CIFC Corp has appointed Jeffrey S Serota to its board of directors. Serota is a senior executive with significant principal investing and management experience. Currently, he serves on the boards of directors of SandRidge Energy and Exco Resources and
Barry Breen has joined the London office of international law firm Sidley Austin from competitor Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt as counsel in the investment funds, advisers
Carey Olsen has added three partners to its corporate, finance and fiduciary teams in Jersey.
HSBC Global Asset Management (USA) has appointed Mary Bowers as a senior global high yield fund manager in its global fixed income team, based in New York. The team manages approximately USD3bn in the high yield capability. Bowers will manage
National Futures Association (NFA) has hired Jamila Piracci as Vice President of OTC Derivatives, a new position created to oversee the regulation of swap dealers (SDs) and major swap participants (MSPs). Piracci comes to NFA from the Federal Reserve Bank
REDI Holdings, provider of the REDIPlus execution management system (EMS), has appointed Michael Lax as head of EMEA sales. Lax will be responsible for leading all sales and business development initiatives with the firm’s buyside clients and sell-side partners in
SuMi TRUST Global Asset Services, a provider of operational and administration support services to institutional asset managers, has completed the enhancement of its Asian business. SuMi TRUST has strengthened its operational and client service teams in all three centres with
Activist hedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management is proposing a slate of six independent directors for the board of directors of Allergan. The six members of the slate are: Betsy Atkins, Cathleen P Black, Fredric N Eshelman, Steven J Shulman,
Gottex Fund Management has appointed James Hughes to its senior multi asset investment team in London, starting on 1 October. Hughes joins as a managing director as well as member of the investment and strategy committee and will be in
Venus Capital Management, an investment management company specialising in emerging markets investments, has appointed Jeffrey Heisler as chief risk officer.
