Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft has appointed Michael Newell, a fund formation partner, to the firm's London team.

MSCI Inc has appointed Man Group Chief Investment Officer Sandy Rattray as an independent director on the company's Board.

Liquidnet, a global institutional investment network, has appointed Vicky Sanders as Global Head of Investment Analytics.

CIFC, an alternative credit specialist serving institutional investors globally, has appointed Jason Horowitz as Head of US High Yield Bond Investments. 

Akin Gump has expanded its investment management capabilities in Asia with the relocation of investment management partner Olivia Chung and senior counsel Divya Thakur to its Singapore office. 

IHS Markit a business information provide to over 500 asset managers including more than 300 hedge funds, has appointed pricing and risk management specialist, Mark Findlay, as the Global Head of its Financial Risk Analytics business. 

The percentage of female partners of private equity firms and hedge funds and other financial services partnerships has stuck at just 14 per cent for the third year in a row, says employment and partnership law specialists Fox & Partners.

Fund data management platform Kneip has named Hugues Delcourt as Chairman of the Board whilst founder and previous Chairman, Bob Kneip, moves into the role of Vice-Chairman.

Neuberger Berman, a private, independent, employee-owned investment manager, has opened its first Nordic office in Stockholm, Sweden.

Drawbridge Partners, a cybersecurity software and services firm specialising in the needs of hedge fund and private equity managers, has appointed an Lyons as Vice President of Business Development.