Houlihan Lokey, has appointed Patrick Collins as managing director in the firm’s Financial Sponsors Group based in New York. Collins will primarily focus on assisting the firm's hedge fund and financial sponsor clients with distressed and special situations investment opportunities.
Convergex, an agency-focused global brokerage and trading related services provider, has added two industry veterans to its international leadership team. Philip Gough has joined the firm as chief executive officer of Convergex Limited, Convergex’s London-based brokerage. Gough will oversee all
The Cayman Islands Stock Exchange has appointed Eva Holtas Deputy Head of Listings and Compliance, effective 5 January 2015. In this role, Holt assumes responsibility for supervising and processing listing applications and ensuring compliance among existing participants with the Exchange’s
Robert Leonard and Michael Mavrides have joined the law firm Proskauer’s hedge fund group as partners in the firm’s New York office. The addition of these practitioners will enhance the firm’s ability to serve hedge fund clients across the universe of fund types and
MIK Fund Solutions, a provider of decision support software solutions for alternative asset managers, has expanded its geographic footprint into Asia, basing its APAC headquarters in Shanghai, China. This is the latest in a series of strategic initiatives by MIK.
Pershing Square Capital Management has appointed Stephen Fraidin, as a Senior Partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP, has joined the firm as Vice Chairman. Fraidin, a highly regarded mergers and acquisition advisor, has served on Pershing Square’s Board of Advisors
Investment management group Stenham has expanded its activities in Bermuda and the Caribbean by hiring Paul Bailey as an exclusive consultant for the region. Bailey comes with a track record of assisting professional advisers and their clients in offshore markets
Financial services advisory firm Kinetic Partners has made promotions across its global teams. There are four promotions to member: AnnMarie Croswell in Hong Kong, Jess Shakespeare in the Cayman Islands and Ian Manson and Richard Crannis in London. Claire
Stonegate Global Fund Services has tapped attorneys Hays Ellisen and Michael Blackburn to lead its business expansion efforts in hedge fund formation and fund administration in New York. "Stonegate's rapid growth is evidence that fund managers prefer to have fund
Derivatives marketplace CME Group has appointed Derek Sammann, an executive with 20 years of global derivatives industry experience, to its management team as managing director, financial products and services. Sammann (pictured) will report to Rick Redding, managing director, products and
