Manager Moves and Appointments

Laurent Dupeyron has moved from Goldman Sachs to Olympia Capital Management as a Managing Director, Head of Sales, Marketing and Product Developmen »

Alliance Trust Equity Partners (ATEP), the private equity arm of Alliance Trust PLC, has appointed Layla Fear as Investment Manager.  Fear wil »

Mark Hawtin will join GAM's London office on 1 October 2008 as investment director managing a global long/short equity mandate which will invest in »

DLA Piper has appointed Australian corporate and financial services lawyer Luke Gannon as a partner in its corporate group and head of the firm's funds practice throughout Asia. »

Heptagon Capital, a USD2bn specialist asset management business set up in 2005 by former Morgan Stanley executives, has hired Tapio Pekkala as a vice-president in its investment management »

UK insurer Prudential has appointed Harvey McGrath, former head of the listed hedge fund manager Man Group, as chairman in succession to Sir David Clementi, a former deputy governor of the »

After the saga of Greg Coffey and GLG Partners, it is now the turn of US hedge fund manager Fortress Investment Group, which has lavished a USD300m share grant - thought to be at least one »

Stamford, Connecticut-based Sorin Capital Management, an alternative investment firm specialising in commercial real estate debt and asset-backed securities, has appointed Matt Chasin as c »

Fund of hedge funds manager Tremont Capital Management has appointed as chief investment officer Scott R. »

New York-based Marathon Asset Management has expanded its portfolio management team dedicated to the global equity business by adding industry veterans with substantial experience. »