New York-listed alternative asset manager GLG Partners has appointed Jamil Baz as chief investment strategist, collaborating with the firm’s investment professionals on global asset alloca
Argos Investment Managers, a boutique investment firm which manages specialist high conviction investment strategies including the European microcap fund Argonaut, is expanding its operations in the UK. Argonaut is co-managed by two British European micro-cap specialists Philip Best and Marc
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has appointed Scott Schneider to serve as director of public affairs.
Blackstone Accelerates Growth, a statewide initiative involving the Maine Technology Institute, the Maine Center for Entrepreneurial Development and the University of Maine, has hired John Voltz as its Executive Director. A resident of Cape Elizabeth, Maine, Voltz joins the
The Hedge Fund Association (HFA) has appointed Robert Kim, global advisor for Alternative Summit Korea, and Raymond Kang, chief executive of Prodigy Capital Management, as Korea Chapter regional co-directors. The pair will focus on developing educational programmes with unique content
Interdealer-broker Tullett Prebon’s alternative investments (AI) team has opened an office in Dubai to serve the Middle East market. Gahtan Vahidy, a member of the team since May 2010, has been appointed head of alternative investments Middle East. The
Ultimus Fund Solutions has expanded its fund administration team with the appointment of former Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and fund company attorney Bo Howel. Howell will join industry veterans Wade Bridge and Tina Bloom at the firm as a
Commonfund has appointed Brett Lane as Managing Director, reporting to A Nicholas (Nick) De Monico, CEO, Commonfund Hedge Fund Strategies Group. “Brett is an integral addition to Commonfund, coming at an important time for the Hedge Fund Strategies Group as
Angelyn Lim has joined the international law firm Dechert as a partner in the financial services group.
BNP Paribas has appointed Thomas Mahala and Jason Miller to its global hedge fund relationship management team, which now comprises more than a dozen relationship management professionals
