USD4.2 billion investment solutions provider La Française Global Investment Solutions (La Française GIS) has appointed credit derivatives specialist Michael Hattab-Maruani as a Senior Credit Portfolio Manager. Hattab-Maruani’s investment banking and derivatives experience complements La Française GIS’ existing credit capabilities, which
Fund management group Liontrust has added Antonio Forte (pictured) to the firm’s international sales team. Forte joins from Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken, having previously worked at Luxgest Asset Management (Intesa San Paolo Group) and Philip Morris International. Antonio is also a
Burr Pilger Mayer has expanded its alternative investment practice with the opening of an office in the Cayman Islands. “We opened the Cayman Islands Office to meet the demands of our growing Hedge Fund and Alternative Investment Group,” says Brian

The Boston office of global law firm K&L Gates has added Richard Kerr (pictured) as a partner in the investment management, hedge funds and alternative investments practice. He joins K&L Gates from Goodwin Proctor LLP. Kerr focuses his practice on
Maples Fiduciary, a division of MaplesFS and a provider of specialised fiduciary and corporate administration services, has opened a full-service office in Amsterdam. "MaplesFS is internationally renowned for responsive and client-driven service. We are continually reshaping our business to
Institutional trading network Liquidnet has appointed Chris Dennis as Head of US Fixed Income Sales. Dennis will be responsible for sales and strategy as Liquidnet builds out its high yield and investment grade trading platform scheduled to launch this quarter.
HSBC Securities Services, part of HSBC’s Global Banking and Markets division, has made four new senior appointments to its team in Dublin, which is a hub for its hedge fund servicing business. The appointments include new roles for Peter Daffy
Mirabaud Securities has strengthened its secondary brokerage business with the appointment of Patrick Mayhew (pictured) to lead the equity sales team, and Will Draper to become head of equity research. Both join from Espirito Santo in London and have been
EBS BrokerTec, ICAP's electronic foreign exchange (FX) and fixed income business, has added Metallinvestbank as the first Russian liquidity provider (LP) and Standard Bank as the first South African LP on the EBS Direct platform. This brings the total number
Ogier has appointed Bryon Rees as a partner in its unds and corporate practice in Guernsey. Rees joined Ogier in 2005 and has a broad practice, although with a focus on investment fund, corporate, regulatory and finance related work.
