Madan Joins RWC Partners as Head of Compliance
Dina Madan joins London asset manager as head of compliance…
View ArticleRinaldo Joins TT International as Fund Manager
Pierpaolo Rinaldo joins from Italian bank to run allocation within flagship…
View ArticleMerette Joins Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec as Managing Director
Edouard Merette has been appointed managing director, Asia-Pacific for Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec, the Montreal-based money manager for provincial, municipal and other pension funds in...
View ArticleBrown Planning to Launch Arkkan Capital
Blackstone Group LP is in talks to back a Hong Kong-based distressed fund started by Jason Brown, a former global head of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS)’s Special Situations Group, said two people with...
View ArticleAkoundi Joins Protege Partners
Ken Akoundi appointed president at ASPN for institutional client drive…
View ArticleYoung Retires as CCO of Anchorage Capital
Deputy CCO David Young steps into senior role…
View ArticleFraga Nominated as Brazil’s Finance Minister if Neves Wins Presidential Election
Brazilian presidential candidate Aecio Neves said on Wednesday hedge fund founder and former central bank chief Arminio Fraga would be his finance minister if he wins an Oct. 5 election. The...
View ArticlePortfolio Manager Colinmaire Leaves Alphadyne Asset Management
Remi Colinmaire has resigned from his gig as portfolio manager at Alphadyne Asset Management in Singapore. Before his two-year stint at Alphadyne, he ran the Caerus Arbitrage Asia fund at RSR Capital....
View ArticleWong Joins APS Management
Shy Wong has joined APS Asset Management in a compliance role. Most recently he was a co-founder at One Focus Capital. Previously he was at Gen2 Partners/Ajia Partners, Forsyth Partners and Skandia Life…
View ArticleSundaresan Joins Lighthouse Canton as CIO
Rajesh Sundaresan has become CIO of Lighthouse Canton. Previously he was co-CIO of Catalytic Investment Group and managing director of Moon Capital…
View ArticleIberg Retiring from CIO Position at University of Texas Investment Management Co
Cathy Iberg, president and deputy chief investment officer of the University of Texas Investment Management Co., Austin, will retire on Friday, said Christy Wallace, a UTIMCO spokeswoman. Ms. Iberg...
View ArticleLorin Joining Common Sense Investment Management as President
Common Sense Investment Management has poached another Société Générale executive as it continues to rebuild after the arrest of its founder in a prostitution sting and the loss of most of its clients....
View ArticleYeowart Joins Troy Asset Management to Manage Fund
Troy Asset Management has hired Tom Yeowart from Rothschild Wealth Management to manage its £85m Troy Spectrum fund. The Spectrum fund of funds had previously been managed on a team-based approach by...
View ArticleJulio Leaves Ignis Asset Management to Join Sarasin & Partners
Mark Julio has moved from Ignis Asset Management to Sarasin & Partners. Mr Julio was a portfolio manager for global emerging market equities at Ignis. He will now work on Sarasin’s investment team,...
View ArticleMizuno Leaves Nomura to Join Nikko Asset Management
After a long career at Nomura, Goshin Mizuno has joined Nikko Asset Management as the new head of the firm’s product specialist department. During his Nomura career he held several management positions...
View ArticleTipple Named Global Head of External Equities at Abu Dhabi Investment Authority
Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), one of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds, has named Brian Tipple as its first global head of external equities. Tipple, previously chief investment...
View ArticleCantor Joins Moelis & Co. as Vice Chairman
Former Republican politician Eric Cantor has joined Moelis & Company as vice-chairman at a salary over $1 million a year, The Guardian reports. Moelis was a donor and political supporter of the...
View ArticleHellerstein Joins Investcorp as Cross Asset Strategist
Investcorp, a leading provider and manager of alternative investment products with more than $11 billion in assets under management, announced today that Rebecca Hellerstein has joined the firm’s Hedge...
View ArticleHFObserver Talent Exclusive: Notable Hedge Fund Hires, August 2014
On the investment professional hiring front, Caxton Associates hired global macro analyst Anish Abuwala from Woodbine Capital Advisors, where he had worked as a macro strategist for less than one year....
View ArticleWatson Leaves GLG Partners to Join Victory Park Capital as Principal
Victory Park Capital (VPC), an asset management firm focused on middle-market debt and equity investments, announced today that it has named Gordon Watson principal. Watson, a 15-year financial...
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