Northern Trust has appointed David Lester as head of the institutional sales effort for asset management at NT Global Advisors, Canada. Lester comes to Northern Trust from SEI Investments and his primary focus will be on manager-of-managers investment products, including
Civitas Capital Group has appointed David Perel to the newly created position of President and Chief Investment Officer (CIO). Perel, who was previously a Managing Director of Civitas Alternative Investments and President of Juno Development (both Civitas affiliates), will oversee
KKR has appointed Jonathan R. Levin to the newly created position of treasurer and head of investor relations. As treasurer, he will be involved in the oversight of the firm’s balance sheet, including the USD3bn in net assets it is
Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking (SG CIB) has appointed Nick Gionfriddo as Head of OTC Clearing Sales, North America within its Newedge prime services business. Gionfriddo will be based in New York and will work closely with Jamie
Gramercy Funds Management has appointed Sarah Glendon to the new position of Senior Vice President, Sovereign Economist. Glendon's emerging markets sovereign risk expertise will enhance Gramercy's ability to identify and interpret global market trends and movements, as well as
Amundi has appointed Benedicte Rabier as Senior Product Specialist, Amundi Alternative Investments, based in the firm’s London office. Rabier will help to drive the development of Amundi’s alternative investment solutions notably for the UK market including relationships with local consultants.
International offshore law firm Harneys has expanded its litigation and insolvency department in the British Virgin Islands with the addition of three lawyers including one partner. Global head of litigation Phillip Kite says the expansion will meet growing client demand
Castle Harbour Securities has appointed Eric Daniel, the former Head of Equity Derivatives and Convertible Bond Sales at Citigroup in Paris, to co-manage its new global convertible bond fund. He will run the Castle Harbour R&D – Pure Global Convertibles
International law firm Maples and Calder has appointed Petrina Smyth in Dublin as head of tax. Smyth (pictured) is a seasoned professional experienced in negotiating tax aspects of financial services matters, mergers and acquisitions and inward investment. Nollaig Murphy, head
HSBC Private Bank has appointed Chris Allen as managing director and head of HSBC Alternative Investments. Allen currently head of real estate for HSBC Alternative Investments. As of 1 January 2010 he will report locally to Nigel Webber, chief investment
