gascoigne Joins Allenbridge
Allenbridge Investment Solutions has hired Tim Gascoigne, the former manager of HSBC Alternative Investment’s flagship $2.4 billion fund of hedge funds, the advisory firm said. Gascoigne, who was...
View ArticleBadertscher and Lienert Join Swiss & Global Asset Management
Swiss & Global Asset Management, an independent asset manager that emerged from Julius Baer Asset Management in October 2009, has hired Remo Badertscher and Markus Lienert, both from Man...
View ArticleNicosia Joins J E Moody as Director of Business Development
Jessica Nicosia has joined $350mm hedge fund manager J E Moody & Company LLC (JEM), as Director of Business Development. In her role at JEM, Ms. Nicosia will lead the firm’s business development...
View ArticleNewnham Joins HighIsland Capital’s Macro Team
Stewart Newnham, the former chief currency strategist for Asia at Morgan Stanley, has joined the investment team at Asian macro fund HighIsland Capital Partners. HighIsland was among the various much...
View ArticleBanerjee Joins Blackstone Group
New York-based Blackstone Group, one of the world’s largest alternative investments and financial advisory firms, has picked Gautam Banerjee, the former Singapore…
View ArticleKrishnan and Patel Join Stenham Asset Management
Stenham Asset Management has made two new investment team hires. Akshay Krishnan, has joined the firm as senior research analyst, with responsibility for Global Macro strategies across the range of...
View ArticleKulvin and Smith Join Exigent Capital as Portfolio Managers
Two fund shops specializing in commercial real estate-debt securities combined operations on Jan. 1. Karen Kulvin and Andrew Smith, who founded Aqua Investment of New York in 2008, are now working at...
View ArticleLixi Departs from Galena Asset Management
Claude Lixi, the head of Galena Asset Management Ltd.’s energy hedge fund, left the London-based company, according to two people with direct knowledge of the departure. The people didn’t say whether...
View ArticleMeili Joins US Bancorp as Legal Counsel for Alternative Investments
Brett Meili has joined US Bancorp Fund Services as legal counsel to provide support for the organisations’ growing alternative investment products and services. Following the recent acquisition of AIS,...
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