The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) has launched an initiative to engage with the Brazilian hedge fund industry and announced the appointment of a local representative, Michelle Noyes of BRZ Investimentos.

 “The maturity and sophistication of the Brazilian hedge fund
Infonic, a provider of software solutions to the funds of hedge fund industry, has added Ian Morley to its board of directors. Morley (pictured), a UK-based alternative investment management industry veteran, joins Virginia Gambale, the new chair of the board,
The Chicago Board Options Exchange has added five new officers to its management team: Stephanie Klein, Chief Marketing Officer; Jennifer Lamie, Chief Regulatory Advisor; Stephanie Marrin Lara, Deputy Chief Regulatory Officer; Jordan Naylor, Vice President, Systems Development; and Steve Sinclair,
Muzinich & Co has appointed Jamie Cane as credit analyst. Cane joins the firm’s investment team in London and will focus on identifying credit opportunities within the growing European high yield market. Cane joined Muzinich & Co from Babson Capital
First Derivatives (FD), a provider of software and consulting services, has appointed Virginia Gambale to the Board of the Company as a Non-Executive Director with immediate effect. A US citizen, Gambale has extensive experience as an enterprise technology buyer in
Alternative asset manager Cheyne Capital has appointed Tom Wiggin as head of UK marketing. In this newly created position, Wiggin will be responsible for the marketing of Cheyne’s expanding range of products in the UK and will work alongside Max
James Burron, FCSI, CAIA, has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer of AIMA Canada with effect from 1 May, 2011.
 Burron will work closely with AIMA Canada’s Executive Committee and its membership on a broad range of association management and
Independent corporate, fund and private client services provider JTC has appointed Will Cameron (pictured) in a Director role as the Head of the firm’s Fareham office which is an operational centre for some of the Group’s client administration, accountancy and
Investment management firm AllianceBernstein has appointed Wayne Godlin as a member of its municipal bond portfolio management team. Godlin, who has extensive investment expertise in both the investment grade and high yield municipal markets, will help design and manage
Marc Romano will join NewFinance Capital, the specialist fund of hedge funds wholly-owned by Schroders, as chief executive officer from 18 January 2010. Romano joins from Credit Agricole Asset Management Alternative Investment where he was chief executive and head of
