Griffiths Leaving Aberdeen Asset Management
Paul Griffiths is leaving his role as global co-head of fixed income at Aberdeen Asset Management, handing over sole responsibility for the role to Brad Crombie. The group said it will not be looking...
View ArticlePictet Asset Management’s Suntay Joins Gazprombank as Head of Asset Management
Gazprombank has appointed Aylin Suntay as head of asset management. She will be first vice-president. Before joining Gazprombank, Suntay was deputy chief investment officer of equities at Pictet Asset...
View ArticleGunn and Centurino Join Salient Partners as Directors of Investments
Salient Partners L.P. (Salient), a $17.4 billion asset management firm, has appointed Rusty Guinn and Todd Centurino, CFA as Directors of Investments. They previously worked for the Teacher Retirement...
View ArticleMaritime Capital Hires Head of Marketing and Investor Relations
A 3-year-old fund that has racked up a 15% average annual return trading investment-grade municipal bonds will soon begin marketing to outside investors. Maritime Capital, which currently manages about...
View ArticleVon York Joins Catalyst Partners Management
Former staffers of a Credit Suisse unit that bought stakes in hedge fund firms are re-emerging in other corners of the industry after the bank disbanded the group at yearend. Among them are Alexander...
View ArticleBlackRock Hires Blumer to Head Europe, Middle East and Africa
BlackRock has appointed David Blumer as head of Europe, Middle East and Africa, a newly-created position. He was previously chief investment officer at Swiss Re having worked in New York, London and...
View ArticleSAM Capital Founder Schmitt Considering New Hedge Fund Launch
Founder Dietmar Schmitt understood to be looking at new launch…
View ArticleDeutsche Bank Traders Roach and Boyle Join BlueCrest Capital and Tilden Park...
At least two Deutsche Bank AG (DBK) debt traders left for hedge funds after the bank closed a proprietary-trading group last month to cut costs and prepare for post-crisis regulations. John Roach, a...
View ArticleTitan Advisors Vet Cavanna Joining Soros Fund Management
Move marks end of 11-year career at the firm…
View ArticleAmin Leaving Theleme Partners to Launch Fund
Snehal Amin, the number two at Theleme Partners, one of the most successful hedge fund start-ups of recent years, is leaving to set up his own investment venture. Mr Amin, a prominent equity analyst,...
View ArticleNobre Joins Parvilla as Partner
Paris-based fund of funds Parvilla has brought Lise Nobre on board as a partner alongside founder Jean-Marie Fabre. Parvilla’s equity is now split equally between the two partners…
View ArticleLogan Circle Partners Hires Shell as Chief Investment Officer
David Shell was hired as CIO at Logan Circle Partners as part of a plan to develop an equity strategy at the firm, according to a press release. Mr. Shell was co-CIO of growth equities at Goldman Sachs...
View ArticleTudor Investment Vet Jones Joins Simple Alternatives
Ridgefield, Conn.-based boutique investment manager Simple Alternatives has added Tudor Investment Corp. vet Clark Jones to its management team. In addition to serving as a long/short equity manager at...
View ArticleNagpal Joining Millennium Management
Ajay Nagpal, who led the prime brokerage unit at Lehman Brothers and more recently at Barclays following the financial crisis, is set to join Millennium Management, according to people familiar with...
View ArticleDeutsche Bank’s Kumar Joins GLG Partners
GLG Partners, a hedge-fund unit of Man Group Plc, has hired Mohit Kumar from Deutsche Bank AG, where he was head of European interest-rate strategy. “I can confirm that Mohit Kumar will be joining,”...
View ArticleCarey Joins Archview Investment Group as Principal
Peter Carey joined event-driven credit hedge fund manager Archview Investment Group, as a principal on Tuesday. It is a new position. Mr. Carey assumes responsibility for Archview’s business strategy...
View ArticleBickerstaffe Joins Denjoy Capital as COO
Denjoy Capital Partners, a hedge fund founded by a former Brevan Howard Asset Management partner, has hired a chief operating officer as the firm looks to grow its asset base, Financial News has...
View ArticleDeutsche Bank Trader Yearick Joining BlueCrest Capital
BlueCrest Capital Management LLP is accelerating its hires from Wall Street’s biggest banks as the hedge-fund manager takes advantage of compensation cuts to strengthen its foothold in fixed-income...
View ArticleTaussig Joins Guggenheim Partners
Guggenheim Partners LLC hired Barclays Plc (BARC)’s Andrew Taussig, the London-based bank’s head of investment banking for retail companies, according to a regulatory filing and people familiar with...
View ArticleRodgers Joins CA Capital Management
Robert Rodgers was named director at CA Capital Management, the outsourced CIO business of investment consultant Cambridge Associates. The position is new; Mr. Rodgers will focus on client relationships…
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