Mikolay Joins Michigan Retirement System’s Alternative Investments Division
Edward Mikolay joined Michigan Municipal Employees’ Retirement System, Lansing, as senior investment officer of the $6.8 billion system. In this new position, Mr. Mikolay will oversee MERS’ $1.5...
View ArticleBhattal Joins Lazard as Senior Advisor
Lazard Ltd (NYS: LAZ) today announced that Jesse Bhattal has been appointed as a Senior Advisor, effective immediately. Mr. Bhattal will advise senior management regarding clients and strategic...
View ArticleSalmon Joins Ronit Capital
Ricardo Salmon leaves $11bn US firm for Edward Misrahi’s highly-tipped launch…
View ArticlePayne and Cort Join New Sky Capital
New Sky Capital—a woman-owned, inflation-focused investment and advisory firm—has made two senior hires. Stephanie Payne has joined the firm as director of marketing and sales and Sean Cort as chief...
View ArticleWilson and Simonian Join Ramius as Directors
Brian Wilson and Greg Simonian have joined Ramius, the investment management subsidiary of Cowen Group, as directors responsible for distribution of alternative mutual and hedge fund products in the...
View ArticleGrossman Retires as Chairman of QFS Asset Management
Sandy Grossman has all but severed his ties with QFS Asset Management, a pioneer in quantitative global-macro investing that he founded 25 years ago. He retired as chairman at yearend, relinquished...
View ArticleFelton Leaves Goldman’s Liberty Harbor Hedge Fund
Gregg Felton, who ran a $1.6 billion fixed-income hedge fund at Goldman Sachs, left the bank this week with the goal of eventually joining an independent investment operation. Felton, who resigned Jan....
View ArticlePortfolio Manager Petrella Leaves Tudor Investment
Equity portfolio manager Larry Petrella left Tudor Investment this month, two years after he joined from Diamondback Capital. Petrella was hired by the global-macro fund operator to build a “liquid...
View ArticleGuggenheim Planning to Add 10 Portfolio Managers to Multistrategy Hedge Fund
Guggenheim Global Trading, a subsidiary of closely held financial-services firm Guggenheim Partners LLC, plans to hire as many as 10 portfolio managers this year to expand its multistrategy hedge fund....
View ArticleAkshayam Capital Hires Seng as Chief Operating Officer
Singapore-based long/short Asia ex-Japan-focused fund manager Akshayam Capital has appointed Mark Seng as chief operating officer. As the firm’s COO he will be responsible for…
View ArticleKeel Joins Lyxor Asset Management as Head of Institutional Sales
Swiss presence boosted as David Keel joins as head of institutional AM sales…
View ArticleDow Joins Bandon Capital’s Marketing Team
Bandon Capital Management has appointed Whitney Dow to its management team. As managing director, he will be responsible for spearheading the firm’s marketing and relationship management efforts…
View ArticleMackenzie and Maruf Replace McCarthy as Head of RREEF Alternatives’...
Hamish Mackenzie was named head of infrastructure Europe and infrastructure debt, and Nadir Maruf was named head of Asia Pacific alternative investments at RREEF Alternatives, a unit of Deutsch Asset...
View ArticleLloyd and Baker Join Highland Capital as Credit Trader and Director
Highland Capital Management, L.P. (“Highland”), a Dallas-based investment management firm, which together with its affiliates has approximately $19 billion in assets under management, today announced...
View ArticlePaul Joins Anderson Global Macro as President
Keith Anderson, a former chief investment officer for George Soros, hired Doug Paul, who worked for 43 years at Credit Suisse (CSGN) Group AG, as president of the hedge fund he started after leaving...
View ArticleGoldman Sachs Asset Management Chairman O’Neil to Retire
Jim O’Neil, chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, will retire later this year, Goldman Sachs (GS) announced today. O’Neil joined Goldman in 1995 as a partner, serving as co-head of Global...
View ArticleEmeth Partners Founder Alperin to Join Clough Capital
An emerging-market stock picker who spent 21 years at Harvard Management will soon re-emerge at Clough Capital. Steve Alperin left the $32 billion endowment early last year to set up his own hedge fund...
View ArticleMerchant Commodity Staff Cuts Five Positions Following AUM Decline
The Merchant Commodity Fund, managed by Doug King and Michael Coleman, cut a third of its staff after two consecutive years of losses during which assets under management slumped almost 90 percent. The...
View ArticleDreyfus and Margiotta Leaving Goldman Sachs Hedge Fund Unit
Daniel A. Dreyfus and Paul W. Margiotta are leaving the Goldman Sachs Investment Partners hedge-fund unit that was established to allow clients to invest with some of the firm’s top proprietary...
View ArticleDorman Joins Global Credit Advisers as Trader
New York-based investment firm Global Credit Advisers has hired Jeffrey Dorman as a senior vice president and trader. Dorman joins GCA following many years of trading credit instruments, most recently...
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