Geoffrey F Aronow, former US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) general counsel and international affairs chief counsel, has joined the SIdley Austin as a partner in its global securities & derivatives enforcement and regulatory practice. Aronow (pictured), who previously served as
Horizon Cash Management, a cash manager to alternative investment funds, has appointed Jennifer Wenthen as chief financial officer. Wenthen will oversee all company accounting practices, including tax and audit functions, and will direct financial strategy, planning and forecasts for the
LMP Capital and Income Fund has appointed Harry D. ‘Hersh’ Cohen, Peter Vanderlee and Michael Clarfeld of ClearBridge Advisors as lead portfolio managers of the fund.
Larch Lane Advisors, a member company of Old Mutual Asset Management, has appointed Stephen A. McShea as general counsel.
The TCW Group has appointed William Lloyd and Joseph Quinn to the firm’s alternatives team, as Managing Director and Head of Alternatives Marketing, and Senior Vice President of Alternatives Marketing, respectively. Both are based in TCW’s New York office and
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has relocated partner Robert M. Griffin to Abu Dhabi to head the firm’s Middle East investment funds practice.
Liquidnet, the global institutional trading network, has further strengthened its fixed income team in Europe with the appointment of Jonathan Gray as Head of Fixed Income Sales. Reporting directly to Mark Pumfrey (pictured), CEO Liquidnet Europe and Constantinos Antoniades, Global
Prisma Capital Partners has appointed John Stimpson as one of the managing directors in its marketing group, bringing the senior members of that team to four people.
Jersey Finance has appointed Robert Christensen as the new chairman of its board in succession to Jonathan White. Christensen, who has over 35 years of experience in trust and company management services within Jersey, has been the managing director of
Hong Kong-based asset management company Chartwell Capital has appointed Joe Wan as senior advisor. As a Certified Public Accountant since 2004, Wan has over 12 years of experience in accounting and mergers and acquisitions consulting. Before joining Chartwell, Wan was with PricewaterhouseCoopers Corporate
