Boston-based asset manager PhaseCapital has appointed Michael DePalma as chief executive officer. DePalma (pictured) will lead efforts to commercialise PhaseCapital’s current product offering and leverage the firm’s data, trading and technology platform to diversify its product set.   DePalma previously spent

Cowen Group has appointed Craig E Zaph as head of debt capital markets in the company’s investment banking team. Zaph is based in New York and reports to Kevin Raidy, head of investment banking.   “Craig Zaph rounds out a

LiquidityBook, a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)-based provider of buy- and sell-side trading solutions, has named Matthew Howard as Head of Asia-Pacific Client Service. Based in London, Howard (pictured), will work alongside Nick Thompson, who joined the firm last year and leads LiquidityBook’s

SEC-registered alternative investment adviser SG Capital Management has appointed two seasoned research analysts, Jonathan R. Evans and Lawrence Harvey Weisman. They will share responsibility for idea generation alongside the equity analyst team.   Evans began his career in the finance

Perkins Coie has appointed Elizabeth Kemery Sipes as a partner in the firm’s Denver office where she will focus on representing private investment funds. Sipes advises the sponsors of private investment funds, including private equity, venture capital funds, real estate

Alder Capital DAC, a Dublin-based systematic investment manager, has appointed John Parkin in the newly created role of head of product management. Parkin will be based in the firm’s planned new London office and will be responsible for the global

RJ O’Brien & Associates (RJO) has appointed Elena Patimova as Senior Vice President, Business Development at its London-based affiliate, RJ O’Brien Limited. In her role, Patimova will help the firm further grow its electronic sales, clearing and voice execution business

Ocorian, an independent provider of corporate and fiduciary services, has appointed Alan Booth as Managing Director of its UK business. Booth (pictured), was previously Global Head of Product Management within Deutsche Bank’s Corporate Services Division, and will play a key

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