Alpha Strategic, an investment company focused on acquiring minority interests in fund management businesses, has appointed Alistair McKay as chief executive with effect from 1 October 2012. His appointment follows Nicola Meaden Grenham’s resignation in early July 2012, who remains
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has approved the application of trueEX for designation as a contract market. trueEX is organised as a Delaware limited liability company and is a wholly owned subsidiary of trueEX Group. trueEX has indicated that
BI-SAM Technologies, a provider of data management, performance, attribution, risk, GIPS and reporting solutions for the asset management industry, has appointed a new board of directors. "Further to BI-SAM’s plan for growth and its partnership with Aquiline Capital Partners, I
Bedell Cristin has appointed Valerie Georges-Thomas to head up the firm’s British Virgin Islands office. Georges-Thomas (pictured) was previously a partner at Appleby in the firm’s corporate and commercial practice group. Her appointment follows on from Bedell opening an office
At the international derivatives markets of Eurex, an average daily volume of 10.4 million contracts was traded in October 2009. Year-on-year, the figure was 14.3 million due to the turbulence of the financial crisis. This year’s figure splits into 6.4
Avalon Lake Partners has appointed Harris Bogner, an attorney and compliance expert, to head its compliance services group. Bogner’s role at Avalon Lake Partners will be to work directly with clients to ensure they develop a strong understanding of their
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has filed a civil complaint in the federal district court in Boston, Massachusetts, against Boston-based John B Wilson and his company, JBW Capital. The complaint charges that from July 2007 through at least May
Bryan Garnier Asset Management (BGAM) has launched the Bryan Garnier Umbrella Fund Sicav. The fund is domiciled in Malta and externally managed by Bryan Garnier Asset Management in France which is regulated by the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF). Top
Otkritie, a Russian brokerage which has doubled in size in the last year, has appointed two Russia and CIS market figures to its executive team. Former Troika Dialog UK chief executive Howard Snell (pictured) has joined Otkritie as a London-based
The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), the global hedge fund association, has appointed Michelle Noyes as the chief operating officer of its New York office. Noyes was most recently the head of international sales and investor relations for BRZ Investimentos,
