Asset manager Pictet Asset Management has appointed Tim Holland as co-head of US sub-advisory within its US intermediaries group. "Over the past three years Pictet Asset Management has partnered with firms in the US to launch single strategy and multi-manager '40 Act mutual funds accounting for USD2 billion in AUM," says Liz Dillon, head of the US intermediaries group at Pictet Asset Management. "Tim's experience and knowledge in the sub-advised universe will add the next level of expertise to our team, reinforcing our success and commitment to the US sub-advised business."    Based in London, Holland (pictured) will focus on

Man Group has appointed Barry Schanker as head of US private wealth sales, based in New York. He will report to Eric Burl, head of Man Americas.   Schanker joins Man Group from SkyBridge Capital, where he was head of sales and instrumental in the growth and service of the firm’s client base.   Prior to joining SkyBridge Capital, Schanker worked for Citigroup Alternative Investments and before that held positions at Salomon Smith Barney/Citi Smith Barney.   Burl says: “I am delighted to welcome Barry to Man Group. His considerable experience and expertise in the US market will be of

Financial and corporate communications consultancy Citigate Dewe Rogerson has created a global hedge fund practice centred on London, New York, Hong Kong and Singapore. The practice will be led by senior director Christen Thomson (pictured), a former deputy CEO of the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), the global representative of the alternative investment industry.   Thomson was responsible for co-ordinating strategic communications for the industry and worked closely with both many of the world’s biggest hedge funds and many of the world’s biggest investors in hedge funds, as well as with journalists covering the industry globally.     Patrick Donovan,